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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-06-30
CONTENTS
[01] PM defends measures during debate on transparency
[02] Commission extension for Greek bank support measures
[01] PM defends measures during debate on transparency
(ANA-MPA) -- A draft bill dubbed "Programme Clarity" prompted heated
arguments when it was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, including an
intervention by Prime Minister George Papandreou in defence of
government measures that he said were imperative for rescuing the
country.
"The common denominator in all that we do is transparency everywhere.
All our choices are aimed at one goal, to permanently change Greece. To
enable it to stand firmly on its feet and emerge from the crisis into
which it was led by the old, bankrupt, opaque and clientelist political
system and, above all, to create prospects for it," Papandreou
underlined.
The draft legislation tabled by Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis
will make it mandatory for all acts by administrative and government
organs to be posted on the Internet, in addition to existing forms of
publications such as the government gazette, in a bid to boost
transparency throughout the public sector.
[02] Commission extension for Greek bank support measures
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA) -- The European Commission on Wednesday approved an
extension, until Dec. 31, 2010, of a series of support measures taken
by the Greek and Polish governments to aid domestic credit
institutions.
Additionally, the Commission also extended bank guarantees instituted
by the Netherlands and Slovenia.
In terms of Greece, the initial series of support measures were taken
on Nov. 19, 2008 and granted subsequent extensions on Sept. 18, 2009
and Jan. 25, 2010.
The support measures consist of a recapitalisation scheme, a guarantee
scheme and a bond loan scheme, according to the Commission.
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