Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-03-10

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

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[01] Agri-ministers of 17 countries & EU candidate countries meet in Sofia

[02] Greek First Division soccer results - standings

[01] Agri-ministers of 17 countries & EU candidate countries meet in Sofia

SOFIA (ANA - B. Borisov) - Agriculture ministers, high ranking officials and experts from 17 nations and the candidate member-states to the European Union are participating in a two-day conference taking place here to examine the challenges confronted by the Common Agricultural Policy of the Union, in light of the enlargement.

The conference was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Greek Agriculture Minister George Drys addressed it as presiding minister of the European Union.

''As Greek minister of agriculture, as well as the presiding minister of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fishing of the European Union, I envision a wider, better and stronger Europe,'' Drys said.

''It is our obligation to secure for the European rural areas the economic and social prosperity of its people,'' he said, clarifying that the major points of the EU policy in the sector should be the securing of viable and strong local societies, the respect of the natural environment, the eradication of poverty and the maintenance of the cultural identity and heritage of every region.

He also expressed his optimism over the conclusion of the enlargement with the accession of the countries of the second wave in 2007.

[02] Greek First Division soccer results - standings

Results of Greek First Division soccer matches played over the weekend:

Panahaiki Patra-Xanthi 0-2

OFI Crete-Ionikos Piraeus - match postponed

Akratitos Athens-Proodeftiki Piraeus 2-1

Aegaleo Athens-Ioannina 2-1

Panionios Athens-Panathinaikos Athens 0-0

Kalithea Athens-Aris Thessaloniki 0-2

Olympiakos Piraeus-AEK Athens 1-2

PAOK Thessaloniki-Iraklis Thessaloniki 0-1

Standings and points after 22 matches played:

Panathinaikos 51 points, Olympiakos 48, AEK 44, Panionios 41, PAOK 40, Aris 38, Iraklis 37, Xanthi 30, OFI 27 (21 matches), Aegaleo 26, Proodeftiki 22, Ioannina 17, Kallithea 17, Ionikos 17 (21 matches), Akratitos 16, Panahaiki 8.

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