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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-01-09
CONTENTS
[01] Greek exports fall 15.5% in Nov.
[02] PPC: Power grid operating smoothly
[03] SYRIZA calls for nat'l council on foreign policy meeting
[01] Greek exports fall 15.5% in Nov.
�he value of Greek exports fell by 15.5 percent in November, compared
with the same month in 2007, the National Statistics Service said on
Friday. The statistics service, in a report, said the value of
export-deliveries totaled 1.353 billion euros in November, from 1.6
billion in November 2007, while the value of import-arrivals totaled
4.029 billion euros, from 4.815 billion euros in 2007, for a decline of
16.3 percent.
[02] PPC: Power grid operating smoothly
Public Power Corp. (PPC), Greece's electricity utility, on Friday
categorically rejected press reports claiming alleged disruptions in
power supply in the country, saying "there is absolutely no reason for
concern regarding the country's power grid".
Commenting on a series of reports alleging of very low lignite
reserves, PPC said the Meliti power station was using lignite supplied
by third parties and not from its own mines, while it acknowledged that
due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in the country in recent
weeks lignite reserves had fallen, but reassured the public that
reserves would return to normal levels very soon.
[03] SYRIZA calls for nat'l council on foreign policy meeting
In a letter to Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, Radical Left Coalition
(SYRIZA) MP Yannis Banias called for an extraordinary meeting of the
foreign policy national council. The recent alarming developments in
the Aegean call for a substantive briefing and discussion, according to
the letter, while the massacre of the Palestinian people makes
imperative the exchange of views between the country's political
powers. Meanwhile, SYRIZA-affiliated Coalition of the Left
(Synaspismos) President Alexis Tsipras held a meeting earlier with a
delegation representing diplomatic personnel.
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