Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-05-04

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

CONTENTS

[01] Government council chaired by PM Tsipras held on Wednesday

[02] Internal border controls for 5 EU countries must be extended, Avramopoulos says

[03] Hellenic Capital Market Commission signs cooperation agreement with Iran's Securities and Exchange Organization

[01] Government council chaired by PM Tsipras held on Wednesday

According to government sources, the meeting was focused on the positive course of the negotiations ahead of the Eurogroup meeting. As they said, this was also confirmed by Eurostat's latest data on the Greek economy.

They also discussed the final details on the voting procedure of the pension and tax reforms. The same sources said that "there was compliance with the red lines set in the relevant negotiation and agreement, especially when some considered the tabling of the bill in Parliament a unilateral action."

Regarding the refugee crisis, government officials expressed their content over Turkey's respect to the Agreement with the EU.

[02] Internal border controls for 5 EU countries must be extended, Avramopoulos says

He noted that Greece had make "huge progress" in the last months and weeks, however, and made it clear that he was not proposing internal border controls for Greece's Schengen borders at the countries ports and airports.

According to Avramopoulos, it was not possible to fully correct all the deficiencies in the last three months. He also noted that the EU continued to face the risk of "secondary movements" due to the the very large number of asylum seekers still in Greece and along the so-called 'western Balkan route'. Consequently, the Commission will recommend that specific member-states, including Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, extend controls along specific points on their borders.

[03] Hellenic Capital Market Commission signs cooperation agreement with Iran's Securities and Exchange Organization

According to the memorandum, the two countries will cooperate on the areas of exchanging information, expertise and experience. They will also hold educational workshops at different levels.

"The signing of the cooperation protocol between the two countries is rather important as it is the foundation for the further development of relations in the stock market industry. Iran is a country that interests us tremendously. For Iran, it is a gateway to the European market," the head of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission said.

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