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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-12-17
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[01] European Parliamentarians address Acheloos River conference
[02] Bounced checks total 1.25 bln euros for Jan.-Nov. 2012
[01] European Parliamentarians address Acheloos River conference
AMNA--The Greek people can begin to expect an improvement in the future,
and Europe is there to provide support and new cohesion programmes
to promote regional development, said European Parliament president
Martin Schulz via teleconference at a one-day seminar in Perdikaki,
northwest Greece on Sunday.
The seminar, "Agricultural and Regional Policy of the European Union"
focused on the development prospects of the Acheloos River basin and was
organised by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group
in the European Parliament, local townships and the Athens offices of
the European Commission and Parliament.
"Europe supports you with the best and most effective use of all available
and new cohesion tools," Schulz said, "with viable regional development
and smart collaborative policies, with which we will face our common
challenges together."amna
Joseph Daul, chair of the European People's Party group in the Parliament,
also speaking via teleconferencing, said that "Europe has funds for the
development of rural areas and the establishment of small and medium-sized
enterprises and I hope that this entrepreneurial spirit revives in Greece
so that development can too."amna
Attending the seminar were several representatives of other groups in
the European Parliament, Eurodeputies, minister of Agriculture Athanasios
Tsaftaris, officials from other ministries, regional officials and mayors.
[02] Bounced checks total 1.25 bln euros for Jan.-Nov. 2012
AMNA--The value of bounced checks totaled 1.25 billion euros in
Jan.-Nov. 2012, or 119,275 in volume, while the value of unpaid bills
totaled 180 million euros in the Jan.-Nov. period, or 113,942 in volume,
official figures showed on Monday. amna
A report by Tiresias SA, the market's watchdog, showed that bounced
checks totaled 72.4 million euros in value in November 2012, down 56.28
pct from the same month last year.
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