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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-12-17
CONTENTS
[01] Mitsotakis stresses importance of equality before the law during
Thrace visit
[02] Stores to open on Sunday for Christmas shoppers
[01] Mitsotakis stresses importance of equality before the law during
Thrace visit
New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed on Saturday his
support on the principle of equality before the law during a visit to
a village in Thrace with a predominantly Muslim population.
Mitsotakis spoke about the principle, introduced by his father and
former prime minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis in 1991, at the village
of Sminthi after which he attended a meeting of the local city council
where he heard about the problems facing the community.
He then inaugurated ND's offices in the region and said that his priority
would be to create an educational system for the minority that offers
equal opportunities to all students and an equally good knowledge of
Greek and Turkish.
Mitsotakis is touring the region with party officials and is expected
to visit Komotini and meet with municipal officials.
[02] Stores to open on Sunday for Christmas shoppers
Stores around Greece will be open on Sunday (Dec. 18) as part of
the opening hours followed during the holiday season which started on
December 15. In Athens, the opening hours proposed by the local chamber
of commerce are from 11:00 to 18:00.
At the same time, a sample check conducted by the Institute of Trade
and Services on Dec. 14-19 found that this year's Christmas table will
be more expensive by 2.42 percent compared with 2015, with the price
hike attributed mostly to the higher cost of seasonal delicacies. The
estimated weighted average increase, which takes into account the increase
of the VAT rate from 23 pct to 24 pct in the traditional "melomakarona"
and "kourambiades" - deserts offered during the holidays - is close to
8.36 percent compared to the same period last year
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