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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-11-02
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[01] PASOK leader meets with Bulgarian and Romanian presidents
[02] Gov't earmarks 49.4 mln euros to support research
[01] PASOK leader meets with Bulgarian and Romanian presidents
Main opposition PASOK President George Papandreou met separately with
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov and Romanian President Traian
Basescu following the ratification of the two countries' EU accession
treaties by the Greek Parliament on Wednesday.
After the meetings, Papandreou said he was satisfied with the progress
both countries have made and noted that the Thessaloniki Summit, held
in 2003 during the Greek EU Presidency, "laid the foundations for the
Balkan countries' accession course."
"[Accession] will create good neighbours who will respect our
friendship and human rights and will reduce fanaticism and tensions,"
Papandreou said, adding that for this to occur the countries in the
region must continue on their EU course and Greece must continue to
play a leading role in this matter.
[02] Gov't earmarks 49.4 mln euros to support research
Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas on Wednesday signed a series of
ministerial actions, worth 49.44 million euros, aimed to support
research and technology in the country.
The actions envisage financial support for training programmes for new
researchers in a moved aimed to support the country's human research
and technological resources, through a "Competitiveness" Operational
Programme.
The programme includes all public universities, state research centres
and institutes and seeks the cooperation of private sector
technological enterprises.
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