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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-04-10Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Local administration is a cell of democracy that defends social cohesion, President Pavlopoulos saysPresident of Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Sunday stressed the important role of the local administration.Pavlopoulos was speaking at an official luncheon of the City of Delphi hosted in his honor on the 195th anniversary of the liberation of the castle of Salona (Amfissa). "The institution of the local administration is a cell of democracy, that defends the social cohesion at these critical times," Pavlopoulos underlined. "I believe that the country will soon get out of the crisis, with the help of everyone, because there are no differences in this effort, and this region will find what it deserves based on its history and its prospects," he added. [02] Portugal's Prime Minister Costa to visit Athens on MondayPortugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa will pay an official visit to Athens on Monday to support Greece at this critical time for the conclusion of the first program review.The Portuguese Prime Minister and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are expected to sign a joint declaration on the future of Europe and the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries. On the sidelines of Costa's visit, Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva will meet with Greek Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas. During the EU summit on February, Costa sent a letter to Tsipras and other leaders of EU member states to inform them that Portugal is ready to receive up to 6,000 refugees from Greece in addition to those it has already agreed to receive. [03] Progress achieved on many issues, FinMin Tsakalotos says"Progress has been achieved on almost all issues while some pending issues will be discussed again on Sunday or early Monday the latest," Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said early on Sunday after the meeting with the heads of the institutions.Tsakalotos stated that progress has been made on pension reforms, bad loans and the last part of fiscal measures of 1 pct of GDP. A senior Finance ministry official had earlier noted that among the measures discussed to cover the 5.4 billion euro fiscal gap until 2018 is additional taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The negotiations lasted for more than 10 hours. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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