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Antenna News in English 170696
News in English, of 17/06/1996
TITLES
- Prime minister Kostas Simitis rebuffs Turkey's Aegean ploy.
- George Bush arrives in Greece.
- And, Pasok gets ready for its congress.
TURKEY INCIDENT
Turkey continued its propaganda war against Greece
this week, again questioning Greece's sovereign rights in the
Aegean. The latest attack came from a Turkish admiral, who,
according to a Turkish
newspaper, said the legal status of many Greek islands is open to
doubt.
SIMITIS LETTER
Prime minister Kostas Simitis made the point once
again that Greece will not roll over before
Turkey's attempt to challenge its Aegean rights.
Touring the island of Crete at the end of the week, Mr Simitis
said Turkey's questioning of Gavdos, just south of Crete, is
doomed to failure.
BUSH
Former US president George Bush is back in Greece,
and once again the guest of Greek shipping magnate
Iannis Latsis.
Bush has made other visits to Greece. This
time, he's travelling not only with his wife
Barbara, but also with US general Colin Powell.
PASOK
This week, Pasok's executive bureau more or less
reconfirmed that the party's congress will be choosing a vice
president for Pasok when it meets later this month.
After meeting, the bureau issued a statement urging
party members to agree now to accept the decisions of the
congress.
That statement was a message to party heavyweights
who lose an eventual vice presidential contest, telling them not
rock the boat after the congress.
POLL
New Democracy is still ahead of Pasok with the
voters. The latest MRB poll conducted for
Antenna, released this week, puts the opposition narrowly ahead
of the ruling party.
© ANT1-Radio 1996
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