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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 2001-07-10

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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, July 10, 2001

SECTIONS

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

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

  • [01] GREEK INVESTMENTS IN ROMANIA REACHED US$30 MILLION
  • [02] THE BROKERAGE FIRMS' TURNOVER DROPPED BY 68.1% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2001
  • [03] EURO-PARLIAMENT BUDGET COMMITTEE DELEGATION IN THESSALONIKI
  • [04] LOSSES CONTINUE IN THE ASE
  • [05] PRESIDENT STEPHANOPOULOS ON A THREE-DAY VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG
  • [06] PASCHALIDIS: EVERY GOVERNOR OFTEN HAS TO DRY HIS SOUL IN ORDER TO RULE
  • [07] DIALOGUE IN FYROM MUST END IN SUCCESS
  • [08] THE 8TH WORLD CONFERENCE OF PAN-MACEDONIAN ASSOCIATIONS IN PIERIA
  • [09] GREECE WANTS BETTER RELATIONS WITH ALBANIA
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    NEWS IN DETAIL

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

    [01] GREEK INVESTMENTS IN ROMANIA REACHED US$30 MILLION

    Greek investments in Romania reached US$30 million in the first trimester of 2001, according to the latest figures provided by the Greek embassy in Bucharest.

    Specifically, the overall capital invested in Romania on behalf of Greek interest companies is at US$500.1 million and Greece occupies the 6th place among foreign investors in the country.

    Regarding the volume of bilateral trade, it increased by 38.8% with the Greek exports at US$99.1 million showing an increase of 60.6%, while imports reached US$84.7 million increased by 19.6%.

    [02] THE BROKERAGE FIRMS' TURNOVER DROPPED BY 68.1% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2001

    The turnover of brokerage firms in Greece dropped by 68.1% in the first half of 2001 at 15.17 trillion drachmas compared to 47 trillion drachmas in the same period last year, according to figures provided by the Brokerage Firms Association.

    Based on press reports, many brokerage firms have decided to cut spending and operational expenses in need of cash.

    [03] EURO-PARLIAMENT BUDGET COMMITTEE DELEGATION IN THESSALONIKI

    A ten-member European Parliament budget committee delegation is on a three-day visit to Thessaloniki until Thursday.

    During their stay the Euro-deputies will visit CEDEFOP and the European Organization for the Reconstruction of the Balkans.

    The goal of their visit is to discuss issues concerning fiscal and administrative aspects of the two organizations and evaluate their work so far.

    [04] LOSSES CONTINUE IN THE ASE

    The losses continued in the Athens Stock Exchange today. The general index dropped to -1.49% at 2.507,18 points, while the volume of transactions was small at 127.7 million Euro or 43.5 billion drachmas.

    Of the stocks trading today, 219 had losses and 100 recorded gains, while the value of 60 stocks remained stable.

    [05] PRESIDENT STEPHANOPOULOS ON A THREE-DAY VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG

    Hellenic Republic president Kostis Stephanopoulos is on a three-day visit to Luxembourg starting today at the invitation of Grand Duke Anri.

    Mr. Stephanopoulos is scheduled to meet with the Grand Duke, prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the government vice-president and foreign minister.

    Their talks will focus on bilateral, international and European issues.

    [06] PASCHALIDIS: EVERY GOVERNOR OFTEN HAS TO DRY HIS SOUL IN ORDER TO RULE

    Minister of Macedonia-Thrace Giorgos Paschalidis used the saying by Konstantinos Karamanlis, who had stated that he had "dried his soul in order to govern the country", while he called on the prime minister to rise above everybody, regardless of whether they are friends, associates or government ministers, stressing that his proposal for Kostas Simitis to cut the Gordian knot with the class of '74, does not mean neither exclusion nor retirement of leading party officials. In 2004, it will be 30 years since 1974 and we can not appear looking like a photocopy of the past, stated characteristically Mr. Paschalidis in an interview with MPA.

    Mr. Paschalidis proposed that the governing socialist party of PASOK congresses should be held every two years and disagreed with the proposal according to which, the party secretary should be elected by the congress delegates, underlining that this way the diarchy issue returns to the party, this time through the back door.

    The minister of Macedonia-Thrace is also in favor of clean cut solutions that will not mean ideological purity and points out that the applied policy needs strong decisions.

    [07] DIALOGUE IN FYROM MUST END IN SUCCESS

    The wish for the dialogue among FYROM's political forces to end in success was expressed by Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas, so that NATO will be able to send its forces to the region in order to monitor the disarmament procedure.

    Mr. Reppas also stated that the ceasefire agreed in FYROM is being generally observed as sporadic violent incidents are being recorded.

    [08] THE 8TH WORLD CONFERENCE OF PAN-MACEDONIAN ASSOCIATIONS IN PIERIA

    The 8th World Conference of Pan-Macedonian Associations and the 55th Conference of the US-Canada Pan-Macedonian Association will open at Alexandrion Institute in Litochoro, Pieria on July 12- 16.

    Alexandrion Institute president and conference organizing committee president Petros Mitoulis stated to MPA that everything is ready for the conference in which will participate a total of 500 delegates and 2.000-3.000 observers. Mr. Mitoulis stated that the most important thing is the participation of more than 300 young delegates from Australia, America, Canada, Europe, and Africa.

    The goal of the conference will be the orientation, communication and synchronization of the Pan-Macedonian associations with modern times.

    [09] GREECE WANTS BETTER RELATIONS WITH ALBANIA

    Elections in Albania were held in satisfactory conditions according to the OSCE report, stated government spokesman Dimitris Reppas, expressing the wish that the new Albanian government will contribute to the further improvement of the Greek-Albanian relations.

    Mr. Reppas stated that Greece works toward this direction and expressed the wish that the new Albanian government will contribute to the further improvement of bilateral relations.

    [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS


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