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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8432

29 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council
Presidency decides to move informal Ecofin meeting from Crete to Athens

Brussels, 28/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Greek Presidency has decided to move the informal meeting of European Union finance ministers, scheduled for 4-6 April, to Athens from Chania (Crete). A spokesperson for the Greek Presidency, Roussos Koundouros, explained that the war in Iraq raises security concerns on holding the Ecofin meeting near Chania, Crete, because of the venue's proximity to the US naval base in Souda. Anti-war protests have been held regularly against the war in Iraq,...

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