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Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-11-10

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

CONTENTS

  • [01] UK Olympic champions back return of Parthenon Marbles
  • [02] DMs from Greece, Albania, FYROM discuss trilateral cooperation
  • [03] Greece condemns ''murderous'' attacks in Riyadh
  • [04] Council of Europe education ministers hold conference in Athens
  • [05] PM inaugurates new General State Archives building
  • [06] Greek Culture Foundation to promote Greek cinema in London
  • [07] Foreign Exchange Rates: Tuesday
  • [08] Electricity workers to strike on November 18
  • [09] Weather Forecast: Light cloud on Tuesday
  • [10] Greek stocks end off lows on Monday

  • [01] UK Olympic champions back return of Parthenon Marbles

    10/11/2003 23:02:45

    Two of Britains best-known Olympic medallists are set to endorse the idea of returning the Parthenon Marbles to Athens this week from atop the historic hill where the ancient friezes were sliced off and carried away two centuries ago the venerable Acropolis.

    Olympic champions Alan Wells, the 100-metre gold medallist during the 1980 Moscow Games, and Steve Smith, the high jump bronze medallist during the 1996 Atlanta Games, arrived in Greece on Monday as representatives of a group of British Olympic medallists backing the repatriation of the Marbles from British Museum exile on the occasion of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

    Wells and Smith are expected to visit the Acropolis, where the Parthenon stands, on Tuesday, before touring various Olympics-related projects and venues on Wednesday.

    Another nine British Olympians are lending their support to the long-time demand by the official Greek state, various international dignitaries and classicists the world over, including Linford Christie, Jonathan Edwards, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Tessa Sanderson, David Hemery, Jason Quelly, Mark Richardson, Chris Hoy as well as Daley Thomson, according to a press release by the Greek culture ministry.

    [02] DMs from Greece, Albania, FYROM discuss trilateral cooperation

    10/11/2003 23:02:36

    Defence ministers from Greece, Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) met in a northwestern lakeside town on Monday for talks aimed directly at strengthening bilateral and even trilateral military cooperation, days after Athens announced that it was formally altering its defence policy in the absence of any ?northern threat?.

    Greek DM Yiannos Papantoniou received his Albanian and FYROM counterparts, Pandeli Majko and Vlado Buckovski, respectively, in the town of Kastoria, with the trio of ministers later saying that yearly contacts between defence ministers from the three neighbouring states will be a regular occurrence.

    Both Majko and Buckovski also praised the fact that Greeces defence ministry has decided to transfer active military units from its northern borders.

    [03] Greece condemns ''murderous'' attacks in Riyadh

    10/11/2003 23:01:21

    The government on Monday condemned the car bomb attacks in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh in which 17 people were killed, and voiced Greece's support for Saudi Arabia.

    Government spokesman Christos Protopapas said the Greek government ''absolutely and categorically'' condemned Sunday's ''murderous'' car-bomb attacks.

    He expressed Greece's support for Saud Arabia and its commitment to contribute as much as it could to strengthening the international effort to wipe out terrorism.

    [04] Council of Europe education ministers hold conference in Athens

    10/11/2003 23:00:09

    The 21st session of the Council of Europe education ministers' Permanent Conference began in Athens on Monday, focusing on the issue of ''Intercultural education:management of differentiality, strengthening democracy.''

    The conference is attended by the education ministers and delegations of 46 member-states of the Council of Europe and it is the first time, since 1959 when the institution of the European education ministers' conference was established, that this session is being held in Greece.

    [05] PM inaugurates new General State Archives building

    10/11/2003 22:58:56

    The new General State Archives building was inaugurated on Monday by Prime Minister Costas Simitis.

    Afterwards, the premier toured the ultra-modern new building, accompanied by Education Minister Petros Efthymiou and Deputy Press Minister Tilemahos Hytiris.

    According to the premier, the project was the culmination of efforts that led to ''one more step of progress'' for Greece and were part of the modernisation desired and rapidly being promoted by the present government.

    The property in Paleo Psyhiko where the archives are housed was originally donated to the state by Prodromos Athanassiades Bodosakis in 1972 but all work on it was stalled until the year 2000 due to bureaucratic obstacles and inflexibility.

    [06] Greek Culture Foundation to promote Greek cinema in London

    10/11/2003 22:57:44

    LONDON (ANA) - The Greek cinema will be promoted by the Greek Culture Foundation in London, in cooperation with the Greek Cinema Centre and the National Film Theatre (NFT), with two events.

    The first includes a presentation of films by film director Theodoros Angelopoulos (8/11-28/12) and a special night for the film director on November 25.

    The second event concerns the screening of the film ''Z'' on November 17 and a discussion with film director Costa Gavras.

    The dedication to Angelopoulos is taking place on the occasion of the completion of his new film titled ''Weeping Willow'', while the British public will be able to see 11 of Angelopoulos' films over a period of two months.

    [07] Foreign Exchange Rates: Tuesday

    10/11/2003 21:07:43

    Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

    U.S. dollar 1.157

    Pound sterling 0.692

    Danish kroner 7.495

    Swedish kroner 9.047

    Japanese yen 125.8

    Swiss franc 1.585

    Norwegian kroner 8.297

    Cyprus pound 0.587

    Canadian dollar 1.523

    Australian dollar 1.620

    [08] Electricity workers to strike on November 18

    10/11/2003 19:28:42

    Workers of the Athens-quoted Public Power Corporation are to stage a 24-hour strike on November 18, their union said in a statement on Monday.

    The walkout is to protest against the terms of a tender called by management of the state-run firm to secure electricity from the private sector ahead of increased power requirements for the Athens 2004 Olympics.

    The GENOP-DEH union claimed that the tender lacked transparency stemming from an express procedure; and breached statutory regulations introduced four months ago.

    [09] Weather Forecast: Light cloud on Tuesday

    10/11/2003 18:52:19

    All parts of the country will see light cloud, turning to showers in Thessaly, the eastern central mainland, eastern Peloponnese, the Cyclades and northern Crete. Winds variable, moderate to very strong. In the north, temperatures will range from -1C to 9C; in the west from 2C to 14C; and in the rest of the country from 4C to 13C. Temperatures in Athens between 6C and 10C; and in Thessaloniki from 3C to 8C.Snow may fall on Mount Parnes outside the capital.

    [10] Greek stocks end off lows on Monday

    10/11/2003 16:45:29

    Greek stocks ended the first trading session of a new week slightly lower, as renewed buying demand for blue chip stocks, like National Bank, Alpha Bank, Emporiki Bank, OPAP and Cosmote, helped to a recovery of earlier biggest losses in the Athens Stock Exchange.

    The general index ended 0.08 percent lower at 2,193.17 points, with turnover a low 96.7 million euros.

    The Publications, Construction and IT sectors suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day (2.22 percent, 0.90 percent and 0.38 percent, respectively), while the Base Metals, Retail and Investment sectors scored the biggest percentage gains (2.12 percent, 0.73 percent and 0.71 percent, respectively).

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavy traded stocks rose 0.01 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index ended 0.16 percent higher and the FTSE/ASE SmallCap 80 index rose 0.19 percent.

    Broadly, decliners led advancers by 195 to 111 with another 61 issues unchanged.


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