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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-08-13Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Interior minister in CreteInterior, Public Administration and Decentralisation Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos at a press conference he gave at Iraklio, Crete, on Monday, reveiwed the actions of the Crete Regions during the previous three year period."These past three-and-a half years, Crete managed to become consolidated as a region with dynamic potential, which shows important rates of growth, capitalising to the full on both its island character and every specific comparative advantages and which it firmly gains the position which it deseves in the broader region of the southeastern Mediterranean," Pavlopulos said. Pavlopoulos referred to Crete's regional operational programmes (PEP), stating that "the rate of absorption in 2004 and after a four-year period of implementation of the programme, we found 1,250 entered projects and within just three years, we increased them to 3,000." This means, Pavlopoulos added, that out of the 3,000 PEP projects, 1,750 were introduced after April 2004. The minister also made special reference to the Thiseas development programme, which, as he said, offers in a five-year period, two times more in funds than the EPTA (local government operational programmes) granted in 7 years. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |