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