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[01] Govt spokesman-stock market

[02] NATO chief-Papandreou, Cem

[01] Govt spokesman-stock market

The Athens Stock Market's prospects are positive if based on the country's economic course, government spokesman Dimitris Reppas said on Wednesday.

He was responding to a reporter's question on whether the government is pondering the bourse's course. Reppas said he did not want to say anything that could be interpreted as an effort at political manipulation of the market.

He added that investors should evaluate facts and invest in the market accordingly.

Commenting on a National Economy and Finance Minister Yiannos Papandoniou's comment on Tuesday that the country's participation in EMU was in doubt if the main opposition party ND won the forthcoming general elections, Reppas said one should look at Papandoniou's comments as a whole.

[02] NATO chief-Papandreou, Cem

NATO's new secretary general George Robertson was due to begin his first visit to Greece on Wednesday.

During the two-day visit, Lord Robertson was due to hold separate talks with prime minister Costas Simitis, foreign minister George Papandreou and defence minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos on ideas and proposals for Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs)in the Aegean.

In an exclusive interview with Kathimerini newspaper, Robertson said Greek and Turkish foreign ministers Papandreou and Ismail Cem should be given an international award in recognition for the "long-term and visionary" rapprochement they were attempting in Greek-Turkish relations.

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