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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-19

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] President Pavlopoulos to meet ECB's Draghi on Tuesday
  • [02] Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks the latest, EU Commissioner Avramopoulos says
  • [03] PM Tsipras to meet newly elected New Democracy leader Mitsotakis on Tuesday
  • [04] Two ferries with refugees on board arrive at Piraeus port
  • [05] Turkey is not implementing EU deal on managing refugee flows, Greek minister tells Bild

  • [01] President Pavlopoulos to meet ECB's Draghi on Tuesday

    President of Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Tuesday will meet with ECB president Mario Draghi at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt.

    The two officials are expected to discuss the course of the Greek programme and the ECB quantitative easing policy.

    German unions have called a rally in support to Greece during the meeting.

    [02] Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks the latest, EU Commissioner Avramopoulos says

    Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks the latest, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said in an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday.

    Avramopoulos also warned of increased refugee flows in the coming months.

    Referring to the EU member states that refuse to contribute to the joint EU effort, he said that some governments tell 'no' to everything, but they do not inform their citizens on the consequences of their refusal.

    He also noted that the European Commission has proposed any kind of support, either economical, technical of infrastructure to these countries

    [03] PM Tsipras to meet newly elected New Democracy leader Mitsotakis on Tuesday

    Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have his first meeting with newly elected New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday, at 15:00.

    Tsipras and Mitsotakis will discuss social security reforms, the refugee issue, the electoral law and other domestic and foreign issues.

    Mitsotakis will meet with the other party leaders in the following days, and will be received by President of Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Wednesday.

    [04] Two ferries with refugees on board arrive at Piraeus port

    "Blue Star 1" ferry carried 426 refugees from Chios and 334 refugees from Mytilene on Tuesday. "Diagoras" ferry with 71 people on board is expected to arrive at Piraeus port within the day.

    [05] Turkey is not implementing EU deal on managing refugee flows, Greek minister tells Bild

    Turkey is not implementing the agreement reached with the European Union on managing refugee flows, Alternate Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Toskas was reported as telling German newspaper Bild in an interview published on Monday.

    "This is evident from the numbers that I gave you [said about 90,000 refugees and migrants arrive monthly]," he was quoted as saying.

    Toskas also said that the government is struggling to complete the First Reception Centers while the Greek state has spent 2 billion euros for the reception of refugees and migrants and stressed that the crisis should not be linked to terrorism.


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