He said the government also placed tremendous emphasis on a policy of support for small and medium-size enterprises which would in turn support the creation of jobs. He said he would be meeting with Education and Religious Affairs Minister Gerasimos Arsenis next week to discuss better and more effective vocational training programmes. Greek equities rebounded strongly on the last trading session of a dull week, helped by renewed buying interest in blue chip stocks, mainly by foreign institutional investors. The general index ended 3.66 percent higher at 5,616.89 points. Turnover was a moderate 263.5 billion drachmas.
Fine weather is forecast for the rest of the country.
Winds north, northwesterly, medium to strong, and very strong in the Aegean and Ionian seas. 147.919 Danish kr. 43.831 Austrian sch. Spanish peseta 1.959 Swedish kr. 37.936 Norwegian kr.