The Second Week in September in Review

Papandreou to attend SEECP meeting

(ANA-MPA) Prime Minister and FM George Papandreou will attend on Friday the Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP) meeting in Istanbul. After the SEECP session he will hold talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Thursday Papandreou met with Bank of Greece (BoG) Governor George Provopoulos More

ND meeting on upcoming Congress

(ANA-MPA)  There will be a meeting on Friday of the organisational committee for main opposition New Democracy's Extraordinary Congress, which will convene on November 7 to elect a new leader for the party. The organisational committee will meet at noon at ND headquarters and be chaired by Dimitris Sioufas. More

Environmental Education Center in Makrinitsa

(ANA-MPA) The Environmental Education Center in the picturesque village of Makrinitsa on Mt Pelion overlooking the Pagasitikos Bay,central Greece, has been in operation since 1999, focusing on raising environmental awareness among the youth.It is also involved in the materialization of environmental education programmes for primary and secondary education schools, the publication of informational material and the creation of pilot programmes-guides for schools.Roughly 24,000 pupils and 4,000 educators have already visited the center, housed in the Vatsareas-Mavrakis Mansion, a four-storey building dating back to 1830. More

Mobilisation of market forces

(ANA-MPA) Economy Minister Louka Katseli asked for the "mobilisation of all market forces" and that the first of two draft bills falling in the ministry's portfolio will be tabled in the next few days More

Inflation at 0.7 pct

(ANA-MPA) Greek annual inflation rate was 0.7 pct in September, the National Statistical Service said on Thursday. The inflation rate -measured More

Closer monitoring of new flu

(ANA-MPA) The new health minister Mariliza Xenoyannakopoulou on Thursday noted the need for closer supervision and monitoring of the spread of new flu More

Support to "Athens 2011"

(ANA-MPA) Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos expressed support to the hosting of the Special Olympics World Summer Games "Athens 2011" More

ASE opening: Rise

(ANA-MPA) Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Friday on the ASE, with the basic share price index up 0.65%, standing at 2,756.51 pts More