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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 01-11-23
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <www.ert.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] NEWS IN ENGLISH THE VOICE OF GREECE
[02] Preparations for 2004 Olympics
[03] Bill on immigration
[04] 2002 state budget
[05] Farmers wait decisions on product prices
[06] Chemists say no to medicines on credit
[07] Confrontation over Real Estate Registry
[08] DEI shares float in Athens Stock Exchange
[09] Athens bourse
[01] NEWS IN ENGLISH THE VOICE OF GREECE
23/11/2001 12:23:00 μμ
[02] Preparations for 2004 Olympics
Donald Oswald, the head of International Olympic Committee s (IOC)
Coordinating Committee appeared satisfied from the reassurances the
president of the "Athens 2004" organizing committee Yanna Angelopoulou
gave that Greece is ready for a new round of speeding up preparations
for the 2004 Olympic Games. Meanwhile, IOC technocrats have assessed
that significant progress has been noted on the issue, but underlined
the need of keeping strictly the set timetables.
[03] Bill on immigration
Immigration policy and changes in the second phase for the legalization
of immigrants will be the basic topic of the first bill on immigration
that Interior Minister Kostas Skandalidis will table in the Greek
parliament.
[04] 2002 state budget
Trade unions and political parties are reacting to the state budget for
2002.
[05] Farmers wait decisions on product prices
Meanwhile farmers are keeping a wait-and-see stand about the prices of
their products. However, the Finance ministry announced that an
additional 76 billion drachmas have been secured from the EU budget for
Greek tobacco and cotton growers.
[06] Chemists say no to medicines on credit
Chemists across the country are threatening to stop supplying medicines
on credit to socially secured people. They demand that Social Security
Funds pay immediately their debts to them.
[07] Confrontation over Real Estate Registry
The former and the present ministers of Environment, Public Works and
City Planning, Mrs. Vasso Papandreou and Mr. Kostas Laliotis
participated in an extraordinary general assembly of the company Real
Estate SA. It was decided at the meeting that the share capital of the
Real Estate Registry be increased by 21.9 billion drachmas so that the
relative procedures and payments may proceed normally. Meanwhile, the
major opposition New Democracy (ND) party strongly criticized the moves
on the issue and in response Mrs. Papandreou accused the opposition
party of using petty partisan reasoning.
[08] DEI shares float in Athens Stock Exchange
15% of the shares of DEI-the Greek Public Electricity corporation- will
be floated to the Athens foreign exchange, as the ministers responsible
for the sector decided yesterday. The board of DEI will meet today
under the chairmanship of the Minister of Development Akis
Tsochatzopoulos.
[09] Athens bourse
Small losses were recorded in the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
The general index dropped by 0.64%, closing at 2,747.91 points, while
the volume of transactions was at 301 million Euro or 103 billion
drachmas. Of the stocks trading yesterday, 189 recorded gains and 150
had losses, while the value of 24 stocks remained unchanged
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