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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-08-20
CONTENTS
[01] Papandreou to visit Ilia
[02] Patriarch visit to Mount Athos
[01] Papandreou to visit Ilia
Main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou will visit the
prefecture of Ilia, in the western Peloponnese, on Thursday, keeping
a promise to wildfire victims last year regarding economic aid of
1.2 million euros, an amount corresponding to a third of the
election contribution to PASOK from the state budget, party
spokesman George Papaconstantinou said on Wednesday.
PASOK is seeking a practical way of distributing the amount so as to
serve transparency and the needs of the wildfire sufferers, the
spokesman said.
This move is also linked to a reconstruction plan for
wildfire-stricken regions that PASOK tabled in the form of a bill
and that will be discussed by Parliament's second summer session
committee, according to Papaconstantinou, who added that the party
is expecting the government to adopt this plan.
[02] Patriarch visit to Mount Athos
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos (Bartholomew I) arrived in
Thessaloniki on Wednesday to begin a five-day visit to the nearby
semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos, where he will attend
the 500th-anniversary celebrations of a local monastery.
After his arrival in Thessaloniki, the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed
his joy for again returning to Greece and the land of Macedonia, adding
that he was praying for the war victims in Caucasus and for peace to
prevail in the area and worldwide.
Vartholomeos was received by the local authorities, including
Macedonia-Thrace Minister Margaritis Tzimas, and Archbishop of
Thessaloniki Anthimos, among other Metropolitans.
Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of Ecumenical Patriach Vartholomeos.
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