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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-08-01
CONTENTS
[01] Gov't denies plan to raise retirement age for women
[02] J&P Avax in 19.83 mln euro contract with National Bank
[01] Gov't denies plan to raise retirement age for women
The government on Monday denied planning to raise the pensionable age
for women following allegations of pressure from European Union
authorities.
"There is no question of changing the general framework of the social
insurance system within the government's current four-year term of
office. That is to say there is no question of changing the age
requirement or lowering pensions etc," the employment and social
protection minister, Panos Panayiotopoulos, said in a statement.
He was responding to a storm of criticism from trade unions and the
political opposition earlier in the day sparked by a newspaper report
that the EU was pressuring Greece into making women retire five or more
years later and scrapping other positive discrimination measures
contained in the social insurance system.
"Consultations on the social insurance system are essential, as this
will help us to defend the rights of coming generations. It will be a
lengthy dialogue to extend beyond this four-year term," Panayiotopoulos
said.
"The government's relationship with Brussels is not as described in
certain publications. We do not feel that Brussels is dictating
solutions to us in a form of British colonialism," he added.
[02] J&P Avax in 19.83 mln euro contract with National Bank
J&P Avax, a Greek-listed construction group, on Monday announced the
signing of a contract, worth 19.83 million euros, for the construction
of a new IT centre for National Bank in Gerakas, Attica.
The project is expected to be completed in 730 days after the signing
of the protocol.
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