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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-04-15
CONTENTS
[01] Athens talks with EU, ECB, IMF
[02] Preparations for Turkish PM's visit
[03] LA.OS on ND cooperation
[04] Stocks recover strongly Thurs.
[01] Athens talks with EU, ECB, IMF
(ANA-MPA) -- Greece on Thursday requested discussions with the European
Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) to finalise details of a multi-year financial
assistance programme should the country request activation of a
"support mechanism" formulated by Eurogroup ministers last Sunday.
(ANA-MPA)
In a letter to EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn,
ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet and IMF Managing-Director Dominique
Strauss-Kahn, Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said
Athens was seeking the talks in (ANA-MPA) accordance with a statement
agreed by Eurozone finance ministers. (ANA-MPA)
[02] Preparations for Turkish PM's visit
(ANA-MPA) -- The foreign ministry is busy supervising the government's
preparations for the first meeting of the Greece-Turkey High-Level
Strategic Cooperation Council, scheduled to take place during a visit
by the Turkish prime minister in May, spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras
announced on Thursday. (ANA-MPA)
The spokesman said that letters were sent out by Alternate Foreign
Minister Dimitris Droutsas on Thursday to all the ministries
participating in the Cooperation Council, (ANA-MPA) asking them to
establish contact points in each ministry and set up working groups
that will prepare the issues. (ANA-MPA)
ANA-MPA file photo.
[03] LA.OS on ND cooperation
(ANA-MPA) -- The leader of the right-of-centre Popular Orthodox Rally
(LAOS) party, George Karatzaferis, on Thursday repeated a proposal for
collaboration with main opposition New Democracy in the municipal
elections. (ANA-MPA)
[04] Stocks recover strongly Thurs.
Stocks recovered strongly in the Athens Stock Exchange on Thursday as
investors viewed a letter sent by the Greek FinMin to EU Commissioner
Olli Rehn as a move closer to activating an EU-IMF support mechanism
for Greece. The composite index jumped 2.07 pct to end at 2,028.55
points, with turnover at 226.588 million euros.
The FTSE 20 index jumped 2.98 pct, the FTSE 40 index ended 0.94 pct
higher and the FTSE 80 index rose 0.22 pct. The Banks (4.35 pct) and
Constructions (3.96 pct) scored the biggest percentage gains of the
day, while Utilities (2.53 pct) and Media (2.18 pct) suffered losses.
Broadly, advancers led decliners by 101 to 70 with another 54 issues
unchanged. Klonatex (16.67 pct), Galaxidi (8.82 pct), Texapret (7.14
pct) and Hellenic Postbank (6.54 pct) were top gainers.
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