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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-04-06Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Government's economic team concludes meeting with institutionsA meeting between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Economy Minister George Stathakis and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis with the representatives of the institutions concluded in Athens on Wednesday evening.According to finance ministry's officials, the meeting discussed the process through which the negotiations will reach a draft agreement in the next few days. Sources from the heads of the institutions' mission said efforts are focused on recording the progress made in a document which could take the form of an announcement, in which the two sides will be noting the significant progress made or the achievement of an interim agreement. [02] PM Tsipras says EU proposals on revision of Dublin Treaty are a step forwardPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras said the proposals unveiled by the European Commission on Wednesday to overhaul the EU's asylum procedure and migration policy are a step in the right direction."The European Commission's proposals for the revision of the Dublin treaty are a positive step forward," he tweeted. "The Refugee Crisis requires comprehensive management and solidarity between all European countries," he added. [03] Financial prosecutors call former PM aide, businessman for questioning on off shore firmFinancial prosecutors have called a close adviser of former prime minister Antonis Samaras, the lawyer Stavros Papastavrou, for questioning next week on the ownership of an off shore company.Along with Papastavrou, the prosecutors also called businessman Sabby Mionis to appear before them, as he appears to be the owner of the off shore company in question, STABRI Ltd. The two business partners are suspected of having committed felony offenses following a batch of new evidence acquired by the prosecutors. The name of Papastavrou appeared in documents leaked by several international newspapers in the so-called "Panama papers" affair. [04] Foreign investors net buyers in Greek stock market in MarchForeign investors raised their participation in the capitalization of the Greek stock market in March to 60 pct including the participation of Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, while excluding HFSF's participation their share rose to 63.3 pct in March from 62.3 pct in February.Foreign investors were net buyers in March with capital inflows of 5.93 million euros, while Greek investors were net sellers with capital outflows of 5.91 million. The value of transactions amounted to 1.602 billion euros in March, up 25.6 pct from February and up 14.6 pct from March 2015. Average daily value of transactions was 80.11 million euros in March, up from 60.74 million in February but down from 89.32 million euros in March last year. The number of active investor codes fell to 17,253 in March from 21,159 in February and 32,776 in March 2015. The market's capitalization was 34.68 billion euros at the end of March, up 11.4 pct from a month earlier but down 11.9 pct from March 2015. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |