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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 02-10-04The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <www.ert.gr/>CONTENTS[01] Weather forecastSunshine is forecast in all parts of the country, with light cloud in the east and north. Winds northerly, moderate to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from 06C to 21C; on the rest of the mainland from 11C to 25C; and in the Aegean islands from 14C to 24C. Temperatures in Athens between 14C and 24C; and in Thessaloniki from 10C to 21C.(4/10/2002 11:14:00 ðì) [02] Simitis optimistic about Greek economyFinance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis is to meet Prime Minister Costas Simitis and brief him on the draft of the budget to be tabled at Parliament on Monday and which will include a bad scenario with a growth rate ranging from 3% to 3.1%.At the same time, Mr Simitis expressed his optimism that the Greek economy will sustain the repercussions from the uncertainty prevailing in the stock markets worldwide and from the expected deterioration caused by the crisis in Iraq. (4/10/2002 11:16:00 ðì) [03] New working positions to be createdThe immediate creation of 14,500 working positions will be created according to the government programme for employment, from which the ones to benefit will be mainly men, women and long-term unemployed.By the end of its four-year term, the government may even have exceeded its target of creating 300,000 new jobs, Prime Minister Costas Simitis said on Thursday, following a meeting of the cabinet to discuss employment issues. Expressing satisfaction with the success of government employment policies, Simitis said these were effective and had driven unemployment levels to single-digit figures (9.6 per cent in the second quarter of the year) for the first time since 1997, down from 10.2 per cent in 2001. Meanwhile, the unemployment allowance will go up by 7% as of January 1. Meanwhile, in an interview with NET radio, Labour Deputy Minister Rovertos Spyropoulos described the government programme for employment consensus and responsible. At the same time, in an interview with NET 105.8, New Democracy party parliamentary secretary Dimitris Sioufas attributed the high unemployment to the government’s wrong economic policy. From its side, the Greek Communist party criticized the new measures, while the Synaspismos party questioned all data. (4/10/2002 11:17:00 ðì) [04] All media guarded after attack against “Apogvematini”Several persons were produced at the police station yesterday following the attack against the offices of the newspaper “Apogevmatini”. Meanwhile, as of yesterday, newspaper, TV and Radio offices are being guarded.At the same time, an anarchist organisation has assumed responsibility for the attack through the Internet, threatening now with organised attacks against the Media. From his side, government spokesman Christos Protopapas categorically condemned the attack on the offices of the Athens newspaper “Apogevmatini”. The targets of that violent attack were the freedom of the press and the free dissemination of ideas, stressed Mr. Protopapas, pointing out that united we will face actions that hurt the free dissemination of ideas. He also underlined that the government will seek the arrest and punishment of the guilty. Additionally, he criticized the New Democracy party on the occasion of Mr Karamanlis’ statements according to which the government had a dialogue with terrorists. (4/10/2002 11:18:00 ðì) [05] Denktash warns with permanent partition of CyprusWithin the framework of the face-to-face talks taking place in New York on the Cyprus issue, Turkish-Cypriot representative Rauf Denktash threatened to stop negotiations and to proceed to the permanent partition of Cyprus if it is acceded to the European Union.Mr Denktash was disturbed by United Nations Secretary General Koffi Anan’s statements according to which efforts for the resolution of the Cyprus issue should continue even after Cyprus’ accession. (4/10/2002 11:20:00 ðì) The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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