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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 01-09-11
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <www.ert.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] Inner cabinet meeting
[02] Olympic Games licended merchandise to be sold in the US
[03] Public Prosecutor' s document on the purchase and selling of shares to
[04] Weather forecast
[05] Prime-minister Kostas Simitis meeting in Athens with his French
[06] Commitment for improvement of quality of foodstuffs
[07] Athens stock market opening up today
NEWS IN ENGLISH ERA 5. THE VOICE OF GREECE
11/9/2001 3:31:00 μμ
[01] Inner cabinet meeting
Next year' s state budget, economic policy and the transfer to the euro
currency were the main subjects of talks during today' s meeting of the
inner cabinet chaired by Prime-minister Kostas Simitis. The Governor
of the Bank of Greece, Loukas Papadimos also attended the meeting.
[02] Olympic Games licended merchandise to be sold in the US
Licenced merchandise in the 2004 Olympic Games will be sold in the US
following an agreement forged in New York on Monday, the Athens
organisers of the event said. Sale of the products is estimated to
bring revenue of over five million US dollars, the 2004 organising
committee said in a statement. The pact will be signed in November by
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, president of the Athens organisers of
the 2004 Games and the US national Olympics committee
[03] Public Prosecutor' s document on the purchase and selling of shares to
be released today
The Public prosecutor' s document on the purchase and selling of shares
during the preelection period by the DEKA company will be released by
the Speaker of the House, Apostolos Kaklamanis, at the parliament' s
plenum today after all the political parties commitment to overvote an
amendment of the parliaments regulation providing for the briefing of
the parliamnet' s summer recess session on public prosecutors
documents.
[04] Weather forecast
Scattered cloud with sunny spells are forecast in many parts of the
country today, with the west and north likely to see some showers or
storms. Winds southwesterly, moderate, turning strong in parts of the
south. In the north, temperatures will range from 15C to 27C in the
west from 18C to 29C and in the rest of the country from 17C to 31C.
Scattered cloud in Athens, and possibly a shower or storm, with
temperatures between 18C and 29C. Light cloud over Thessaloniki
turning to a shower or storm with temperatures from 14C to 27C.
[05] Prime-minister Kostas Simitis meeting in Athens with his French
counterpart Lionel Jospin
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis and his French counterpart Lionel
Jospin covered bilateral relations and European issues during their
one-hour talks in Athens on Monday. Talks also focused on the
situation in strife-torn neighbouring FYROM. Jospin is on a working
visit to the Greek capital at the head of a high-ranking French
delegation that also includes Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine.
Speaking to reporters afterwards, both men emphasised that Greek-French
relations are excellent. The two prime ministers also responded to
questions regarding the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),
telling reporters that both sides views on the issue coincided. Among
others, Simitis and Jospin said they favoured the continued presence of
a NATO-led international weapons-collection force in the land-locked
republic to the north of Greece in order to assist normalisation in
that country. During the press conference, Simitis noted that he and
Jospin agreed that the international economy is undergoing a period of
recession, while at the same time there are "positive signs", mostly
coming from the United States, as well as from other places. He did,
however, noted his the belief that there will be improvement next year
and development rates will increase. Simitis also stressed that he and
Jospin agreed that there should be greater coordination on economic
policy within the European Union, noting that Greece will undertake the
rotating presidency of ECOFIN during the second half of 2002. On his
part, Jospin stressed the very positive role Europe's new currency, the
euro, will play as a tool of "stability and development in Europe".
He noted the important role of the European Central Bank and agreed
with Simitis on the need for a better and greater coordination of the
economic policies among Eurozone member-states. French prime minister
Lionel Jospin was received by the President of the Republic Kostis
Stefanopoulos and met with the President of the Greek parliament,
Apostolos Kaklamanis with whom he discussed the Cyprus issue, the
siutation in the Balkans, the future of Europe and globalisation.
[06] Commitment for improvement of quality of foodstuffs
European Commissioner on health and consumer protection David Byrne and
European Commissioner on Agriculture and Fisheries Franz Fischler in a
joint press conference in Athens on Monday expressed satisfaction over
Greece' s commitment to improve the system of the hygiene and quality
of foodstuffs. Fischler said consumers have greater demands as to the
quality of foodstuffs, but at the same time they have to accept the
prices which correspond to the upgraded produce and hygiene. "Low
prices, overproduction and quality are not compatible," he said.
Similar discussions have also taken place in six other countries and
will continue in all the European Union countries.
[07] Athens stock market opening up today
Equity prices rebounded at the opening of trading today on the Athens
Stock Exchange, with the general index up 1.57 percent at 2,576.69
points and turnover at 22.3 million euro, or 7.6 billion drachmas
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