Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-05-17

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

CONTENTS

[01] Children flock to City of Athens Street Events

[02] ASE opening: Big decline

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Children flock to City of Athens Street Events

The children flocked to downtown Panepistimiou street where tennis, soccer, basketball and hockey fields were set up by the organisers.

Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis, City of Athens Youth and Sport Organisation (ONA) chairman Vassilis Kikilias and a bevy of prominent soccer, basketball and tennis stars were also on hand throughout the day

The street events were organised under the auspices of the Education and Life-Long Learning Ministry.

The event was part of a series of three sports happenings titled "Athens City Games 2010" aiming to present a different side of Athens and showcase a more outgoing, healthy and positive way of life for the residents and the city, according to the organisers.

The City Games kicked off on Sunday, April 25, with the city's classic sporting event, the Athens Fun Run, the motto of which was "This year, I'm running for me!". The Fun Run is Athens' oldest and largest participatory sport event.

The third event of the series will take place on Sunday, October 10, is the popular Athens Cycle Tour, which showcases an alternative mode of transport in the modern metropolis and offers an opportunity for all to be familiarised with this commuter medium.

[02] ASE opening: Big decline

Individual sector indices were moving downward with the biggest losses in Media, down 4.40 percent; and Banksl, down 3.49 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 3.13 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 1.80 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 1.84 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 9 were up, 74 were down, and 14 were unchanged.

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The increase in the number of European countries tending to follow the 'Greek model' of imposing austerity measures, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Greece and talks with the government, mostly dominated the headlines on Monday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Orgy of bogus university and high school degrees - Thousands of illegal appointments in public sector".

APOGEVMATINI: "Loans to cover debts - Banks offer liquidity 'aspirins'."

AVRIANI: "Ministers and MPs hiding from the people - They fear society's outrage".

ELEFTHEROS: "Erdogan's eight ultimatums to Papandreou - He saw lack of governance in Greece and went beyond the limits".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Double slap from IMF chief Dominique Strauss- Kahn and ECB president Jean Claude Trichet - New revelations uncover government's political scam'.

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Doctors implicated in bribery will face felony charges".

ESTIA: "International media articles on Greece - We are humiliating our country".

ETHNOS: "Erdogan's message for....self-censorship - He recommended that we close our eyes to the Turkish aircraft violations in the Aegean".

IMERISSIA: "Measures to shield the euro - Severe market surveillance regulations".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Crucial decisions on the eurozone's future".

TA NEA: "Alarm over the euro - Extraordinary measures in order to avert new attacks".

VRADYNI: "George (Papandreou, prime minister) you are late - ECB president Jean Claude Trichet accuses government of delay".

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