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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-17Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Farmers escalate protests; long qeues on both sides of the bordersThe farmers of the Peloponnese return to their blockades on Wednesday and will close again the Corinth-Tripolis motorway at Nestani toll station from 18:00-23:00.Meanwhile, the Athens-Corinth motorway as well as the Athens-Corinth old national road at Corinth Canal is blocked indefinitely by protesting farmers. Long queues of vehicles were reported on Wednesday on both sides of the Greek-Bulgarian borders at Promachonas as a result of the farmers' blockade. According to police estimates, over 800 trucks and 160 cars remain trapped on the Greek territory while on the other side of the border at Kulata, Bulgaria, 1,000 trucks and 500 cars are waiting to cross the border and enter Greece. Meanwhile, Bulgaria asked again the European Union to assist to the suspension of farmers blocking at Promachonas. Since yesterday, the farmers at the roadblock of Mikrothives, near the city of Volos in central Greece, announced they will close the main Athens-Thessaloniki motorway for several hours each day as of Wednesday, as they continue to escalate their protests against the government's proposed social security and pension reforms. They said the blockade will include the side roads which were used by drivers to bypass the main road, as well as the old motorway connecting the capital with Thessaloniki. [02] Defence Minister briefs parliament committee on latest developmentsDefence Minister Panos Kammenos is briefing on Wednesday the Greek parliament's National Defence and Foreign Affairs committee in an in-camera session.Kammenos will brief the members of the committee on the latest developments in the migrants issue as well as NATO's participation-intervention in the migrants-refugees problem in the Aegean Sea. [03] Alpha Bank launches procedure to sell Hilton Athens hotelAlpha Bank on Wednesday announced the launch of a procedure to sell a majority stake (around 97.3 pct) in the equity capital of Ionian Hotel Enterprises SA, owner and manager of Hilton Athens hotel.In an announcement, Alpha Bank said the procedure aimed at attracting high-level investors to establish the hotel as a benchmark in hotel services internationally. Citigroup Global Markets Ltd acts as exclusive financial adviser to the procedure. Investors will be able to express their interest by Friday, 11 March 2016. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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