|
|
Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-03-24
CONTENTS
[01] PASOK leader to visit Agios Efstratios
[02] Pupils parade in Athens on national anniversary
[01] PASOK leader to visit Agios Efstratios
Main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou will visit the
Northern Aegean island of Agios Efstratios on Sunday to attend
celebrations marking the March 25, 1821, anniversary of the Greek
rebellion against Ottoman rule. In another development, Papandreou and
leading party officials will be touring regions in the countryside in
the days to come.
The party will be making this move after having prepared a specific
plan for touring the country, with the purpose of presenting and
highlighting the social image of PASOK's programme.
[02] Pupils parade in Athens on national anniversary
The traditional pupils parade, marking the anniversary of the March 25,
1821, Greek rebellion against Ottoman rule, was held at Syntagma Square
in Athens on Saturday morning in the presence of Education Minister
Marietta Yiannakou and representatives of Parliament, political
parties, local administration bodies and the security forces.
The parade began shortly after 11 in the morning and after the minister
had laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Pupils from 13 elementary schools, nine junior high schools and 12
senior high schools participated in the parade, that was headed by the
senior high school of Kalavryta and the banner of Agia Lavra.
At the end of the parade, members of a nationalist group threw leaflets
and shouted slogans.
Celebrations marking the national anniversary will heighten in Athens
on Sunday morning with a military parade in the presence of President
Karolos Papoulias.
|