Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-05-12

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

CONTENTS

[01] Papandreou to meet with Cyprus House president

[02] Alexandria Patriarchate Library

[03] Valinakis in S.America

[04] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Papandreou to meet with Cyprus House president

The meeting will take place at 5:00 p.m. at Papandreou's office in the Hellenic parliament building in central Syntagma Square.

CAPTION:ANA-MPA file photo of main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou

[02] Alexandria Patriarchate Library

With money by the National Bank of Greece, the renowned collections of the library were preserved by the experts of the National Bank's Cultural Foundation and are henceforth highlighted at the Alexandria Patriarchate Mansion, where the library's inauguration was held on Friday with pomp.

The collection totals 40,000 books and 7,000 old manuscripts and rear editions dating from 1460 to 1800.

In his address during the inauguration ceremony, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, said "the codes of centuries, manuscripts which contain the history, doctrines and theology of Orthodoxy, but also old books, which record moments from the long-time cultural contribution of Egyptian Hellenism, but of our Nation as a whole, are shown anew in the scientific research so as to survive the decay of time and to pass on unharmed to the next generations."

The inauguration of the Alexandria Patriarchate Library took place in the presence of National Bank President Takis Arapoglou who is of Alexandrian origin.

The ceremony was also attended by the presence of Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis, World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) President Stefanos Tamvakis, Alexandria Governor Adel Labib, many members of the Holy Synod of the Alexandria Patriarchate, diplomats and local officials.

During the welcoming of National Bank President Takis Arapoglou at the Hall of the Throne of the Patriarchate, Patriarch Theodoros II bestowed to Arapoglou the Grand Cross of Saint Mark, which is the highest distinction of the Alexandrian Church.

Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of Alexandria Patriarchate

[03] Valinakis in S.America

During his stay in Argentina, Valinakis will have consultations at the Foreign Ministry with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana and his counterpart Tacetti, where an agreement will be signed for Greece-Argentina economic cooperation.

Valinakis will later visit Peru to represent Greece at the 5th EU-Latin America Summit. On the sidelines of the summit, Valinakis will have meetings with Costa Rica Foreign Minister Bruno Stango Ugarte, his Peruvian counterpart Gonzalo Gutierrez Reinel, with the First Vice President and Foreign Minister of Panama Samuel Lewis Navarro, with El Salvador Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas, during which a Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between the foreign ministries of Greece and El Salvador and a Cooperation Memorandum for economic cooperation between the two countries.

Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis

[04] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The fuel shortage on the market due to tanker truck owners' ongoing strike, the National Hellenic Telecommunications (OTE) deal with Deutsche Telekom and new provocations from Turkey revealed in the official site of the Turkish Foreign Ministry dominated the headlines on Monday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Greece, a dead country - Gas stations run dry".

APOGEVMATINI: "Karamanlis' (Costas, Prime Minister) domination", according to poll conducted by the Athens Sunday newspaper 'PARON'.

AVRIANI: "The guild of the 'privileged' destroying the economy and paralysing the country - They resale, for 1 million euro, of the licence of each tanker truck that had been obtained for free from the State".

CHORA: The newspaper refers to spanish newspaper El Pais articles speaking of a spanish 'invasion' of the Greek publishing company DOL (that also owns the Athens Megaron and other enterprises).

ELEFTHERI ORA: "With painkillers they (government)will relieve the market - On Monday, just 200 tanker trucks will supply the gas stations".

ELEFTHEROS: "(Foreign Minister Dora) Bakoyannis whetted Turkey's appetite - They exceeded all limits after her meeting with her Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan and began new provocations".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Mayhem and profiteering - Country paralysed from fuel shortage and its side-effects on the distribution of food and domestic supplies".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Panic over food and fuel - Scenes at gas stations reminiscent of German occupation - Some grabbed the opportunity to profiteer".

ESTIA: "Taxes boot investors - First warnings sent from the United Kingdom".

ETHNOS: "The torture of the (oil) drop - Market blocked by tanker truck owners' strike".

TA NEA: "We are left without fuel - The government again taken aback".

VRADYNI: "Priceless oil - Expensive and uprocurable".

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