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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-06-07
CONTENTS
[01] France's Le Maire urges solution for Greece after meeting
counterparts in Paris
[02] Hellenic Post to pay PPC 6.6 million euros by week's end, sources say
[01] France's Le Maire urges solution for Greece after meeting
counterparts in Paris
PARIS (ANA/ O. Tsipira) Finding a solution for Greece at the upcoming
Eurogroup on June 15 was at the top of the agenda during meetings
held by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire with his German and
Italian counterparts in Paris, as well as Eurogroup President Jeroen
Dijsselbloem.
In a tweet about his meeting with the Eurogroup president, Le Maire
urged collaboration in a joint effort "to find a solution for Greece."
Following his meeting with Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan,
the French finance minister sent a tweet reporting constructive talks
and saying they had the same desire to advance Eurozone integration.
Regarding his meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble,
Le Maire said it was "a great pleasure to receive Schaeuble at Bercy"
and that they had worked together to advance French-German cooperation
for the benefit of Europe.
[02] Hellenic Post to pay PPC 6.6 million euros by week's end, sources say
Hellenic Post (ELTA) will repay a significant portion of its debts to
the state-run power utility PPC by the end of this week. According to
sources, the amount of 6.6 million euros is to be transferred to PPC's
coffers by ELTA's management.
The announcement was made in the wake of questions tabled in Parliament on
Wednesday about alleged delays in payments to the power utility of money
ELTA had collected on its behalf from customers paying their electricity
bills at the post office. According to Serres MP Fotini Arabatzi,
several customers risked losing a 15 pct prompt-payment discount or
having their debt settlement with PPC voided, despite having paid their
bills on time. The MP also reported ELTA delays in payments to large
telecoms company.
Sources said the sum to be paid by ELTA to PPC originates from sums
owed by the Greek state to ELTA for distributing the press within Greece
from November 1, 2013 until August 9, 2015. The money was raised by the
General Secretariat for Information and Communication, which belongs to
the digital policy, telecommunications and media ministry
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