Athens News Agency: News in English, 00-05-10

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

CONTENTS

[01] Soccer-Greek Cup-Final-Result

[02] ASE-close

[03] Greece-Turkey-business-Thessaloniki

[04] Weather Forecast-Thursday

[01] Soccer-Greek Cup-Final-Result

AEK Athens won the Greek Soccer Cup on Wednesday night after beating Ionikos Piraeus 3-0.

The Cup Final was played at the Athens Olympic Stadium before a crowd of 40,000 spectators.

Demis Nikolaidis put AEK ahead in the 38th minute, Milen Petkov made it two with a direct foul kick in the 77th and Christos Maladenis shaped the final 3-0 in the 82nd.

With its win, AEK has secured its participation in Europe's UEFA Cup next season.

AEK won the Greek Cup for the 11th time in its history.

[02] ASE-close

A wave of purchasing pushed Greek equity prices higher on the Athens Stock Exchange on Wednesday, reversing Tuesdays profit taking. The general index rose again closing at 4,500.06 point, gaining 46.05 points. Dealers said the reaction of the market was based on changes in the ?Athens 2004 Olympic Games? leadership.

The general index ended 1.03 percent higher at 4,500.06 points, off the day's highs of 4,508.94 and the day's lows of 4,425.81 points.

[03] Greece-Turkey-business-Thessaloniki

The Greek-Turkish Business Cooperation Council President Panayiotis Koutsikos called on the governments of Greece and Turkey on Wednesday to rush the resolution of outstanding issues on bilateral agreements regarding double taxation and detail regarding the protection of investments.

Addressing the 7th Economic Forum of Thessaloniki Koutsikos said that the singing a relevant agreement is of a great importance as the current state of affairs functions as an obstacle to cross border investments by businessmen in either country.

[04] Weather Forecast-Thursday

Mostly sunny weather is forecast throughout the country on Thursday, turning to scattered cloud on the mainland from late afternoon.

Visibility will be limited in the morning.

Winds northerly, light to moderate.

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