Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-11

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Greek authorities receive new list of 475 Greeks with overseas accounts

[02] Number of migrants and refugees trapped on Greek islands exceeds 11,000

[03] Passenger traffic in four Greek airports up 5.3 pct in May-Sept, G4S says

[01] Greek authorities receive new list of 475 Greeks with overseas accounts

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday during the debate in Parliament announced the existence of this new list. Financial prosecutors have already received the list and will begin the necessary investigations. It includes data from the accounts of a central European bank since 2010 and according to sources it includes prominent businessmen.

The next steps are the following:

- At first, Greek authorities will cross-examine the new list with other lists of overseas accounts.

- At a second stage, the authorities will begin the necessary audits by cross-referencing tax statements and declared incomes over the previous years.

- It is estimated that the first results of the investigation will be available in around one month.

[02] Number of migrants and refugees trapped on Greek islands exceeds 11,000

299 persons arrived to Samos, 86 migrants and refugees arrived on Lesvos and 114 on Chios.

According to up to date figures, the number of migrants and refugees that sought asylum in Greece reached 11,104.

It is the first time after the EU-Turkey agreement that the number of migrants and refugees trapped on the Greek island exceeds 11,000.

[03] Passenger traffic in four Greek airports up 5.3 pct in May-Sept, G4S says

G4S said passenger traffic in the airports of Athens, Heraklion, Chania and Kos began growing from the middle of the summer season as traffic growth in May and June was slow.

Dimitris Antoniou, of G4A Airports, said a growth rate of 2.2 pct in June reached 7.2 pct in July and this trend continued in the following months, climaxing in September with a growth rate of 7.9 pct.

Heraklion airport recorded the biggest percentage increase (11.1 pct), totaling 2,699,213 passengers in the five-month period, followed by the Chania airprot with an 8.0 pct increase, surpassing one million passengers. Kos airport recorded a 12.8 pct decline in traffic, while the Athens International Airport recorded a 5.0 pct increase totaling 3,479,266 passengers. Antoniou said that more than 8.0 million passengers travelled through the four airports without any serious problem or any delays during passenger control.

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