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Athens News Agency: News in English, 12-02-21
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[01] Libyan embassy in Athens turns over arms cache to authorities
[02] Stocks end 3.47 pct down
[01] Libyan embassy in Athens turns over arms cache to authorities
AMNA / Acting on the orders of the current Libyan government, the Libyan
Embassy in Athens has turned over an arms cache found on embassy grounds
to Greece's counter-terrorism service. The arms cache, consisting of
several fire-arms, explosives and ammunition dating back to the Gaddafi
era, was turned over to Greek authorities on Monday morning. www.amna.gr
cache includes 19 pistols of various types and calibres, 11 revolvers,
two 9mm sub-machineguns with a folding shoulder stock, bullets, eight
silencers, clips, 15 kilos of explosives, five detonators, two hand
grenades, a detector for explosives and a device to check for phone taps.
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The weapons have been sent for ballistics testing to the Greek Police
criminal laboratories and the counter-terrorism service has launched a
preliminary investigation to the affair. amn
[02] Stocks end 3.47 pct down
AMNA / Stocks ended significantly lower at the Athens Stock Exchange
on Tuesday, as investors took profits - a normal reaction of the
market after a Eurogroup meeting approved a new bailout package for
Greece. Sentiment, however, was undermined by an IMF report on the
sustainability of the Greek public debt, which claimed that Greece may
need a third bailout package. amna
Analysts added that completion of the new lending agreement paved the way
for general elections in the country, a development which the market will
begin assessing shortly. Bank shares were at the epicenter of selling,
hit by a larger-than-expected burden envisaged by the terms of a PSI
programme. amna
The composite index of the market fell 3.47 pct to end at 797.13 points,
with turnover a moderate 77.063 million euros. www.amna.gr
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