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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-28
CONTENTS
[01] Piraeus port, Elliniko to be decongested by July 20, Shipping Min
Dritsas says
[02] ND leader Mitsotakis: 2 pct primary surpluses after 2018 is a
national line
[01] Piraeus port, Elliniko to be decongested by July 20, Shipping Min
Dritsas says
The port of Piraeus and the former Elliniko airport will have been
decongested from refugees and migrants by July 20, Shipping Minister
Thodoris Dritsas said in an event on the refugee issue on Monday.
Dritsas underlined that it is a procedure depending on the progress of
the works in the organised hospitality centres adding that the refugee
and migration problem could not have been handled efficiently without
the synergies of the local communities.
The minister praised the rescue operation efforts saying that the Coast
Guard has rescued at least 150,000 refugees and migrants. He also
stressed the importance of everyone's contribution to helping those
people be integrated in the Greek society.
On his part Alternate Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas, who was the
keynote speaker at the event, said: "We cannot say that we have solved
everything, but we managed to combine humanism with the safety of the
local communities to avoid possible reactions that could be exploited
by extreme right parties."
[02] ND leader Mitsotakis: 2 pct primary surpluses after 2018 is a
national line
The national policy should focus on primary surpluses of 2 pct after
2018, main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis
said in an interview with Star TV late on Monday.
Mitsotakis stressed the importance of real reforms that will attract
investment and boost employment. The new electoral law, as he said,
is the perfect recipe for lack of governance and added that Mr Tsipras
wants "to put a bomb in the foundations of the political system after
his retirement."
He also lashed out at the government on its tax policy saying that it
increases the taxes, it does not have the estimated revenues and leads
to tax evasion.
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