Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-11-10

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] FinMin in meeting with troika over fiscal gap, 2014 measures

[02] Kenyan runners dominate Marathon, as race is gradually being completed

[01] FinMin in meeting with troika over fiscal gap, 2014 measures

Their meeting at the Finance Ministry, where Stournaras is attending with the government's economy officials, was originally scheduled for Friday past but the troika had asked for a two-day extension to collect more data from the General Accounting Office on the budget's execution and the figures for the primary surplus, as well as from the Ministry of Labor.

The focus, according to sources, is on the tax system and closing the budget gap related to insurance funds, which the government insists is 500-700 million euros, while the troika has reportedly assessed it at 2-2.5 billion euros.

Results of the meetings with the Greek government will be conveyed to the November 14 Eurogroup, while the final draft of the new state budget must be tabled in Parliament by November 21 the latest.

[02] Kenyan runners dominate Marathon, as race is gradually being completed

Second and third place were claimed by Yego's compatriots Dickson Kimeli (2.14.40) and David Rutoh (2.14.47), respectively. The first Greek athlete in the classic Marathon race this year is Christoforos Meroussis, with 2.24.09.

Among women runners, Kenyan Nancy Joan Rotich came first (2.41.38), and Greek Magda Gazea second (2.46.03).

Runners are still coming in. More than 10,000 people have registered for the classic 42 km race, which started in Marathon northeast of Athens.

Two shorter anc circular races were also run the same day - 10 km and 5 km - both starting at Syntagma Square's Amalias street and ending up at the Panathenaic Stadium as well. The longer race ran up to the National Defence Ministry on Messoghion avenue and the shorter one up to the Athens Concert Hall on Vassilissis Sofias street.

Winning the 10km race was Russian national Iadgarov Istander (phonetic spelling) at 32 minutes and 28 seconds, with Kostas Drossos coming in second (32.35). Among women runners, Anastasia Karakatsani came first with 35.40.

The 5km race was won by Kostas Nakopoulos (15.48), with Katerina Berdoussi coming first among the women (17.58).

Approximately 8,000 people had registered for each of these shorter races.

[In photo, Yego (C), Kimeli (L) and Rutoh (R). ANA/MPA-Alexandros Vlachos]

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