The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 02-10-03

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[01] Weather forecast

(3/10/2002 11:42:00 ðì)

[02] No problem with the supply of market with fresh produce says Fotiades

Vendors at the street markets &#8211; for decades the traditional shopping venue for Greek urban families&#8217; fruits and vegetable purchases &#8211; are protesting a recent government decision to force some of them selling primarily non-food items such as kitchen utensil, linen and clothing) to ring up sales on cash register machines.

Striking stall vendors and producers also tried to continue their roadblocks of toll stations leading to the Greek capital, part of their efforts to block shipments by wholesalers. However, riot police at the Elefsina toll station, west of Athens on the highway leading to the Peloponnese, kept protestors at bay earlier in the day.

Meanwhile, Finance Deputy Minister Apostolos Fotiades stated to NET 105.8 that there is no problem with the supply of the market with fresh produce. He also described the producers and sellers&#8217; decision to stop their mobilisations as positive, adding that the use of tills will protect merchants and consumers.

Finally, the government assured that the use of cash registers concerns only 4% of the sellers and will not extend to the sellers of agricultural products.

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[03] NEWS IN ENGLISH - THE VOICE OF GREECE

- No problem with the supply of market with fresh produce says Fotiades (3/10/2002 11:44:00 ðì)

- 20,000 euros found near Giotopoulos&#8217; house (3/10/2002 11:46:00 ðì)

- 200,000 Athens residents to vote elswhere (3/10/2002 11:48:00 ðì)

- Koffi Anan to meet Klerides & Denktash (3/10/2002 11:50:00 ðì)

- Weather forecast (2/10/2002 12:16:00 ìì)

- Cyprus among countries to conclude E.U accession talks in December (2/10/2002 12:18:00 ìì)

- Conventional weapons system- Defendory 2002 opened in Pireus (2/10/2002 12:18:00 ìì)

- Open market vendors continue strike (2/10/2002 12:20:00 ìì)

- National Theater performance in Rome (2/10/2002 12:21:00 ìì)

- Measures to combat unemployment (2/10/2002 12:23:00 ìì)

- Suicide attempts up by 30% (2/10/2002 12:24:00 ìì)

- Iraq agrees to inspectors &#8211;U.S makes extraordinary demands (2/10/2002 12:25:00 ìì)

- Earthquake Rodes (2/10/2002 12:26:00 ìì)

- Weather forecast (1/10/2002 1:20:00 ìì)

[04] Weather forecast

(3/10/2002 11:46:00 ðì)

[05] 200,000 Athens residents to vote elswhere

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Costas Scandalides stated that about 200,000 Athenians will vote in different areas of those they are residing, blaming the municipal authorities for that, and adding that 400 taxis and 137 mini busses will be used for the transfer of those voters.

From its side, the Athens Municipality replied by saying that the government is the one that is responsible for that.

(3/10/2002 11:48:00 ðì)

[06] Koffi Anan to meet Klerides & Denktash

United Nations Secretary General Koffi Anan will first have separate meetings with the President of the Cyprus Republic Glafkos Klerides and then with Mr Denktash and lastly will have dinner with both men at 19:00.

On a relative development, during his address to the Parliamentary Committee of Defence and Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister George Papandreou said that it would be difficult for a solution of the Cyprus issue to be found on the basis of the present circumstances. At the same time, he confirmed information according to which Mr Annan may submit a new peace plan after Turkish elections.

(3/10/2002 11:50:00 ðì)

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