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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-03-21Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Gov't: 'balanced' position on Libya(ANA-MPA) -- Greece is not taking part in operations of a military nature in Libya, but is providing facilitations of a supportive nature in line with the country's obligations deriving from the relevant UN Security Council resolution, Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said on Monday during an interview on a private television station.He also stressed that the east Mediterranean country is observing a "balanced" position, something also echoed by Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos in a newspaper interview published on Monday. "There are UN Security Council resolutions. The aim of these resolutions is for there to be an end to the violence in Libya, for the violence aimed at the Libyan people themselves to be stopped," Droutsas added. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [02] ND leader to attend EPP summit(ANA-MPA) -- Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras departs for Brussels on Monday afternoon to participate in a European People's Party (EPP) summit on Thursday.On Monday evening, he is scheduled to meet with European Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski, while afterwards he will meet with German MEP and budget committee member Reimer Boge. The ND leader will also meet with Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, the president the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, European Commissioner for financial programming and the budget Janusz Lewandowski and a number of EPP officials. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [03] Broadband access rising steadily in Greece(ANA-MPA) -- Broadband service access in Greece reached 19.9 pct of the population at the end of 2010, namely, 2,252,653 connections, the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT) announced on Monday. To view the remainder of the article please contact the ANA-MPA's subscription department at 2106400560.More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [04] Accounts deficit down 22.5%(ANA-MPA) -- Greeceâs current accounts deficit fell to 2.8 billion euros in January, down 22.5 pct compared with the same month last year, reflecting a large surplus in the current accounts balance, despite a widening of the trade balance by 185 million euros because of higher oil prices, the Bank of Greece announced on Monday.The central bank, in a monthly report, said foreign investors continued fleeing the Greek state bond market in the first month of 2011, with capital outflows totaling 1.1 billion euros. Net capital outflow totaled 926 million euros, after a net capital inflow of 926 million euros in the same month last year. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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