Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-06-17

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

CONTENTS

[01] Emergency traffic measures for upcoming long weekend

[02] General strike called by GSEE on June 24

[03] Greek Tourism Minister meets Cyprus House of Representatives president

[01] Emergency traffic measures for upcoming long weekend

Over 300,000 cars are expected to use the national highway network heading for the countryside, while traffic police have taken emergency measures to avoid accidents, such as banning all heavy goods vehicles from using the national highways between 16:00-23:00.

Measures have also been taken at the entrance toward Athens on the Athens-Lamia highway due to road works being carried out at Malakasa.

Sources said that outbound traffic was also higher at inter-city KTEL bus stations, railway stations and at the ports of Piraeus and Rafina, as well as Athens airport.

The management of transport organisations said additional routes had been laid on to serve the public, while the KTEL buses reported a 15 per cent rise in demand, while passengers at Piraeus and Rafina have risen by over 25 per cent.

[02] General strike called by GSEE on June 24

GSEE's leadership will also hold a meeting on June 30 to assess the results of the unions' struggle against government policy on the bank pension system and planned labour law reforms.

Next Friday's strike is being held in support of union objections over pension reforms and IKA, the undermining of collective agreements, the abolition of the eight-hour day and the weakening of labour relations, the liberation of shop opening hours, increasing unemployment, increased lay-offs, higher taxes and the privatisation of public-sector companies.

[03] Greek Tourism Minister meets Cyprus House of Representatives president

Afterwards, Christofias said they had discussed tourism and globalisation, as well as bilateral relations between Greece and Cyprus and ways of further development tourism and cooperation in this area.

Avramopoulos was accompanied by Cyprus Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister George Lillikas.

The Greek minister said the talks with Christofias had "given a deeper content" to the issue of tourism, with philosophical dimensions and the "hallmarks of a modern viewpoint that runs through the policies that we have jointly decided to follow with Cyprus in the particularly tough and competitive international environment".

Avramopoulos is visiting Cyprus as the invitation of his Cypriot counterpart Lillikas, with whom he earlier had talks on cooperation between Greece and Cyprus in the tourist sector.

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