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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 01-09-13
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <www.ert.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] Reactions in Greece on terrorist attack against the U.S
[02] Money market
NEWS IN ENGLISH ERA 5. THE VOICE OF GREECE
13/9/2001 1:19:00 μμ
NEWS HEADLINES
Reactions in Greece on terrorist attack against the U.S Money market
[01] Reactions in Greece on terrorist attack against the U.S
In Greece, political parties have strongly condemned the attacks,
expressing their concern over the day after the terrorist act.
Yesterday, the president of the republic Konstantinos Stefanopoulos and
prime minister Kostas Simitis met and expressed their concern as well.
Prime minister Simitis spoke of "another form of war that no one must
accept in any way" and stressed that Greece condemns in the most
categorical way these acts. The leader of the major opposition New
Democracy (ND) party Kostas Karamanlis who is currently on a visit to
Boston, expressed his sorrow and his anger over the multiple terrorist
attack against the United States. Mr. Karamanlis noted that these
unprecedented acts cause horror and anger among the world public
opinion and all sensible citizens of the globe condemn them. The
general secretary of the Greek communist party (KKE) Aleka Papariga
expressed her sorrow over the attack in a speech in Thessaloniki,
saying "We were always crying for the American people, because it fell
victim of the leadership of capitalism and imperialism". The leader of
the Coalition of the Left Wing and Progress (SYN) Nikos Konstantopoulos
stressed that such acts are explicitly condemned and noted that behind
these incidents are forces which are acting so as to defame the
democratic struggles against the nations and the citizens.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and All Greece has sent a
letter to the American president G. Bush, expressing the deepest
condolences of the Church of Greece. In another development, prime
minister Kostas Simitis and the leader of the Cypriot Socialdemocratic
party Yannakis Omirou met in Athens yesterday and discussed the latest
developments on the Cyprus issue and Cyprus accession course to the
European Union. Mr. Omirou also met with the speaker of the Greek
parliament Apostolos Kaklamanis. In statements after their meeting,
both officials expressed their abhorrence and their sorrow over the
unprecedented t errorist attack in the United States and also their
concern over the eventual impact. After the terrorist attack in the
United States, the Cypriot president Glafkos Kliridis returned to
Cyprus, since the plane that was taking him from Zurich to New York did
not head for Canada, as the airports of the country had temporarily
been closed. President Kliridis was going to participate in the New
York talks on the Cyprus issue.
[02] Money market
European money markets reacted with relatively calmly while on the
contrary, the Asian money markets had great losses. The New York stock
exchange will remain closed till next Monday. On the Athens stock
exchange the general share price index dropped by 774% on Wednesday and
closed at 2,358.05 points.
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