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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 99-12-31
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <ert.ntua.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] GREECE READY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW MILLENIUM
[02] CYPRUS ISSUE TO BE DEALT WITH IN 2000
[03] 10.000 YEAR-OLD BONES FOUND IN CYPRUS
[01] GREECE READY TO CELEBRATE THE NEW MILLENIUM
Athens is prepared to celebrate the new millennium with various
concerts, shows and events to be held at the Acropolis, Thision,
Syntagma square and Sounion. Events will also be held in Pireaus and
other cities of Greece.Thousands of people are expected to attend the
open-air events to celebrate the new millenium, following an open
invitation by Athens mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos to all Athens
residents. The municipality of Athens has also prepared a surprise
program for new Year's eve.
The Secretary General of Political Protection appeared reassuring in
relation to the problems that may be caused due to the so-called
"millenium bug". A report published in the Wall Street Journal notes
that Greece has met all the criteria for dealing with the so-called
millennium bug, although Cyprus and Turkey have failedto take all the
steps deemed necessary. The same report expresses concern at the
repercussions the date change may have on computer systems in the
countries of eastern Europe.
[02] CYPRUS ISSUE TO BE DEALT WITH IN 2000
Proximity talks regarding the Cyprus issue will resume in Geneva on 31
January. In the meantime, Cypriot political parties will submit to the
national council of Cyprus their views on January 4th. During
yesterday's session of the national council the body was briefed by the
president of the republic for both the Helsinki EU summit and the first
round of proximity talks in New York.Besides, American President Bill
Clinton has assured that he would do whatever he could to use every
opportunity given for progress in the Cyprus issue, despite the fact
that there are still a lot of obstacles. Mr. Clinton said that the
Cyrpus issue was one of his government's priorities.
[03] 10.000 YEAR-OLD BONES FOUND IN CYPRUS
The Antiquities department has anounced the discovery of the oldest
human bones ever found in Cyprus.The bones belong to a child, who lived
about 10,000 years ago, some 1000 years before the oldest known
civilisations of the Neolithic age in the area of Skyllourakambos of
Pareklisia. Additional reasearch conducted at laboratories in Arizona,
Oxford and Scotland have also verified the fact that the human bones
are the oldest to have been found in Cyprus.
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