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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-10-24
CONTENTS
[01] Vouyias meets with Thessaloniki police representatives
[02] Opinion poll on ND leadership race
[01] Vouyias meets with Thessaloniki police representatives
Deputy minister for Citizens' Protection Spyros Vouyias met on Saturday
with the presidium of the Union of Police Employees of Thessaloniki
Prefecture.
Discussions focused on the problems faced by the Thessaloniki law
enforcement services, such as staff shortage, insufficient training and
shortages in material infrastructure.
Vouyias said that he will be at the side of the Security Corps in their
difficult task, and will back the police in every way possible so that
the citizens may feel safe.
[02] Opinion poll on ND leadership race
Former foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis had a relatively small lead
over former culture minister Antonis Samaras in the race for the
leadership of main opposition New Democracy (ND), according to the
results of an ALCO opinion poll appearing in the weekly financial
newspaper O Kosmos tou Ependyti (Investor's World).
More specifically, Bakoyannis was preferred by 35.8 percent of the
respondents, followed by Samaras with 34.0 percent, former health
minister Dimitris Avramopoulos with 16.8 percent, and Thessaloniki
prefect Panagiotis Psomiadis with 9.8 percent.
Of the respondents who stated they were ND voters, Bakoyannis was
preferred by 35.7 percent, Samaras by 27.2 percent, Avramopoulos by
17.1 percent, and Psomiadis by 8.9 percent.
The poll was conducted by telephone from October 20 to 22 among a
nationwide sampling of 1,922 respondents.
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