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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-12-22
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[01] Greek parliament unanimously asks recognition of State of Palestine
[02] River in Epirus has frozen
[01] Greek parliament unanimously asks recognition of State of Palestine
The Greek parliament unanimously asked from the Greek government the
recognition of the State of Palestine at a special session held on
Tuesday in the presence of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas was welcomed as head of state by parliament president Nikos Voutsis
and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: "we welcome you in the presence of the
prime minister, members of the parliament's presidium and president of
the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of parliament and the Committee
of the Greek-Palestinian friendship of parliament".
On his part, Abbas stated "the grand step of recommending to the
Greek government to recognise a State of Palestine will go down in
the history and in the future paces of the Palestinian people" adding
also "We are very proud that we are here at the bastion of the Greek
democracy" who expressed the Palestinian people's gratitude and pleasure
for the 'grandiose', as he called it, "Greek parliament's initiative
that further contributes to the foundation of the Palestinian State"
adding "We feel at home. Further steps for the strengthening of the
already close and historic relations between the peoples will follow"
said Abbas and concluded "We recently welcomed the Greek prime minister
in Palestine and we hope very soon to also welcome the President of the
Hellenic Republic and the parliament president".
[02] River in Epirus has frozen
The temperature in the mountainous region of Epirus fell to -7 degrees
Celsius during the night. The river Voidomatis that flows through the
traditional villages of Zagori and famous for its arch bridges froze.
Although the snow has not yet made its appearence in the area, the
hotel reservations in the picturesque villages and the other traditional
destinations of Epirus, very popular for Christmas holidays, have reached
90 percent of the hotels and rooms capacity.
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