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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 2001-07-04

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


MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY NEWS IN ENGLISH
Thessaloniki, June 4, 2001

SECTIONS

  • [A] NATIONAL NEWS
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

  • [01] FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AT THE GREEK-TURKISH BORDERS
  • [02] INTER-BALKAN INSTITUTE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THESSALONIKI
  • [03] THE ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES ARE A NATIONAL AFFAIR
  • [04] LOSSES OF -1.28% IN THE ASE
  • [05] PAPANTONIOU: THE GREEK ECONOMY IS IN A GOOD STATE
  • [06] REPPAS: SYSTEMATIC "MAD COW" DISEASE INSPECTIONS
  • [07] A GREEK BODYBUILDER WON THE "MISS UNIVERSE" TITLE
  • [08] 820.000 INSPECTIONS IN LIVESTOCK FARMS
  • [09] LABOR MINISTRY RESEARCH ON UNEMPLOYMENT
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • [10] GREECE-TURKEY-US-ITALY: COOPERATION ON EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION

  • NEWS IN DETAIL

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

    [01] FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AT THE GREEK-TURKISH BORDERS

    The veterinary agencies in the prefecture of Evros in northern Greece are in a state of alert as a result of the foot- and-mouth disease case traced in a heard of goats and sheep, 45 kilometers from the Greek-Turkish borders. Border guards are in a state of preparedness to stop the disease from spreading to Greece.

    For the record, 4.000 goats and sheep were destroyed last year compared to 60.000 in 1995, while 5.000 cattle were destroyed in 2000 compared to 6.500 five years ago.

    [02] INTER-BALKAN INSTITUTE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THESSALONIKI

    The Inter-Balkan Public Administration Institute aimed at the modernization of public administration, peace, cooperation and development in the Balkans will open in Thessaloniki.

    The initiative was launched a year ago within the framework of the INTERREG II European Union program and the institute's founding charter was approved a few days ago.

    The institute will be formally established in the conference that will be held in Thessaloniki on July 5-6 organized by the Association of Public Servants' Organizations in Thessaloniki in cooperation with similar workers' unions from Albania, Bulgaria, and FYROM.

    Among the delegations that will participate in the conference will be representatives from Turkish and Romanian unions.

    [03] THE ATHENS 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES ARE A NATIONAL AFFAIR

    Prime minister Kostas Simitis, who visited the "Athens 2004" organizing committee offices today, stated that the 2004 Olympic Games are a national affair. Mr. Simitis met with organizing committee president Ms. Yianna Angelopoulou-Daskalakis and organization officials.

    In statements he made, the prime minister referred to the whole spectrum of the Olympic Games preparations and especially to the projects' preparations, the contribution of the Greek athletes, the Paralympics, the Cultural Olympiad, and the Olympic Truce.

    Mr. Simitis stated that the Olympic Games concern the whole of Greece and not only Athens, adding that the Athens 2004 preparations program, with a budget of 432 billion drachmas, provides for the construction of projects throughout the country. The prime minister stated that sports, road and transport infrastructure projects are underway across Greece, while the Greek industry and small industry sectors, as well as the tourism and construction sectors are being strengthened.

    He also referred to the activation of the citizens, the young and the Greeks abroad, to contribute to the better organizing of a world event that will take place in Greece, while regarding the investments made, he pointed out that most of them come from the Greeks abroad and Cyprus.

    Mr. Simitis also underlined the importance of the Olympic Truce and stressed that the Olympic Games are games of peace, cooperation, and friendship.

    [04] LOSSES OF -1.28% IN THE ASE

    The losses continue in the Athens Stock Exchange. The general index dropped to -1.28% at 2.648,42 points, while the volume of transactions was very small at 79.02 million Euro or 26.92 billion drachmas.

    Of the stocks trading today, 75 recorded gains and 258 had losses, while the value of 42 stocks remained stable.

    [05] PAPANTONIOU: THE GREEK ECONOMY IS IN A GOOD STATE

    The state of the Greek economy continues to be good in spite of the notable slowdown recorded at an international level. The above were stated by minister of national economy Yiannos Papantoniou during the presentation of the biannual report on the Greek economy drawn up by the national economy ministry.

