Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-12-17

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

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[01] European Parliamentarians address Acheloos River conference

[02] Bounced checks total 1.25 bln euros for Jan.-Nov. 2012

[01] European Parliamentarians address Acheloos River conference

The seminar, "Agricultural and Regional Policy of the European Union" focused on the development prospects of the Acheloos River basin and was organised by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group in the European Parliament, local townships and the Athens offices of the European Commission and Parliament.

"Europe supports you with the best and most effective use of all available and new cohesion tools," Schulz said, "with viable regional development and smart collaborative policies, with which we will face our common challenges together."amna

Joseph Daul, chair of the European People's Party group in the Parliament, also speaking via teleconferencing, said that "Europe has funds for the development of rural areas and the establishment of small and medium-sized enterprises and I hope that this entrepreneurial spirit revives in Greece so that development can too."amna

Attending the seminar were several representatives of other groups in the European Parliament, Eurodeputies, minister of Agriculture Athanasios Tsaftaris, officials from other ministries, regional officials and mayors.

[02] Bounced checks total 1.25 bln euros for Jan.-Nov. 2012

A report by Tiresias SA, the market's watchdog, showed that bounced checks totaled 72.4 million euros in value in November 2012, down 56.28 pct from the same month last year.

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