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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-11-12

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

CONTENTS

  • [01] PM Karamanlis attends event held by Greek Union of US Veterans
  • [02] Gov't to revise GDP increase, FinMin says
  • [03] KKE leader addresses communist, labour party con'f

  • [01] PM Karamanlis attends event held by Greek Union of US Veterans

    Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Saturday evening attended an event organised by the Greek Union of US Veterans.

    Karamanlis, accompanied by his wife, Natasa, and mother, Aliki, sat through a concert at the event in northern Athens. No statements were made afterwards.

    Most of the union's members served with the US armed forces in Greece and are married to Greek citizens. Saturday's event was in honor of America's war dead.

    [02] Gov't to revise GDP increase, FinMin says

    Finance and Economy Minister George Alogoskoufis, speaking on Saturday at an insurance company conference on the issue of "Private Insurance Day", said that the government will revise predictions on the increase in GDP. The conference was held on the occasion of the celebration for Private Insurance Day, while the minister also announced the gradual abolition of the 2.4 percent stamp duty imposed on all insurance rates.

    Alogoskoufis stressed that growth exceeded predictions during the third quarter of the year and the percentage is expected to be announced within the week and will be in the region of 4.3 percent.

    The finance minister further said that tax rates in the second and third stages of tax reform will develop as follows:25 percent for incomes between 12,000 and 30,000 euros and 35 percent for incomes of up to 75,000 euros, while from then on the rate will be 40 percent.

    Lastly, the minister said that the Private Insurance Committee will be undertaking the supervision of the insurance market at the beginning of 2007.

    Parliament President Anna Benaki-Psarouda also said in her address that the appropriate functioning of insurance companies benefits both the citizen and the state.

    Awards were given during the conference to the honourary president of the Union of Insurance Companies of Greece, Dimitris Kontominas, and for the best performance of the year in the police force, the traffic police, the fire brigade and the harbour authority.

    [03] KKE leader addresses communist, labour party con'f

    Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Secretary General Aleka Papariga addressed an international conference of communist and labour parties in Lisbon on Saturday, stressing the need for an ideological counter-offensive, as she called it, by communist parties to confront "a policy by the forces of imperialism".

    "Relations between the two strongest imperialist centres, the United States and the European Union, are becoming more complex and competitive, while contrasts in the ranks of the EU itself are worsening," she said.

    The KKE leader proposed initiatives and joint action in the near future concerning EU presidencies and summits, as well as action against anti-communism.

    Papariga further proposed campaigns for the withdrawal of foreign occupation forces from Iraq and against the NATO alliance and foreign military bases, as well as an anti-NATO meeting of parties and movements from the Balkans in Thessaloniki in May 2007.

    Lastly, she proposed action against a plan for a "Wider Middle East" and solidarity missions to Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian territories and Israel by representatives of communist parties.


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