Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-06-19

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

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[01] FM to address WEU Parliamentary Assembly

[02] Govt actions to promote broadband services

[01] FM to address WEU Parliamentary Assembly

Bakoyannis will address the meeting on the theme "Greek foreign and defence policy in the wake of new challenges in the sector of security".

On the same day, the Greek foreign minister will meet her French counterpart Philippe Douste-Blazy while on Wednesday she is due to meet French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.

[02] Govt actions to promote broadband services

promote fast Internet connections in the country, Economy and Finance

Minister George Alogoskoufis said on Monday.

Inaugurating a free wireless Internet access show in Syntagma square, in

central Athens, Alogoskoufis said the government aimed to bring citizens

closer to fast Internet services by 2008 and noted the similar actions were

scheduled to promote broadband services to 85 municipalities, universities

and business programme agencies.

Professor Vassilis Asimakopoulos, secretary-special at the Information

Society agency, said the free Internet show would also strengthen the city's

touristic profile. Asimakopoulos said a plan to promote broadband services

by 2008 was in full swing.

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