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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-05-23Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] 2011 Cliff Diving at Lake VouliagmeniANA-MPA/The 2010 Cliff Diving World Series champion, Britain's Gary Hunt, won the third round of this year's World Series held Sunday at Lake Vouliagmeni, southeast of Athens.Hunt, with this first World Series win of the year, moved to the head of the Series. Russia's Artem Silchenko took second place, while the Czech Republic's Michal Navratil came in third, in his first podium finish since 2009. More than 9,000 spectators took advantage of the warm and sunny weather to attend the keenly-fought competition.ana-mpa Hunt dove from the 26.8 meter high platform in the final round with a combination of somersaults and twists that gave him the edge over Silchenko and Navratil. The next stop in the 7-round Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011 is La Rochelle, France, on June 18, while the final will take place in Yalta, the Ukraine. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] Poll: PASOK and ND even(ANA-MPA)-Ruling PASOK's lead over main opposition New Democracy has diminished to zero percent, according to an MRB poll on behalf of RealNews newspaper, the results of which appeared in the newspaper's Sunday edition.More specifically, both PASOK and ND amassed 21.5 percent each among respondents to the poll, followed by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) with 8.1 percent, the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party with 6.0 percent, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA parliamentary alliance) with 4.1 percent, and the non-parliamentary Ecologists-Greens with 3.2 percent.(ANA-MPA) To a question on voters' intention if elections were held now, PASOK and ND were preferred by respondents with 31.8 percent each, followed by the KKE with 9.5 percent, LAOS with 7.1 percent, SYRIZA with 4.8 percent and the Ecologists-Greens with 3.8 percent, while the rest of the parties did not amass the 3.0 percent required to gain a seat in the 300-member parliament.(ANA-MPA) As for which party they anticipated would win if elections took place now, PASOK led with 12.5 percentage points.(ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [03] ASE opening: DeclineEquity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Monday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 1.17 percent, standing at 1,282.22 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 11.940 million euros.Individual sector indices were moving mostly downward, with the biggest gains in Insurance, up 1.66 percent; and Construction, up 0.79 percent. The biggest losses were in Health, down 3.33 percent; Travel and Recreation, down 2.55 percent and Chemicals, down 2.19 percent. The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 1.24 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 1.01 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 1.18 percent. Of the stocks traded, 15 were up, 51 were down, and 8 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 |
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