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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-05-13Macedonian 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, May 13, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] PRESIDENT OF GREECE TOURS THROUGH EVROS TODAYAlexandroupolis, May 13 (MPA)The President of the Hellenic Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos is currently on a tour through Evros where, aside from visiting the region's smaller villages, he will attend festivities commemorating the liberation of Thrace from the Turks.Tomorrow morning, President Stephanopoulos will lay a wreath at the Heroes Monument in Alexandroupolis and will attend the city's student and military parade. A.F. [02] GREEK PRIME MINISTER ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO LUXEMBOURGLuxembourg, May 13 (MPA)Greece's Prime Minister Kostas Simitis is currently on a two- day official visit to Luxembourg acompanied by alternate Foreign Minister George Papandreou.Mr. Simitis will be received by Luxembourg's Premier Mr. J. Juncker and will meet with the President of the European Audit Council Mr. Friedman, the President of the European Court and the President of the European Investments Bank. A.F. [03] GREEK DEFENSE MINISTER: WE WON'T NEGOTIATE GREECE'S SOVEREIGN RIGHTSAthens, May 13 (MPA)No negotation can take place over Greece's internationally- recognized sovereign rights, stated the Greek Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who also categorically refuted the impression the Greece has agreed to create air corridors in the Aegean for Turkish aircraft.Meanwhile, Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos may meet anew with his Turkish counterpart Tansu Ciller during the Paris-held meeting of Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Western European Union. The meeting will examine the Union's development into a defense organization within the framework of a European common foreign and defense policy. A.F. [04] GREEK PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT EXPRESSES SORROW FOR IRAN'S DISASTROUS QUAKEAthens, May 13 (MPA)The President of the Parliament of Greece Apostolos Kaklamanis has forwaded a telegraph to his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Natek Nouri wherein he expressed his deep sorrow over the earthquake that rocked northeastern Iran yesterday and claimed the lives of thousands."The Greek Parliament exrpesses its wholehearted support to your country and hopes that it will soon recover from the consequences of this tragic event," Mr. Kaklamanis wrote. According to the latest reports, 1,500 persons have been killed, 3,000 more have been injured, while 50,000 persons have been rendered homeless. Red Cross officials in Geneva stated today that the appeal for aid to Iran was met with resounding success as over five million dollars have been amassed up to date. A.F. [05] MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONVENES TODAYAthens, May 13 (MPA)The Executive Committee of Greece's main opposition party New Democracy will convene for the first time under the leadership of its new President Kostas Karamanlis, in order to discuss national issues and the ruling party's social dialogue process.Meanwhile, tomorrow is a day anxiously awaited by the country's political circles as the 12th and last volume of the archives of Greece's former President and founder of New Democracy will be unveiled. This is expected to set off a new round of charges against PASOK's founder, the late Andreas Papandreou as well as New Democracy's honorary president Konstantinos Mitsotakis. A.F. [06] UNDERSECRETARY OF DEVELOPMENT TO INAUGURATE INTERNATIONAL FUR EXHBITKastoria, May 13 (MPA)Greece's Undersecretary of Development Michalis Chrysochoides will inaugurate the 22nd International Fur Exhibit in Kastoria this evening, where over 120 furriers from Greece and abroad will display their products.The exhibit's visitors, expected to be more than 10,000, will have the opportunity to view the upcoming fall-winter collections in fur and leatherwear. The event is organized by the Association of Kastoria's Furriers who, in spite of the international crisis the sector is undergoing, enjoy an average annual profit of above $180 million. A.F. [07] CYPRIOT PRESIDENT HOSPITALIZED FOR MINOR HEART TROUBLENicosia, May 13 (MPA)The President of the Republic of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides was admitted to the intensive care unit of Nicosia's General Hosptital this morning after having experienced minor heart trouble.According to the medical reports, President Clerides underwent chest examinations and is expected to be released this afternoon. A.F. [08] THE US SUPPORT ALBANIA'S GOVERNMENT, ACCORDING TO M. ALBRIGHTWashington, May 13 (MPA)The United States are fully supportive of the Albanian government, according to US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who met with Albanian Premier Bashkim Fino in Washington yesterday.Ms. Albright also expressed the small country's efforts to hold early elections on June 29. Relaying the Secetary's words, State Department spokesperson Nicholas Burns stated that neither the US nor Europe will tolerate any action aimed at undermining the holding of these elections. Moreover, Mr. Burns said that Ms. Albright assured Mr. Fino of the international community's support in Albania's efforts to resolve its economic and political troubles and stressed that the imminent elections will aid in the restoration of the public's trust in Albania's insittuitons. The US will provide Albania with $12 million in aid. 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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