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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-03-06Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN BY MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCYThessaloniki, March 6, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] VLORE, AGII SARANTA AND DELVINO REMAIN UNDER PROTESTERS' CONTROLAgii Saranta, March 6 (MPA)The situation in southern Albania remains critical as armed rioters continue to have control of Vlore, Agii Saranta and Delvino while President Sali Berisha's forces are said to be ready for action.The Albanian President has refused to allow a delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to visit Tirana. The Albanian opposition has asked the European Union and the United States to exert pressure on the Berisha regime in order to reach a solution. A.F. [02] GREECE TAKES INITIATIVES ON EASING OFF CRISIS IN ALBANIAAthens, March 6 (MPA)The Greek government has intensified its diplomatic initiatives in order to resolve the crisis in Albania and protect the Greek ethnic minority.This evening the Greek Premier Kostas Simitis will meet with the Dutch President of the EU Ministerial Council to discuss the crisis in the neighboring country. In Washington today, Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos will discuss the Albanian crisis with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, while Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Yiannos Kranidiotis will travel to Tirana on Saturday. A.F. [03] GREECE'S SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO CONTINUE STRIKE FOR 8TH WEEKAthens, March 6 (MPA)Greece's secondary school teachers have decided to continue their strike for an eighth consecutive week."The government must be sympathetic to our problems so that we may arrive at solutions through mutual concessions," said a spokesperson of the teachers' national union OLME. Meanwhile, worried parents throughout the country are making appeals to both sides that they resolve their differences so that the students can return to classes and put an end to lost academic hours. A.F. [04] NEW DEMOCRACY: CONFUSION OVER YESTERDAY'S ELECTION RESULTSThessaloniki, March 6 (MPA)Greece's main oppositon party New Democracy held elections yesterday in order to appoint the 1,300 delegates who are to participate in the party's fourth congress, but three out of the party's four contenders for the leadership support that the results are in their favor.Specifically, N.D.'s current president Miltiades Evert, George Souflias and Kostas Karamanlis all said that the votes are in their favor, although only Mr. Souflias' office in Thessaloniki provided analytical reports on the outcome, according to which, 32% of the delegates are in his favor, 60% in Mr. Karamanlis' favor and the remaining eight percent are with President Evert. Mr. Evert's and Mr. Karamanlis' colleagues did not comment on the outcome. A.F. [05] BRITAIN: NO TO DENKTASH'S REGIME, YES TO TURKISH-CYPRIOTS IN ACCESSION TALKSNicosia, March 6 (MPA)Britain insists that Turkish-Cypriots become involved in Cyprus' negotiations with the European Union concerning the island's accession to the community, according to British Foreign Minister Malcolm Rifkind, who also added that his country will not recognize the Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash's self-called state.Referring to the EU-Cyprus accession talks, Mr. Rifkind emphasized that these negotiations will be held with the Cypriot government but added that "we must take into consideration all the expectations and interests of all of Cyprus' citizens." The British official added that the negotiations will not be brief, rather they will last months. A.F. [06] CYPRIOT FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH FRENCH MINISTER OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRSParis, March 6 (MPA)Cypriot Foreign Minister Alekos Michaelides met with France's Minister on European Affairs Michel Barniet in Paris where the two men discuss the efforts to ressolve the Cyprus issue, the possibility of conducting talks between the two communities on the island and the beginning of negotiations following the end of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) concerning Cyprus' accession to the European Union.Following the meeting, Mr. Michaelides stated that the efforts exerted by the US and the EU concerning a solution to the island's division must be coordinated. "We salute France's interest and all those who have expressed their interest in Cyprus," Mr. Michaelides stated. He added that it would be best if a solution is found prior to the beginning of the IGC "so that both sides could emerge as winners." A.F. [07] GREEK-CYPRIOT TEACHER ELENI FOKA WANTS JUCTICE IN OCCUPIED REGIONNicosia, March 6 (MPA)There has been no improvement in the living conditions of those who live in Cyprus' occupied territory, according to the teacher from Karpacia Eleni Foka who has issued an appeal to the Cypriot government and the international community to undertake action in order for justice to prevail.The occupying regime has forbidden Ms. Foka to go from the occupied territory to the island's free region and has kept her hostage for seven months because she has refused to accept the regime's identity. A.F. [08] UN SECRETARY-GENERAL JAVIER SOLANA TO VISIT FYROM THIS MONTHSkopje, March 6 (MPA)United Nations Secretary-General Javier Solana will conduct a one-day visit to FYROM during the last week of March.According to press reports, Mr. Solana is to meet with FYROM's President Kiro Gligorov, Premier Branco Crvenkovski, Foreign Minister Ljubomir Frtckovski and Defense Minister Blagoi Hangiski. A.F. 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: Brief News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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