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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-06-23Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM in Brussels on ThursdayANA-MPA/Prime Minister George Papandreou will leave for Brussels on Thursday to participate in the two-day European Council session.The prime minister's programme is the following: Thursday June 23: 7:00 p.m. Meeting of heads of state and government with the European Parliament president, 7:45 p.m. family photo and 8:15 p.m. working dinner. Friday June 24: 10:00 a.m. European Council's first working session, 1:00 p.m. Working luncheon, 2:45 p.m. European Council's second working session and 5:15 press conference. The law executing the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategic Programme on Wednesday received the cabinet's unanimous approval before being tabled to parliament by government vice-president and Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Friday.ana-mpa Addressing the cabinet earlier, Prime Minister George Papandreou had stated that "the vote of confidence given to the government constitutes confirmation of the mandate to continue the tough effort we have started 20 months ago." ana-mpa He said that the country is fighting a tough battle through a continuous and hard negotiation with the EU partners, stressing that the battle is fought for the country's salvation and change. Papandreou underlined that the government is trying to ensure that the country will receive the necessary funds and make the debt sustainable in a tough, unstable and often uneasy international environment. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Soccer fixing arrestsANA-MPA/Ten people were arrested Wednesday night in a police probe of soccer match-fixing, in a coordinated police operation in several parts of Greece.Nine arrests, including well-known names, were initially made by the Attica Security Police's Organised Crime Squad in the framework of an operation that took place in Attica and in other parts of Greece on Wednesday afternoon, following a prosecutor's investigation and order on fixed games of the Greek soccer championship. The 10th arrest was made late at night.ana-mpa A large number people related to soccer have also been summoned for questioning, including soccer players, who are being questioned. According to sources, police have put together a total of 93,000 pages of case files on 93 suspects. The investigation is taking place jointly with the prosecuting authorities and the Economic Crime Squad (SDOE). The 10 arrestees will appear before a public prosecutor shortly before noon on Thursday. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] Gov't on cruise sectorANA-MPA/Deputy Tourism Minister Giorgos Nikitiadis said that the Culture and Tourism Ministry is open to dialogue in order to find solutions to the cruise sector's problems, during his address to the two-day Posidonia Tourism Forum in Athens that winds up on Wednesday.ana-mpaNikitiadis stressed that the ministry is currently discussing with the sides involved in the cruise sector branch, adding that changes will be made where feasible with the aim of boosting cruises and marine tourism, and called for their cooperation. He also reiterated that Greece is a destination that should not be missing from the major cruise companies' itineraries. On the cruiseship docking fees at the Piraeus port, the deputy minister said that despite whatever increases the port is the cheapest in the Mediterranean. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [04] 'Black market' warehouseANA-MPA/Hundreds of T-shirts and other counterfeit brand name items were seized in the city of Rhodes, on the same-day island, when authorities raided a "black market" warehouse and a private home owned by a local businessman, it was announced on Wednesday.The entrepreur, who is still wanted by police, was supplying tens of retail stores across the country with counterfeit clothing items. ana-mpa A day earlier, police had arrested the suspect's 75-year-old father and 40-year-old sister, owner of a souvenir shop in the Old City of Rhodes where counterfeit items were also found. Caption: ANA-MPA file photo More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [05] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesThe Thursday edition of Athens' dailies at a glanceThe Greek government's negotiations with the Troika on the Medium-Term fiscal programme's measures and the arrest of prominent names in soccer in a match-fixing probe dominated the headlines in Athens' newspapers on Thursday. ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The public sector 'emptying' - 110,000 redundant employees to be put in reserve labor". AVGHI: "Austerity threatening the global economy". AVRIANI: "Illegal pensions given to 250,000 foreign nationals". DIMOKRATIA: "Measures without mercy". ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Prominent arrests for 41 fixed matches". ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Berlin-Athens race". ESTIA: "Hope exists for salvation". ETHNOS: "Betting 'barons' in 'center field'." IMERISSIA: "Developmental package from the EU - Emergency support plan for Greece". KATHIMERINI: "Overnight thriller with the Troika". LOGOS: "Mammoth measures with express vote". NAFTEMPORIKI: "Troika objections to relaxation of measures". NIKI: "5 truths about the Greek crisis". RIZOSPASTIS: "Unanimous 'no' with general strike to the nightmarish 'Medium-Term fiscal programme'." TA NEA: "Bargaining to the end with Troika and ruling party PASOK". VRADYNI: "Black market in IKA (state Social Security Foundation) waiting lines". 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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