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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 99-11-01
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <ert.ntua.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES VERBAL ATTACK ON NEW DEMOCRACY PARTY
[02] GREECE AND GERMANY TO ADOPT COMMON STAND ON EU BALKAN POLICY
[03] NO CHANGES IN AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GREECE
[04] PRIME MINISTER TO MEET FRENCH OFFICIALS
[05] DEFENCE MINISTER REPRESENTS GREECE AT FUNERALS IN EREVAN
[06] 2000 STATE BUDGET TO BE DISCUSSED BY CABINET
[07] FIVE IRAQIS KILLED IN MINEFIELD
[08] FIRE IN SAMOS UNDER CONTROL
[09] MEASURES FOR ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE
[10] NEW OLYMPIC AIRWAYS FLIGHTS
[01] PRIME MINISTER LAUNCHES VERBAL ATTACK ON NEW DEMOCRACY PARTY
From Arcadia, prime minister Kostas Simitis launched a strongly-worded
attack on the opposition New Democracy party on Saturday, accusing it
of scandal-mongering and attempting to undermine Greece's progress
towards European economic and monetary union. He said New Democracy
party officials had deliberately misinformed European Union officials
regarding the true picture of the Greek economy. He added New Democracy
was trying to shake the Greek people's trust in government work and the
political stability prevailing in Greece. For his part, New Democracy
party leader Kostas Karamanlis, who toured the island of Chios, once
more accused the government of corruption and lack of transparency.
According to press reports, the New Democracy party is collecting
evidence on public works contracts and state supplies in order to
escalate its attack against the government.
[02] GREECE AND GERMANY TO ADOPT COMMON STAND ON EU BALKAN POLICY
During his meeting in Berlin yesterday with his German counterpart
Joschka Fischer, Greek foreign minister Giorgos Papandreou agreed that
Greek and German diplomats should try to adopt a common stand on
European policy in the Balkans and Euro-Turkish relations before the EU
summit in Helsinki. Meanwhile in an interview yesterday with Cyprus
Radio, former Greek foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos maintained that
the upgrading of Turkey's relations with Europe should remain linked to
the Cyprus issue. He said reaching agreement on the issue at the
Helsinki summit would be no easy matter and that if Greece were to give
its consent to the immediate opening of negotiations with Turkey as a
candidate country, it would have to be accompanied by a series of
measures aimed at reducing military tension on the island, a gradual
process of disarmament and contacts between the two sides.
[03] NO CHANGES IN AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GREECE
Government spokesman Dimitris Reppas reiterated yesterday that there
had been no changes in American president Bill Clinton's schedule,
during his upcoming two-day official visit to Greece on November 13th.
Meanwhile the dean of the Athens Polytechnic University announced on
Saturday that events to mark the anniversary of the 1973 student
uprising would go ahead as planned on 17th November and would be
totally separate from any possible demonstrations in protest at
president Clinton's visit to Athens.
[04] PRIME MINISTER TO MEET FRENCH OFFICIALS
Prime minister Kostas Simitis is scheduled to meet with French
President Jacques Chirac and prime minister Lionel Jospin on the
sidelines of the conference of Socialist International, due to be held
in Paris on the 8th and 9th November.
[05] DEFENCE MINISTER REPRESENTS GREECE AT FUNERALS IN EREVAN
Defence minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos represented the Greek government
yesterday at the funeral of assassinated Armenian prime minister Vasgen
Sarkisian. In statements he made, he expressed Greece's solidarity with
the Armenian people.
[06] 2000 STATE BUDGET TO BE DISCUSSED BY CABINET
The Greek state budget of the year 2000, which is estimated to be
exceeding the amount of ten trillion drachmas, will be discussed by the
cabinet next Wednesday.
[07] FIVE IRAQIS KILLED IN MINEFIELD
In their effort to enter Greece illegally, five Iraqis lost their lives
when they stepped into a minefield in the Evros region at the
Greek-Turkish border. 16 other Iraqis were injured, while Greek mine
specialists rescued 15 more illegal immigrants.
[08] FIRE IN SAMOS UNDER CONTROL
A fire which broke out three days ago in Kallithea and Aghia Paraskevi
on the island of Samos was put under partial control yesterday
evening.
[09] MEASURES FOR ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE
The stock market committee is actively preparing a series of measures
for the Athens stock exchange to protect small investors and ensure
transparency in trading. The measures will be ready in late 1999.
Today, the head of the committee will outline the plan worked out by
experts.
[10] NEW OLYMPIC AIRWAYS FLIGHTS
Olympic Airways manager Rod Lynch has announced that new flights of the
national air-carrier will be connecting from now on, on a daily basis,
Athens with Sydney, Johannesburg and Boston, plus two daily flights to
New York, while the flight connecting Athens with Montreal will be
discontinued.
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