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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 97-08-30

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From: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.


Last Update: 15:45 GMT+2

SECTIONS

  • [A] GREECE
  • [B] BALKANS
  • [C] WORLD

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] GREECE

  • [01] SIMITIS: 1998 WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR THE GREEK ECONOMY
  • [02] THE TALKS BETWEEN GREECE AND FYROM WILL RESUME NEXT WEEK
  • [03] THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEW SOUTH WALES WILL BE IN GREECE NEXT WEEK
  • [04] KONSTANTOPOULOS: GREECE MUST HELP ALBANIA
  • [B] BALKANS

  • [05] THE PRESIDENT OF THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' COUNCIL BRINGS A MESSAGE TO ANKARA
  • [06] TENSION IN THE SERB REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA ESCALATES
  • [C] WORLD

  • [07] NICOLAS BURNS WILL BE THE NEW US AMBASSADOR TO ATHENS

  • NEWS IN DETAIL

    [A] GREECE

    [01] SIMITIS: 1998 WILL BE CRUCIAL FOR THE GREEK ECONOMY

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    Athens 30 August (MPA)

    Next year will be crucial for the Greek economy which tries to meet the EU convergence criteria, stated in the cabinet meeting yesterday Prime Minister Kostas Simitis.

    He also underlined that the government will stay in power until the end of its 4-year term except in the case where Parliament will have to be dissolved for the election of a new President of the Republic in the spring of the year 2000.

    The Prime Minister also called for the acceleration of the governmental work and asked the members of his government to pay attention to the everyday problems of the citizens.

    [02] THE TALKS BETWEEN GREECE AND FYROM WILL RESUME NEXT WEEK

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    New York 30 August (MPA)

    The talks between Greece and FYROM for the settlement of the pending issue of the name that will be used by this former Yugoslav Republic will resume next week.

    The decision was made during yesterday's meeting between Greek Ambassador Christos Zacharakis and his FYROM counterpart Ivan Tosevski. The meeting was held in the office of UN Secretary General special mediator Cyrus Vance and no statements were made to the press on the contents of the talks.

    [03] THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEW SOUTH WALES WILL BE IN GREECE NEXT WEEK

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    Athens 30 August (MPA)

    The Prime Minister of New South Wales in Australia will be in Greece next week.

    During his visit to Athens he will meet with the Greek Culture Minister and other government officials, as well as with the mayor of Athens.

    [04] KONSTANTOPOULOS: GREECE MUST HELP ALBANIA

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    Athens 30 August (MPA)

    Greece can and must help the Albanian government in its efforts for the democratic reconstruction and the economic growth of the country, stated Greek opposition party Coalition of the Left leader Nikos Konstantopoulos.

    The statement was made by mr.Konstantopoulos after the completion of his visit to Albania.

    [B] BALKANS

    [05] THE PRESIDENT OF THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' COUNCIL BRINGS A MESSAGE TO ANKARA

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    Athens 30 August (MPA)

    The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, who is currently holding the presidency of the EU Foreign Ministers' Council, will deliver a message to Ankara in which the European Union expresses concern over the Greek-Turkish relations.

    The above was stated by alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Papandreou. Yesterday, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg met with Prime Minister Kostas Simitis in Athens and today is expected in Ankara.

    [06] TENSION IN THE SERB REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA ESCALATES

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    Banja Luka 30 August (MPA)

    Tension in the Serb Republic of Bosnia escalates and NATO threatened the Bosnian Serb hard-liners with countermeasures.

    The western alliance warned that it will destroy radio and television stations or their transmitters controlled by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadjic's supporters if they continue to call on the population of the Serb Republic of Bosnia to launch attacks against the SFOR troops.

    [C] WORLD

    [07] NICOLAS BURNS WILL BE THE NEW US AMBASSADOR TO ATHENS

    Web Posted: 15:45 GMT+2

    Washington 30 August (MPA)

    US President Bill Clinton formally announced his intention to appoint former US State Department spokesman Nicolas Burns to the position of the US Ambassador to Athens, while Mark Paris will be the new US Ambassador to Ankara.

    The decision to appoint mr.Burns to the position of the US Ambassador to Athens proves that Greece and the wider region have a great importance for the US President and the US Secretary of State as mr.Burns is considered by analysts in Washington as one of the most able US diplomats with great ability in the diplomatic maneuvering and strategic thinking.

    Mark Paris served in the White House National Security Council until last April as a director on Near East and South Asia issues, while in the previous two years he was deputy assistant Secretary of State on Near East issues.

    The appointment of the two new Ambassadors will have to be approved by the US Senate.


    Complete archives of the Macedonian Press Agency bulletins are available on the MPA Home Page at http://www.mpa.gr/ and on the U.S. mirror at http://www.hri.org/MPA/


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