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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-05-19Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] 10th Athens Dance festivalANA-Mpa/Athens' annual Dance Festival marks its 10th anniversary this year with a record participation of 73 dance troupes.The program of the festival, which opens on May 18 and runs through June 11, includes an impressive 90 choreographies and a new event, the Athens Dance Week, full of events in off-stage venues such as exhibition halls and museums. Athens Dance Week will run from May 22 to 28, with performances in unconventional venues such as dance studios, exhibition halls, and even the Acropolis Museum, the Benaki Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art, and the Theocharakis Foundation for the Arts and Music.ana-mpa A total of 475 works by up-and-coming Greek choreographers have been showcased in the Festival to date. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] ANA-MPA Chinese webpageThe ANA-MPA on Thursday inaugurated its Chinese-language webpage http://web.ana.gr/anachina/index.php on a pilot basis, an unprecedented initiative by a European news agency aimed at the world's largest community of Internet users and the second biggest economy worldwide.Greece's national news agency aspires to serve as the pre-eminent and most reliable source of information and news for Chinese speakers on the Internet regarding issues emanating from and concerning the east Mediterranean country. Caption: ANA-MPA file photo/Pantelis Saitas More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] ASE opening: RiseEquity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.40 percent, standing at 1,333.39 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 17.758 million euros.Individual sector indices were moving upward, with the biggest gains in Insurance, up 1.72 percent; and Raw Materials, up 1.22 percent. The biggest losses were in Health, down 4.85 percent and Personal and Household Goods, down 1.90 percent. The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.72 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.17 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.57 percent. Of the stocks traded, 25 were up, 23 were down, and 20 were unchanged. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |