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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-07Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greece pushing for refugee, migrant resettlement through TurkeyBRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/M. Aroni) – Greece is pressuring at the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels for a solution that will include returning refugees and migrants from Greece to Turkey, on the condition that it they will be directly resettled to EU countries, government sources said on Monday.According to the same sources, the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland) are disagreeing with the return of Syrian refugees to Turkey, claiming it is not a safe third country. The Greek government criticized this stance, saying its "hypocritical", as these countries are not accepting refugees, do not cooperate for any solution and at the same time they're closing the borders, the sources said. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is asking for a decision on the refugee crisis to be taken tonight, saying that if there isn't, then the Balkan route should reopen to allow refugees to continue their journey. The Greek side is also saying that if the "Plan A" is not accepted – the return of refugees and migrants to Turkey – then we must go to "Plan B" which entails returning only migrants to Turkey. [02] Foreign investors raised share in ASE capitalisation in FebruaryForeign investors raised their participation in the capitalisation of the Athens Stock Exchange in February to 59.6 pct –including the participation of Hellenic Financial Stability Fund - while excluding HFSF participation their share rose to 62.3 pct from 61.8 pct in January.Foreign investors were net buyers in February, with capital inflows totaling 38.05 million euros, while Greek investors were net sellers with capital outflows amounting to 38.16 million. The value of transactions reached 1.275 billion euros in February, down 10.3 pct from January, and down 56.8 pct compared with February 2015. The average daily turnover was 60.73 million euros in February, down from 74.84 million in January and down from 155.43 million in February last year. The number of active investor codes rose to 21,159 in February from 17,556 in January (but down from 38,527 in February 2015). The market's capitalisation was 31.15 billion at the end of February, down 8.6 pct from a month earlier, and down 31.8 pct from February 2015. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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