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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-07-07
CONTENTS
[01] PM Karamanlis briefed by agriculture minister
[02] Swine flu cases in Greece up to 162
[01] PM Karamanlis briefed by agriculture minister
Prime minister Costas Karamanlis met on Tuesday with agricultural
development minister Sotiris Hatzigakis, who assured afterwards that
there will be no cutbacks whatsoever in reinforcements in the farming
sector.
He said the ministry had a large agricultural land registry, which
would forecast and ensure the farming income and reinforcements through
the upgrading of the sector's two main organisations already in
operation, the OPEKEPE and the AGROGI.
Hatzigakis said that they also discussed the major land improvement
projects, given that the ministry was already pushing ahead an
ambitious program that will enable Greek agriculture to meet the
modern-day demands and conditions.
They further discussed legislation concerning the ministry's
specialised staff, protection of breeding stock, and other items.
"We more generally discussed ways so that the ministry will become a
productive, developmental and competitive unit that will meet the
modern-day demands," Hatzigakis added.
[02] Swine flu cases in Greece up to 162
Six new cases of A/H1N1 novel influenza or swine flu have raised the
total of confirmed cases in Greece to 162, of which 70 have fully
recovered and the rest are still being treated. All the new cases again
concerned individuals that had recently entered the country from abroad
or had come into contact with a confirmed case.
Authorities are also investigating the people that came into contact
with a patient admitted to a hospital in Rio, who was later found to be
positive for the swine flu virus.
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