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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-11-16
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[01] Events ahead of Polytechnic uprising anniversary
[02] Parliament eats chicken to boost poultry industry
[01] Events ahead of Polytechnic uprising anniversary
Events commemorating the 32rd anniversary of a students' uprising at
the Athens Polytechnic, the most significant protest against a
seven-year dictatorship that ruled Greece between 1967-1974, continued
on Wednesday, a day before a customary protest march is set to take
place through central Athens.
Among others, members of New Democracy's affiliated youth group, ONNED,
laid a wreath at the university on Wednesday. In Thessaloniki,
meanwhile, several groups and political officials laid wreaths at a
monument at the city's polytechnic dedicated to the uprising.
[02] Parliament eats chicken to boost poultry industry
A main course of Greek chicken was served up during a dinner given in
Parliament on Wednesday, in a bid to boost the public's confidence in
poultry products after the avian flu scare that damaged the Greek
poultry industry's prospects.
The dinner was held in Parliament's restaurant and organised by the
head of the Parliamentary Committee for Social Affairs Panagiotis
Adraktas, with members of Parliament's presidency, ministers and MPs on
the guest list.
Diners included Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas, Parliament
vice-president Yiannis Tragakis, Deputy Finance Minister Petros Doukas,
Deputy Health Minister Athanassios Yiannopoulos, Deputy Agricultural
Development Minister Alekos Kontos, former agriculture minister
Evangelos Argyris, MP Apostolos Stavrou representing ruling New
Democracy's parliamentary group and a number of MPs, representatives of
agricultural groups and poultry farmers.
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