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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-09-07Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM proceeds with sweeping cabinet reshuffle(ANA-MPA) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou proceeded with a major cabinet reshuffle made public in the early hours of Tuesday, with 48 Cabinet members now comprising the Greek government, of which seven members are alternate ministers -- up from two in the previous Cabinet -- and 24 deputy ministers. Practically all of the Cabinet members are also MPs from the ruling PASOK party.Prime Minister: George Papandreou Government Vice President: Theodoros Pangalos Interior Minister : Yiannis Rangoussis Deputy Ministers: Giorgos Dolios, Theodora Tzakri Finance Minister: George Papaconstantinou Deputy Ministers: Filippos Sahinidis, Dimitris Kouselas Foreign Minister: Dimitris Droutsas Alternate Minister: Mariliza Xenoyiannakopoulou Deputy Ministers: Spyros Kouvelis, Dimitris Dollis National Defence Minister: Evangelos Venizelos Alternate Minister: Panos Beglitis Regional Development and Competitiveness Minister: Mihalis Chryssohoidis Alternate Minister: Socratis Xenidis Deputy Ministers: Panayiotis Rigas, Dinos Rovlias Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries Minister: Yiannis Diamantidis Deputy Minister: Elpida Tsouri Environment Minister: Tina Birbili Alternate Minister: Nikos Sifounakis Deputy Ministers: Yiannis Maniatis, Thanos Moraitis Education Minister: Anna Diamantopoulou Alternate Minister: Fofi Yennimata Deputy Ministers: Evi Christofilopoulou, Yiannis Panaretos Infrastructures, Transports and Networks Minister: Dimitris Reppas Deputy Ministers: Yiannis Mangriotis, Spyros Vougias Labour and Social Insurances Minister: Louka Katseli Alternate Minister: Giorgos Koutroumanis Deputy Ministers: Vassilis Kegkeroglou, Anna Dalara Health and Social Solidarity Minister: Andreas Loverdos Deputy Ministers: Christos Aidonis, Mihalis Timosidis Agricultural Development and Food Minister: Costas Skandalidis Deputy Ministers: Milena Apostolaki, Yiannis Koutsoukos Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Minister: Haris Kastanidis Citizen's Protection Minister: Christos Papoutsis Deputy Minister: Emmanuel Othonas Culture and Tourism Minister: Pavlos Geroulanos Alternate Minister: Telemachos Hytiris Deputy Minister: Giorgos Nikitiadis State Minister: Haris Pamboukis Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman: Giorgos Petalotis. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [02] Ecofin approves 2nd tranche of loans to GreeceBRUSSELS (ANA-MPA) -- An Ecofin meeting on Tuesday decided that from 2011 onwards all EU member-states will table their state budget draft bills for the next year to EU agencies for approval in the first half of each year, a procedure coming before national parliaments begin their ratification process.Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, speaking to reporters here, expressed his satisfaction with this decision and noted that based on legislation regulations adopted by Greece last July, the basic principles of annual state budgets would be drafted during the first quarter of the previous year. Moreover, the Ecofin council approved, with no debate, a second tranche of an EU loan facility to Greece. (ANA-MPA) The Greek minister told reporters that EU finance ministers exchanged views over a series of issues, such as strengthening sanctions against member-states breaching fiscal discipline rules, setting up a reserve fund to deal with future crises, taxing financial transactions, without reaching any specific decisions. Papaconstantinou stressed that a priority of government policy was to promote structural changes, privatisations and the consolidation of the domestic banking sector. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [03] Stocks end 3.29% lowerStocks ended lower at the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday as investors took profits after a four-day rally which added 7.59 pct to the market. The composite index fell 3.29 pct to end at 1,618.31 points, with turnover a low 93.328 million euros.The Big Cap index fell 3.75 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 2.33 pct lower and the Small Cap index fell 0.98 pct. All sectors moved lower with the Raw Materials (4.95 pct) and Banks (4.83 pct) suffering the heaviest percentage losses of the day. Broadly, Viokarpet (9.68 pct), Koubas (9.52 pct) and Info-Quest (8.62 pct) were top gainers, while Attikat (13.33 pct), Euroholdings (9.68 pct) and Teletypos (9.32 pct) were top losers. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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