Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis praised the work of the Athens University's Medical School, while speaking on Thursday night at an event held at the Athens Concert Hall on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the School's founding. He stressed that the Medical School of the Athens Kapodistriako University has been pruducing for 170 years considerable work in peak medical research and in preparing capable, informed and responsible doctors.
Main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou on Thursday criticised a government plan to boost liquidity in the banking system, insisting on his party's position that the plan constitutes a "blank cheque" to the banks which was given following "negotiations that took place under the table." He was speaking in Parliament, during a debate preceding the ratification of the plan.
The Greek Paliament ratified on Thursday afternoon a 28 billion euros government plan to boost liquidity in the banking system.
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Environment, Town Planning and Public Works Minister George Souflias met in Athens on Thursday with Danish counterpart Troels Lund-Poulsen.
The Greek government on Wednesday underlined that Skopje's complaint against Athens at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) was an
Greek stocks plunged in the ASE on Thursday, with the composite index of the market ending at 1,816.58 points, down 4.24 percent.
Measures announced by Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis for improving conditions in prisons will result in the gradual release of 5,500 inmates by April 2009.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' address at his ruling New Democracy parliamentary group's meeting dominated the headlines on Thursday