    Mr. Papantoniou predicted a growth rate of 4.6% in 2001 compared to 5%, which was the initial target, while he concluded that the average inflation will be at 2.9% compared to the initial prediction of 2.3%.

    However, Mr. Papantoniou clarified that the budget will be implemented faithfully in spite of the shortfall recorded in certain revenue sources, adding that the deficit will be covered by other revenues from other sources.

    Concerning the growth rate, the national economy minister clarified that in the first trimester of 2001 there was an increase of 6.1% mainly due to the big investments and the increase in consumption.

    Mr. Papantoniou expressed the belief that economy continues to be on a good course in spite of the heavy political climate to which the disagreements inside the governing socialist party of PASOK played a role. He said that the decision to move up the PASOK party congress has as a goal the improvement of the political climate which will help in the recovery of the stock market.

    [06] REPPAS: SYSTEMATIC "MAD COW" DISEASE INSPECTIONS

    The inspections conducted in Greece on the "mad cow" disease are systematic and strict, reiterated government spokesman Dimitris Reppas, pointing out that we should not give the impression that Greece is hit by the disease because this is not true.

    The appearance of just one "mad cow" incident does not create risks for public health, stressed Mr. Reppas, adding that inspections are strict and precautionary measures are being taken for the protection of public health.

    [07] A GREEK BODYBUILDER WON THE "MISS UNIVERSE" TITLE

    The "Miss Universe" title was won by Popi Tsintari, a 24-year- old athlete from Thessaloniki, Greece, who competed in the annual Natural Amateur Bodybuilding Association, NABBA, men-women championship held in Volos, central Greece and in the World Bodybuilding Fitness Federation, WBBF, championship that was held in Baden, Austria.

    The young athlete was distinguished among 100 athletes representing the world elite in fitness and bodybuilding and won the title in Austria for a second year in a row.

    To be able to compete in the WBBF championship, Tsintari had to win in the Greek NABBA championship facing 12 leading athletes from Greece.

    [08] 820.000 INSPECTIONS IN LIVESTOCK FARMS

    Over 820.000 inspections have been held since the beginning of the year in livestock farms across Greece, stated agriculture minister Giorgos Anomeritis, warning that the municipal slaughterhouses that will not modernize by this fall will be closed down.

    Speaking in the Athens radio station "Flash", Mr. Anomeritis stressed that new personnel will be hired for more effective inspections and underlined that there is no second "mad cow" disease case, denying today's press reports.

    [09] LABOR MINISTRY RESEARCH ON UNEMPLOYMENT

    High unemployment and at the same time increased demand for new personnel, are the conclusions of a research conducted by the Greek labor ministry with the participation of 6.228 companies.

    Based on the research, 32.1% of the companies stated that they need new personnel and the biggest demand was found in the Athens region (65.1%), central Macedonia (10.3%), north and south Aegean (9.5%), followed by central Greece, Epirus and Crete.

    First in demand are salespersons, unskilled industrial workers, accountants, truck and bus drivers, followed by tourist sector occupations, civil engineers, machinery operators, computer analysts, stock-keepers, and economists.

    Minister of labor Tasos Yiannitsis stated that the new infrastructure projects will contribute to the drop of unemployment.

    [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    [10] GREECE-TURKEY-US-ITALY: COOPERATION ON EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION

    A broad scientific cooperation among research centers in the United States, Greece, Turkey, and Italy will be launched by mid summer in Greece aimed at evaluating the risk for a new big earthquake in the region of eastern Mediterranean which has an intense seismic activity.

    According to the Greek service of the "Voice of America" radio, the details of the cooperation will be announced in a press conference in New York on July 10 that will be given by Columbia University Geo-physics Studies Center scientists. The press conference will take place in Greece's permanent representation offices at the UN.

    Within the framework of this pioneer program, scientists, mainly geologists and engineers, as well as technocrats representing the responsible agencies in the four countries mentioned earlier, will cooperate to develop a better understanding of the procedures that cause earthquakes in northern Aegean, will estimate the risk for new earthquakes in the region and measure the economic and social consequences as a result of a new major earthquake hit.

    In the research, that will take place in the Aegean, will be used Columbia University's scientific research boat "Maurice Ewing" that will be in Piraeus for the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement on August 2.


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