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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-01-07Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] German reporter arrested for entering restricted border area(ANA-MPA) -- A German reporter was arrested in the border region of Kastanies-Nea Vyssa, Evros prefecture, on Friday morning for entering a restricted military area.The reporter, 46, was detected while traveling in a car in the restricted border district, according to a police announcement. Authorities said that the man "did not observe anticipated rules of access and procedures of journalistic coverage, which have been publicised and require a special permit from Greek authorities." The reporter, identified as Jorg Uwe Heuer, is accused of violating the law on security measures for restricted areas. Heuer is reportedly a correspondent of the paper Hamburger Abendblatt and for other publications. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [02] Foreign nationals arrested for armed robbery following police chase(ANA-MPA) -- Four Albanian nationals were arrested following a police chase and an exchange of gunfire with police officers in the west Athens district of Ilion on Friday afternoon, following an armed robbery of a nearby super market.According to reports, three of the four suspects entered the super market armed with assault rifles and pistols, seizing an unknown amount of money and fleeing in a stolen car driven by a fourth accomplice. They were detected by a police patrol car, however, and an ensuing chase led to a collision of the suspects' vehicle with another car. The suspects were subsequently chased on foot and finally arrested in the courtyard of a home. The weapons and the money from the heist were recovered and confiscated. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [03] ADEX closing report(ANA-MPA) -- The March contract on the FTSE 20 index was trading at -3.73 pct in the Athens Derivatives Exchange on Friday, with turnover a low 28.651 million euros. Volume on the Big Cap index totaled 7,252 contracts worth 22.449 million euros, with 33,470 short positions in the market.Volume in futures contracts on equities totaled 15,148 contracts worth 6.202 million euros, with investment interest focusing on Piraeus Bank�s contracts (4,607), followed by Eurobank (1,599), MIG (521), OTE (899), National Bank (3,171), Alpha Bank (1,579), Marfin Popular Bank (765), Cyprus Bank (359) and Hellenic Postbank (194). More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |