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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-10-14Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Opinion poll gives SYRIZA lead over New DemocracyMain opposition SYRIZA was given a 6.5 percentage point lead over ruling coalition leader New Democracy in a nationwide GPO opinion poll for MEGA TV, carried out on October 9-13.Specifically, in reply to the question "Which party would you vote for if elections were held on Sunday?", SYRIZA took the lead with 26.7 pct and ND came second with 20.2 pct. Support for the remaining parties was as follows: Potami – 6 pct, Golden Dawn - 5.7 pct, Communist Party of Greece (KKE) - 5.7 pct, PASOK - 4 pct and Independent Greeks – 3 pct. A further 4.7 pct supported 'other parties' while 18.2 pct of participants were "undecided." In reply as to who is the most suitable for prime minister, current premier Antonis Samaras took the lead with 43.1 pct, with SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras getting 37.2 pct. A 17.9 pct of respondents said "none of the two." On the Greek President's election, 55.7 pct said that parties and deputies should choose the right person, while 40.3 pct responded that any candidacy should be voted against and the country should hold again general elections. [02] Culture min Tassoulas to meet with Amal AlamuddinNormal 0false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Culture Minister Constantinos Tassoulas on Tuesday at 12.00 will meet with human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin-Clooney, who will provide the Greek government with legal advice on its efforts for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. Alamuddin, who is accompanied by two British lawyers, on Wednesday will be received by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at Maximos Mansion. DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99" /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |