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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-22Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Measures on Greek debt relief must become specific, says europarliament VP Papadimoulis"Our ambition to specify the measures on the relief of the Greek debt in the next months founds recognition and response and in the lenders' camp", SYRIZA Eurodeputy and Europarliament vice president Dimitris Papadimoulis said to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency radio "Praktoreio 104.9FM"."Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' contacts in the US proved that this idea has matured for many of our lenders, apart from Berlin and its very close allies, and that is it will be beneficial for all the measures agreed at 25 May's Eurogroup to become specific," said Papadimoulis. Papadimoulis clarified that "we do not ask for more than what was decided at the Eurogroup, but we want all these to become specific; not only the short-term measures but also the mid-term ones. This will give a sign of further stabilisation of the Greek economy and will facilitate the investments that the Greek economy needs in order to return to a sustainable development path and tackle unemployment." Papadimoulis estimated that "there is an effort on Berlin's part and particularly on the right side, and for reasons of political purposes, so that everything regarding the Greek debt relief is postponed after the German elections." [02] Travel receipts down 4.8 pct in Jan-JulyIn January-July 2016, travel receipts decreased by 4.8% to 6,783 million euros, relative to the same period of 2015, according to the Bank of Greece.This development is attributed to lower receipts from both within the EU28 (down 4.2% to 4,445 million euros) and outside the EU28 (down 7.4% to 2,120 million euros). The number of inbound visitors in July 2016 rose by 5.8% year-on-year to 4.6 million. In January-July 2016, the number of inbound visitors rose by 1.1% to 12.111 million, from 11.974 million in the same period of 2015. Specifically, arrivals by air rose by 6.9%, while those by road fell by 10.0%. In the period under review, arrivals from within the EU28 increased by 7.2% year-on-year to 8,085 thousand, whereas those from outside the EU28 fell by 9.2% to 4,026 thousand. Arrivals from the euro area rose by 5.8% and those from the non-euro area EU28 countries by 8.7%. [03] Semi-marathon at the ancient temple of Poseidon at SounioA new semi- marathon race, the Poseidon Challenge, will be held for the first time on October 2 at the southest part of Attica, at Sounio Cape. The race will link the Temple of Poseidon with the ancient theatre of Thoricus near Lavrio, the most ancient theatre in Greece.The route, a of unique beauty, will cover the coastline of Sounio and will offer a wonderful view of the ancient temple of Poseidon. The semi-marathon will include three races, of 21.1 km, 10 km and the 2km Fun Run and is organised under the auspices of General Secretariat of Sports, of the Economy Ministry, Attica prefecture, the municipality of Lavreotiki, www.visitgreece.gr, the Center of Olympic Truce, the Association of Greek Olympic champions and the sports clubs of Lavreotiki and Mesogea. [04] 10,266 migrants and refugees trapped on the Aegean islandsA total of 69 migrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean islands in the last 24 hours.50 arrivals were recorded on Lesvos and 19 on Samos. According to police figures, the number of migrants and refugees that have sought asylum and are trapped on the islands reached 10,266. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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