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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-04-18Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greek embassy in Beijing cultural review focuses shadow theatreBEIJING (ANA-MPA) -- The press & communication office of the Greek embassy in the Chinese capital will circulate the fifth edition of its quarterly cultural review "epiKoInoNiA" this week, a bilingual publication in English and Chinese."Epikoinonia" is Greek for "communication", with the capital letters "K", "I", "N" and "A", ergo "KINA", meaning China in Greek. This quarter's edition will focus on shadow theatre medium in Greece, particularly the "Karagiozis" theme. The initiative is designed, composed and published exclusively by the press & communication office in Beijing. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Facebook leads to firing(ANA-MPA) -- A First Instance Court in Athens on Monday ruled in favour of an airline company that had fired an employee for "surfing" the social networking site Facebook and other websites while at work.The court ruled that the company was justified to end the work contract with a female employee without severance pay on the justification that she was visiting internet websites, including the best-known social networking sites, for hours at a time and on a daily basis. (ANA-MPA) Caption: ANA-MPA / EPA file photo More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] Stocks end sharply lowerStocks ended sharply lower at the Athens Stock Exchange on Monday, hit by worsening conditions in debt markets and by intensifying speculation over a debt restructuring.Bank shares came under strong selling pressure amid talk of a share capital increase plan by a major commercial bank. The composite index of the market fell 2.83 pct to end at 1,427.49 points, with turnover remaining a low 91.492 million euros. The Big Cap index dropped 3.07 pct, the Mid Cap index ended 2.53 pct down and the Small Cap index fell 2.45 pct. PPC (1.42 pct) and Coca-Cola 3E (0.31 pct) were the only blue chips to end higher, while, ATEbank (7.69 pct), Alpha Bank (7.49 pct), Piraeus Bank (7.2 pct), Hellenic Postbank (6.89 pct) and National Bank (5.55 pct) were major losers. The Utilities (0.44 pct) and Food (0.17 pct) were top gainers, while Banks (5.67 pct), Financial Services (4.68 pct) and Constructions (4.17 pct) suffered the heaviest percentage losses of the day. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 120 to 30 with another 38 issues unchanged. Mouzakis (17.39 pct), Vovos (13.56 pct), Hatzioannou (12.5 pct) were top gainers, while Allatini Ceramics (20 pct), Boutaris (10 pct) and ETEM (9.80 pct) were top losers. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |