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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-18Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] President Pavlopoulos and PM Tsipras expresses condolences to Turkish counterpartsOn behalf of the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, the secretary general of the Presidency Ambassador George Gennimatas had a contact late on Wednesday with the Turkish Ambassador to Greece and asked him to convey, on behalf of the Greek people, to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan his unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist attack in Ankara, and his deepest condolences and deepest sympathy to the families of the victims and to the Turkish people.Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras late on Wednesday had a phone contact with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu. Tsipras expressed his condolences and support of the government and the Greek people to the Turkish people for the terrorist attack in Ankara. Earlier, the Greek foreign ministry had also strongly condemned the deadly blast in the Turkish capital on Wednesday evening, describing it as a "heinous attack" in a post on the ministry's Twitter account. [02] Impasse at Promachonas; farmers adamant in their positionMacedonia farmers on Thursday continue to keep closed the Greek-Bulgarian borders at Promachonas.According to Serres' deputy local governor Yiannis Moisiadis, the farmers promised to open the crossing point for four hours every day in order trucks to cross the borders adding that the farmers' position is adamant. Moisiadis and Transport Minister of Bulgaria had a 15 minute-meeting at Promachonas on Wednesday in an attempt to defuse the tension between the Greek farmers and the Bulgarian truck drivers thar remain stuck on the other side of the border, but the meeting proved fruitless. [03] 4.7-magnitude tremor shakes CreteAn earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale was reported on Crete, at 4:40 am, on Thursday.Two smaller tremors followed the main earthquake, at 4:46 measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale and another one at 4:50 measuring 3.4. No damages have been reported so far. [04] 1,354 refugees arrive at Piraeus port on Thursday"Blue Star 1" carrying 1,354 refugees and migrants from Mytilene and Chios docked at Piraeus port on Thursday.The ship transferred 908 refugees from Mytilene and 446 from Chios. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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