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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-12-17
CONTENTS
[01] Imported pigs fed with dioxin-tainted feed quarantined
[02] Greek Herald celebrates 80th anniversary
[01] Imported pigs fed with dioxin-tainted feed quarantined
A total of 155 pigs imported into Greece from 5 breeding units
throughout Greece were placed in quarantine on Wednesday after the
discovery that they had been fed with dioxin-contaminated feed.
The agriculture and food safety ministry, in a urgent document, order
the local veterinary services in the regions to place the pigs in
quarantine.
According to authorities, the pigs had been imported live from Ireland
on October 23 by a company that is headquartered in Evia. Of those, 35
pigs were shipped to a breeding unit in Laconia prefecture, 70 to three
units in Ileia prefecture, 30 to a unit in Karditsa prefecture, and 20
to a breeding unit in Fthiotis prefecture.
The Veterinary Directorate of Fthiotis said on Wednesday that all 20
pigs shipped to a breeding unit in the prefecture have already been
quarantined, and the procedures have been set in motion for their
slaughter and incineration.
[02] Greek Herald celebrates 80th anniversary
Melbourne (ANA-MPA / S. Hatzimanolis) -- The "Greek Herald" (Ellinikos
Kirikas) Greek-Australian newspaper celebrates its 80th anniversary
with an impressive 212-page issue. The messages by the prime ministers
of Greece and Australia, Costas Karamanlis and Kevin Rudd, published in
the newspaper, underline its long and successful course as well as the
contribution of the 500,000-strong Greek expatriate community to the
Australian society. Main opposition PASOK party leader George
Papandreou and many Greek and Australian politicians have also signed
messages recognizing the important role played by "Greek Herald" over
the past 80 years. "Australia" was the first Greek newspaper published
in the country in 1913 when the Greek community in Melbourne numbered
500 people while across Australia the Greeks were roughly 2,000. Over
110 newspapers have been published in Australia since then. Now only 6
are in circulation, the "Greek Herald", "Vima", "Neos Kosmos" (last
year celebrated its 50th anniversary), "Nea Ellada", "O Kosmos" and "Ta
Nea".
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