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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-09-03Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Timmermans, Avramopoulos' visit a political message of supportANA/MPA---"The visit of two leading members of the European Commission, Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos, is a political message of support to our country in finding practical solutions to effectively confront the migration crisis," the head of the European Commission representation in Greece Panos Karvounis said in a statement on Thursday.The European officials will take part in a meeting with caretaker prime minister Vassiliki Thanou and four ministers in order to set up a coordinating center in Piraeus with aim the acceleration of the management of the migration flow and on Friday morning they will visit the island of Kos, where they will give a press conference. Later on Friday they will return to Athens where they will meet at 16.30 with President of Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos. According to a statement released by the European Commission representation in Athens, they will meet with the caretaker prime minister, Vasiliki Thanou, on Thursday at 16:30. A visit to the Administration Division of Frontex (the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the European Union members) and a working meeting on the creation of a hub point in Piraeus will follow. The meeting will be attended by the Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Antonis Manitakis, Alternate Civil Protection Minister Antonis Makrydimitris, Alternate Migration Policy Minister Ioannis Mouzalas and Alternate Shipping Minister Christos Zois. [02] ECB lowers ELA ceiling for Greek banks as liquidity conditions improveANA/MPA---The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday lowered the ceiling for emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) Greek lenders can tap from the Greek central bank by around 600 million euros to 89.1 billion euros.The situation in the Greek banking system will be re-assessed on September 16. [03] Rare ancient octadrachm to be repatriated from SwitzerlandANA/MPA---An important ancient Greek coin will be repatriated from Switzerland in September following a Swiss court's ruling that the coin is a product of illegal excavation.The coin, a silver octadrachm, was located on the website of an auction house in September 2009 by the Greek authorities. The coin dates back to the end of the 6th century BC at the era of King of Visaltia Mossi. Ancient Visaltia was located in the northern Greek region of Serres. The coin on one side depicts a man holding a spear next to a horse and on the back side the word "Mosseos" is carved. It constitutes a very important find because the coins from the specific era found until today were only silver drachmas. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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