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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-29
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[01] Draft 2017 budget forecasts 2.7 growth rates, end of recession
[02] Tsipras to chair meeting on problems facing Lesvos on Monday
[01] Draft 2017 budget forecasts 2.7 growth rates, end of recession
The draft budget for 2017, due to be tabled in Parliament on Monday,
forecasts growth rates of 2.7 pct of GDP in the coming year. Finance
ministry sources confirmed a forecast for strong growth rates that will
mark the Greek economy's recovery after eight years of recession. They
said the draft budget will also be in line with the goals of the economic
policy programme for the primary surplus.
[02] Tsipras to chair meeting on problems facing Lesvos on Monday
A broad meeting to discuss the effects of the refugee crisis on Lesvos
will be held by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Maximos Mansion on
Monday (Oct 3), following a request by Lesvos mayor Spyros Galinos.
"This will not be just another meeting held on Monday," Galinos told
Athens-Macedonian News Agency. "I expect the government and opposition
to make proposals in the direction of decongesting the almost 5,500
people who are on the island today, but also to support the local
communities. In the meeting, apart from proposals, I expect decisions,
always in the same direction," he added.
The meeting will also be attended by Lesvos' local officials, including
the prefect of the Northern Aegean Christiana Kalogirou, the president
of Moria municipality Nikos Trakellis, where Moria hotspot is located,
and police officials. Lesvos MPs Charalambos Athanasiou, Giorgos Pallis
and Stavros Tassos have also been asked to join.
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