Ministers will then receive the Ministries from their predecessors, who received orders from Mr. Simitis to remain in their positions and turn them over to their replacements. According to the final results, ND, which won with a difference of slightly le ss than 5%, will have a comfortable majority in Parliament with 165 seats.

In an interview to the "Eleftherotypia" newspaper he placed blame on everyone's shoulders, he did not exclude Giorgos Papandreou and to a question on whether PASOK's opening to both the Left and the Right was wrong, he responded: "It is too early to make

such appreciations. However, it seems that citizens appreciate clarity, consequence and clearness above all else."

He stressed that PASOK must carry out a neoteric and responsible opposition to the ND government, while regarding the request towards G. Papandreou to "change it all", he commented that "the "change it all" proposal is charming. However we must be in a p osition to explain how, what and in which direction there will be changes".

The dominance of PASOKS introversion will be disastrous pointed out Costas Scandalidis, elected first MP in the I Athens electoral district.

PASOK will not hide the reasons that led to its electoral defeat, on the contrary it must deal with ND's program statements in a responsible and real way, said Mr. Scandalidis to Flash Radio.

He disagreed with those criticizing PASOK in all sectors and stressed that the changes in the Movement that began with the election of Giorgos Papandreou to its presidency must continue.

As far as PASOK's position towards the government is concerned, he noted that it must support national solutions to issues such as the Cyprus issue and the Olympics, and that it must carry out a constructive and responsible opposition.

The new cabinet will meet for the first time at 12:30pm tomorrow and then the Prime Minister will make statements to the press.

As it was announced, Stavros Dimas will take over the post of the Greek Commissioner in the EU, while Anna Psarouda Benaki will be proposed by New Democracy to the Parliament for the post of the Parliament President.

According to statements made by Thodoris Rousopoulos, a Ministry of Tourism will be created, while the Ministry of Labor and Social Security will be renamed to Ministry of Employment and Social Protection, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will be renam ed to Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity and the Ministry of Agriculture will be renamed to Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food.

The Ministry of Press and Mass Media is being abolished, its area of responsibility will be under the Prime Minister and the Minister of State will exercise the relevant authority.

The members of the new government are: Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis Minister of Economy and Finance Georgios Alogoskoufis Deputy Ministers: Christos Folias, Petros Doukas and Adam Regouzas Minister of Foreign Affairs Petros Moliviatis Deputy Ministers: Takis Skandalakis, Yiannis Valinakis and Evripidis Stilianidis Minister of National Defense Spilios Spiliotopoulos Deputy Ministers: Vasilis Michaloliakos and Yiannis Lambropoulos Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization Prokopis Pavlopoulos Deputy Ministers: Thanasis Nakos and Apostolos Andreoulakos Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas Deputy Ministers: Giorgos Salagoudis and Yiannis Papathanasiou Minister of Environment, Land Planning and Public Works Giorgos Souflias Deputy Ministers: Stavros Kaloyiannis and Themistoklis Xanthopoulos Minister of Education and Religion Marietta Giannakou Deputy Ministers: Giorgos Kalos and Spiros Taliadouros Ministry of Employment and Social Protection Panos Panagiotopoulos Deputy Ministers: Gerasimos Giakoumatos and Nikos Angelopoulos Minister of Health and Social Solidarity Nikitas Kaklamanis Deputy Ministers: Thanasis Giannopoulos and Giorgos Konstantopoulos Minister of Agricultural Development and Food Savvas Tsitouridis Deputy Ministers: Alexandros Kontos and Evangelos Basiakos Minister of Justice Anastasios Papaligouras Minister of Culture Kostas Karamanlis Alternate Minister Fani Palli Petralia Deputy Ministers: Petros Tatoulis, Giorgos Orphanos (responsible for sports issues) Minister of Transportation and Communications Michalis Liapis Deputy Minister Tasos Nerantzis Minister of Public Order Giorgos Voulgarakis Minister of Merchant Marine Manolis Kefalogiannis Minister of Macedonia-Thrace Nikos Tsiartsionis Minister of Tourism Dimitris Avramopoulos Deputy Minister Anastasios Liaskos Minister of Aegean and Island Policy Aristotelis Pavlidis Minister of State and Government Spokesman Thodoris Rousopoulos

Of the stocks trading today, only 40 had gains and 268 had losses, while the value of 83 stocks remained unchanged.

According to Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysics Laboratory the weak tremor was recorded at 9:24am and its epicenter was located 92 kilometers northeast of Thessaloniki.

The earthquake was felt across the prefecture of Serres and in neighboring prefectures. According to statements made to MPA by seismologist Vasilis Karakostas, it is an isolated phenomenon in a region with low seismic activity.

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