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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 98-04-04Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.Last Update: 14:33 GMT+2SECTIONS
NEWS HEADLINES[A] GREECE[B] BALKANSNEWS IN DETAIL[A] GREECE[01] THE OLYMPIC AIRWAYS BILL WILL BE PRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAYWeb Posted: 14:33 GMT+2Athens, 04/04/1998 (M.P.A.)The discussion on the Olympic Airways bill for the implementation of reforms in the state airline will open in Parliament on Tuesday. The dialogue held yesterday between the OA management and the representatives of the federation of civil aviation employees' unions was characterized as positive.The Union of air and ground hostesses will present today its own proposal for the revision of the company's work regulation. The federation of civil aviation employees' unions has announced a 24-hour strike for Tuesday. The company's flying crew will strike on Wednesday. [02] KARADAYI WILL BE IN ATHENS TOMORROWWeb Posted: 14:33 GMT+2Athens, 04/04/1998 (M.P.A.)Turkish General Staff Chief general Ismail Hakki Karadayi will be in Athens tomorrow for the first time.General Karadayi will participate in the meeting of the Chiefs of Staff from the Western European Union countries that will take place in the Athens seaside resort of Vouliagmeni on April 6-7. [03] ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: THE DESECRATION OF THE CEMETERY IS AN INSULT TO CIVILIZATIONWeb Posted: 14:33 GMT+2Istanbul, 04/04/1998 (M.P.A.)Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos expressed regret and indignation for the desecration of the Greek cemetery in Istanbul, stressing that acts of disrespect toward the dead are an insult to civilization.Speaking to the Thessaloniki newspaper "Angelioforos", the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed the hope that such events will not be repeated in spite of the fact that the past experience is negative. Commenting on the recent attack against the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the murder of a sexton, Vartholomeos stated that he refuses to accept the likelihood of an organized plan against Orthodoxy. [04] 600.000 AUSTRIAN TOURISTS ARE EXPECTED IN GREECE IN 1998Web Posted: 14:33 GMT+2Thessaloniki, 04/04/1998 (M.P.A.)The Austrian tourists, who are expected to visit Greece this year, are estimated to be 600.000, confirming the upward trend that began to form since 1997.It should be reminded that according to data provided by the Greek Tourist Organization, the tourists from Austria, who visited Greece in 1997 were 570.000, which is an increase of 11,5% compared to 1996. Those facts become more impressive if it is taken under consideration that the total number of Austrians, who spent their summer vacations last year to a foreign country were 1,3 million, meaning that half of them came to Greece. The majority of the Austrian tourists namely, 330.476 people, traveled to Greece with chartered flights, while 112.375 preferred regular flights and 125.000 came by car. [05] GREEK EURO-DEPUTY STATEMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTSWeb Posted: 14:33 GMT+2Strasbourg, 04/04/1998 (M.P.A.)The executions of people regardless of where they take place, in the Arab Emirates or the United States, are equally shocking stressed Greek Euro- deputy Anna Karamanou speaking on the occasion of the death sentence imposed on Abu Jamal, a former journalist and member of the organization "Black Panthers", who was found guilty for the murder of a police officer after a trial the objectivity of which has been strongly disputed by international non governmental organizations.Jamal is being held in a Pennsylvania prison in the United States where the recent deterioration of the living conditions for the inmates have led many of them to a hunger strike. On the occasion of this development, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the United States to respect the basic human rights completely and review Jamal's sentence, pointing out that the execution of the death sentence imposed on him has so far been avoided thanks to international protests. [B] BALKANS[06] CLERIDES-HALBROOKE MEETINGWeb Posted: 14:33 GMT+2Nicosia, 04/04/1998 (M.P.A.)US presidential mediator Richard Halbrooke met today with Cypriot president Glafkos Clerides in Nicosia.Yesterday, Mr. Halbrooke had a meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in the occupied northern Cyprus. No statements were made after yesterday's meeting. According to US officials, Mr. Halbrooke is not scheduled to visit Athens and Ankara. 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/Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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