Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-30
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[01] Measures for railways in August
[02] āFiber To the Homeā in Greece
[01] Measures for railways in August
Transport and Communications Minister Costas Hatzidakis on Wednesday
met with the board of the Panhellenic Federation of Railway Workers
(POS) and said that the governmentās measures for the modernization of
the Greek Railways Organization (OSE) will be announced during the
first fifteen days of August.
He did not exclude the possibility that the measures include a program
for the voluntary retirement of some the organizationās staff who
fulfill the prerequisites.
?Security, transparency and the financial improvement of OSE are the
basic pillars on which the governmentās effort will move, with the
basic target the growth of the railways,? stressed the minister who
reiterated that OSE along with Olympic Airlines are the governmentās
two great challenges and for himself personally.
[02] āFiber To the Homeā in Greece
Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis and Transport and
Communications Minister Costas Hatzidakis on Wednesday discussed the
basic directive lines for the growth of a network access through the
?Fiber To the Home" (FTTH) regarding two million households and
businesses in the country.
The project is incorporated in the framework of the ?Digital Strategy
2006-2013?, extending the digital structures and broadband network
which have already been developed.
The project will be implemented through the Public and Private Sector
Venture (SDIT) and will give Greece the possibility of pioneering and
winning a very big developmental bet, as announced by the Finance
Ministry.
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