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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 2004-09-08

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From: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.


MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY Thessaloniki, September 8, 2004

SECTIONS

  • [A] NATIONAL NEWS
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

  • [01] FAVORABLE MEASURES
  • [02] THE GREEK NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM IS READY TO FACE TURKEY
  • [03] GREEK MEDICINES TO NORTH OSSETIA
  • [04] THE DRAFT LAW ON SPORTS
  • [05] LOSSES IN THE ASE
  • [06] THESSALONIKI HAS THE LARGEST AUTOMATED UNDERGROUND PARKING IN EUROPE
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    NEWS IN DETAILS

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

  • [01] FAVORABLE MEASURES Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis will announce a number of favorable measures for wage earners, pensioners and businesses, while special measures will by adopted for regional development. Also, one billion euro projects will be constructed that will chan ge the way the city of Thessaloniki looks and northern Greece in general.

    Mr. Karamanlis will announce the measures speaking in the formal opening of Thessaloniki's 69th International Trade Fair.

    The decision on the contents of Mr. Karamanlis' address was finalized in the governmental committee meeting yesterday.

    After the meeting, Minister of Environment, Land Planning and Public Works Giorgos Souflias referred to the announcements to be made by the Prime Minister stating that Mr. Karamanlis will describe in the most realistic way the state of the economy. Mr. S ouflias also stated that the measures to be announced will be implemented in a period of four years.

  • [02] THE GREEK NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM IS READY TO FACE TURKEY The Greek National Football Team is more than ready for this evening's match with Turkey's team in Athens even though defense player Traianos Dellas will be absent again.

    Roma's main defense player was unable to train on Monday and Greek team coach Otto Rehhagel will not include him in his plans for this evening's match with Turkey.

    The Greek football players are optimistic about the final score just like their Turkish rivals.

  • [03] GREEK MEDICINES TO NORTH OSSETIA Pharmaceutical aid will be sent to Moscow to help the victims of the tragedy in the North Ossetia city of Beslan. The decision was announced by Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stilianidis and in cooperation with "Solidarity", the non-governmental organ ization of the Church of Greece.

    The medicines will depart today on board a C-130 Greek Air Force transport plane and constitute a tangible expression of solidarity to the suffering Russian society on behalf of the Greek government and the Greek people.

  • [04] THE DRAFT LAW ON SPORTS The government will proceed with the proposals and amendments it has submitted in Parliament concerning the Greek Olympic Committee and the way the Greek Football Federation board of directors is elected, stated deputy government spokesman Vangelis Anton aros when asked to comment on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the UEFA objections on the issue.

    Mr. Antonaros stated that the proposed amendments will change certain clauses that had turned the football federations into closed clubs for the few.

    Responding to a relevant question, he said that he does not know if there is a letter by IOC President Jacques Rogge on the specific issue and underlined that the Greek state respects and honors its obligations and functions in an organized manner.

  • [05] LOSSES IN THE ASE Losses were recorded in the Athens Stock Exchange today. The general index dropped to -1.15% at 2308.47 points, while the volume of transactions was at 134.619 million euros.

    Of the stocks trading today, 62 had gains and 200 had losses, while the value of 81 stocks remained unchanged.

  • [06] THESSALONIKI HAS THE LARGEST AUTOMATED UNDERGROUND PARKING IN EUROPE The largest automated underground parking in Europe will be open for the visitors of Thessaloniki's 69th International Trade Fair with highly competitive prices, according to the company that constructed the project.

    In a press conference today, it was announced that the automated parking area will have a capacity of 1,100 cars and operate on a 24 hour basis seven days a week. The cost for the construction of the whole project, including a Sports Center and a buildin g complex for cultural and other activities, is estimated at 27 million euros.

    The new parking area is made up of four underground levels covering a total space of 24,272 square meters. It will operate mainly using a mechanical parking system that will receive, carry, store and deliver the cars to their owners without human interve ntion through eight elevators at the first level of the parking.

  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS


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