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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-02-10
CONTENTS
[01] Dijsselbloem: 'Substantial progress' has been made on Greek program
review
[02] Italian embassy to honour soldiers killed in 1944 'Oria' shipwreck
on Sunday
[01] Dijsselbloem: 'Substantial progress' has been made on Greek program
review
BRUSSELS (ANA/M. Aroni) – Greece and its creditors made "substantial
progress" on the state of play over Greece's second program review
and the two sides are close to agreeing on the conditions that will
allow the return of the mission chiefs in Athens next week, Eurogroup
President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Friday.
"We made substantial progress today and are close to common ground for
the mission to return to Athens the coming week," Dijsselbloem said after
the high-level talks held between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos,
Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis and representatives of
the country's creditors.
"There is clear understanding that timely finalization of the second
review is in everybody's interest," he added, noting that any new progress
will be discussed at the next Eurogroup on March 20.
[02] Italian embassy to honour soldiers killed in 1944 'Oria' shipwreck
on Sunday
The Italian embassy in Athens is organizing on Sunday a ceremony at the
monument for the victims of the ship "SS Oria" which sank in a storm
on February 12, 1944, near the islet Patroklos, killing 4,115 Italian
soldiers, heading to German concentration camps.
The islet is located a mere 3 klm off the coast of Sounio, southeast of
Athens. The event is scheduled at 11:00 on the 60 klm of the Athens-Sounio
coastal avenue.
"In this way, the embassy expressed its admiration for the humanity shown
by the Greek people immediately and spontaneously, honoring every year
the memory of the victims of this horrible tragedy," the embassy said.
"We also wish to pay homage to the 4,115 Italian soldiers who lost their
lives in this shipwreck, but at the same time to the many others who
perished in similar conditions in Greece at that time," it added.
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