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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-07-30Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Temperatures peak as Athenians quit capital for peak holiday seasonAMNA/ Athenians quit the Greek capital in droves over the weekend as yet another heatwave moved in to settle over the city and the peak holiday season in August started to draw near.Traffic in the ports of Piraeus and Rafina was heightened, though not so much as to cause problems to travellers. Scores of ferry boats departed from Piraeus over the weekend, carrying thousands of passengers and vehicles to the islands of the Aegean and Crete. Temperatures climbed steadily over the weekend to reach 39C on Sunday and will even reach up to 40C in some areas on Monday before starting to cool down on Tuesday evening. According to meteorologists, however, the heat will be less oppressive than previously due to the low humidity and a stiff northerly wind that will reach up to 7 Beaufort. [02] Four foreign nationals arrested for bicycle theft and resale in AlbaniaAMNA/ Four Albanian nationals were arrested on Sunday by Larissa police for stealing bicycles and smuggling by bus into Albania where stolen goods were then sold.Police arrested four men aged 43 and 45 and two 19-year-olds, all Albanian nationals on charges of theft and fencing. More specifically, the two 19-year-olds would steal the bicycles, which they would then give to the other two, at prices up to 70 euros, for transport to Albania and sale on the local market. [03] Truck loaded with ontraband cigarettes seized in Gytheio, two arrestsAMNA/ A truck loaded with 950 crates of contraband cigarettes was spotted on Glossa coast in Gytheio by the Coast Guard drugs and smuggling unit. Two speedboats were also found in the vicinity, on one of which a crate of contraband cigarettes was also found.Two men were arrested. One of the detainees, a 40-year-old man, was arrested at Molaous police station when he went to declare loss of his ID card, which was found aboard one of the speedboats. The second detainee, a 37-year-old man, is the co-owner of the company that owns the The unpaid taxes corresponding to the contraband cigarettes, which were confiscated, amounts to 764,000 euros. truck.
[04] Athens Newspaper Headlines on MondayAMNA/ The Monday edition of Athens' dailies at a glanceThe prospective finalization of the package of measures for 11.5 billion euros in state spending cuts over the next two years (2013-2014) at Monday afternoon's meeting of the three coalition government parties' leaders, the formation of powerful banking organisations and the extended stay of the Troika leaders in Athens until the package of measures is completed were the main front-page headlines in Athens' dailies on Monday. ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The measures that will convince the Europeans". AVRIANI: "New wave of bank mergers". DEMOKRATIA: "The highest pension at 1,400 euros monthly)". ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Change of plan on 'knife' to pensions". ESTIA: "How credibility is earned". ETHNOS: "The burning measures with the seal of the Troika". NAFTEMPORIKI: "The agreement for the 11.5 billion euro measures 'locks in'." TA NEA: "The DEKO (public utilities) also in the uniform salary scale". VRADYNI: "Public sector: How to calculate pensions and benefits". Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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