Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-06-24

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Tuesday weather - Mostly sunny

[02] ND leads ruling PASOK by 8.4 points in latest poll

[03] Monday weather - Mostly sunny

[01] Tuesday weather - Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny on Tuesday throughout the country, with a chance of scattered afternoon showers in the north. Northerly winds, weak to moderate on the seas. Temperatures between 20C to 37C on the mainland, 22C to 32C on the islands.

Sunny in Athens, 25C to 37C in Athens. Clear skies in Thessaloniki, 23C to 37C.

[02] ND leads ruling PASOK by 8.4 points in latest poll

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) continued to hold a lead over ruling PASOK in the latest opinion poll published over the weekend in an Athens dailys Sunday edition, with the difference standing at 8.4 points.

According to results of the poll published by ?Kathimerini? on Sunday, ND was preferred by 37.9 percent of respondents to 29.5 percent for PASOK.

ND also garnered a majority of respondents preference on the question of which party will win the next general elections, with 57.4 percent of those asked choosing the main opposition party to 25.2 percent for PASOK.

In a slight reversal of past trends in other opinion polls, ND leader Costas Karamanlis also edged Prime Minister Costas Simitis in the question of who is the most capable to govern, polling 32.1 percent to the prime ministers 30.4.

As far as the other smaller parties are concerned, only the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) would surpass the 3-percent ceiling needed to enter Parliament if judged by the opinion poll results. KKE was favored by 5.2 percent of respondents, whereas the currently Parliament-represented Coalition of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos) polled 2.8 percent.

The Movement of Free Citizens (KEP), whose founder and leader, Athens Mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos suspended its operations as a full-fledged political party this month, garnered 2.9 percent of respondents preferences.

The opinion poll was undertaken by the ALCO firm, with a sample of 1,967 people interviewed between June 6 and 13.

[03] Monday weather - Mostly sunny

Mostly sunny on Tuesday throughout the country, with a chance of scattered afternoon showers in the north. Northerly winds, weak to moderate on the seas. Temperatures between 20C to 37C on the mainland, 22C to 32C on the islands.

Sunny in Athens, 25C to 37C in Athens. Clear skies in Thessaloniki, 23C to 37C.

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