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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-11-20
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[01] Karamanlis arrives in London for official UK visit
[01] Karamanlis arrives in London for official UK visit
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis officially began his visit to Britain
on Monday, where he will address a gathering at the London School of
Economics on Monday afternoon and meet with British Prime Minister Tony
Blair on Tuesday.
On Monday, Karamanlis and his wife Natasa attended an event at the
renowned Madame Tussauds Wax Museum where the wax figures of the three
late Greek political leaders and statesmen were unveiled, namely,
Eleftherios Venizelos, Constantine Karamanlis and Andreas Papandreou.
The prime minister is accompanied on his London visit by Foreign
Minister Dora Bakoyannis, Finance and Economy Minister George
Alogoskoufis, Tourism Development Minister Fani Palli-Petralia and top
other government officials. Main opposition PASOK was represented at
the Madame Tussauds event by former minister Telemahos Hytiris.
Caption: Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, centre, along with Tourism
Development Minister Fani Palli-Petralia, left, stands before a wax
figure of his namesake and uncle, late Greek statesman Constantine
Karamanlis, which was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds Museum in London
on Monday, Nov. 20, 2006. Besides the elder Karamanlis, the museum
unveiled wax figures of Eleftherios Venizelos and Andreas Papandreou.
ANA-MPA photo / G. Antoniou.
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