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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-05-28Macedonian 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 28, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] ANKARA PRESENTS CYPRUS, CRETE AS ITS ISLANDS ON OFFICIAL INVITATIONSAthens, May 28 (MPA)One day after Greek Premier Kostas Simitis and Turkish President Suleiman Demirel met in Paris at the ceremony of the NATO-Russia pact signing, Ankara proceeded to another provocation by presenting the islands of Crete and Cyprus as being Turkish.The claim was made through an invitation issued by Ankara's Polytechnic University. The printed material was forwarded to thousands of foreign scientists who are invited to participate in a geology conference to be held next September in Ankara. The invitation's cover features a color-guided map which presents Crete and Cyprus with the same yellow color as that of Turkey's, while all of the neighboring countries, Greece included, are colored dark green. A.F. [02] GREEK FM TO ATTEND LISBON'S NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETINGAthens, May 28 (MPA)Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos is in Lisbon today, in order to attend the Foreign Ministers Council of Nato's member- states.While no meeting with his Turkish counterpart Tansu Ciller has been scheduled, Mr. Pangalos did not rule out such possibility. He also added that should Ms. Ciller wish to brief him on something, he is willing to listen. Also, Mr. Pangalos is to visit Albania early next month, in light of that country's early elections. According to the Greek FM, the meeting will probably take place on June 3, following the European Union's Foreign Ministers' Council in Brussels. A.F. [03] INTERBALKAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN THESSALONIKI ON JUNE 9-10Thessaloniki, May 28 (MPA)An inter-balkan foreign ministers conference which will address security, stability and cooperation issues of Southeastern Europe will be held in Thessaloniki on June 9 and 10.Participants in the conference will be FMs from Bulgaria, FYROM, Albania, Romania, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Turkey, while observers from over twenty countries will also attend the proceedings (US, Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, etc.) A.F. [04] FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE COMMEMORATED BY PRESIDENT OF PARLIAMENTAthens, May 28 (MPA)The fall of Constantinople marked the end of a resplendent era in the history of Hellenism and of humanity as well, stated the President of the Hellenic Parliament Apostolos Kaklamanis in his message, commemorating tomorrow's 544th anniversary since the ill-starred day of May 29, 1453.Mr. Kaklamanis stressed the Byzantium's invaluable and unparalleled contribution to the arts, sciences, philosophy and law, while he also pointed out that "the impact of the Byzantium is such that no prejudice, meanness or ignorance can overcome it. "History will scorn those who attempt to re-write it "contra errores graecorum." A.F. [05] UN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE ON THE MIDDLE EAST HELD IN ATHENSAthens, May 28 (MPA)A United Nations-sponsored conference on the Middle East was held in Athens yesterday, with the main pursuit of examining the peace agreement signed in Oslo and Cairo and the implementation process thereof.The two-day conference, titled "The Peace Process: The Challenges Ahead", was officiated by Greece's alternate Foreign Minister George Papandreou, while the audience included analysts from the Palestinian territories, Israel, the Arab world, the United States and Europe. A.F. [06] THESSALONIKI, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE 1997, REVEALS M. ATHOS TREASURESThessaloniki, May 28 (MPA)Thessaloniki, the Cultural Capital of Europe for 1997, will host the monumental and world's first exhibit of the Mountain Athos treasures, the monuments of Orthodoxy, at the city's new Museum of Byzantine culture, from June 2, 1997 until the end of the year.Present at the exhibit's inauguration will be the President of the Hellenic Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos and Prime Minister Kostas Simitis. According to Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos, this Exhibit will be Greece's grandest event, from a spiritual, scientific and artistic point of view, as well as one of the most significant worldwide. The Exhibit will feature a selection of carefully selected treasures which are analyzed into 108 Byzantine and post-Byzantine icons, 120 manuscripts, 120 craftworks, 30 needlepoints, 131 Byzantine, post-Byzantine, Slav, Romanian and Ottoman documents, 25 monastery stamps, seals and coins, 13 wood carvings, three sculptures, three Byzantine sculptures, 26 incunabula, six ceramic objects and four cartoons, 15 icons-matrices. A.F. [07] CYPRUS: CLERIDES-DENKTASH DIRECT TALKS TO BEGIN END OF JUNENicosia, May 28 (MPA)The invitations for direct talks issued by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan are to be presented to the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the leader of the Turkish-Cypriots Rauf Denktash within the following ten days.According to diplomatic sources at the United Nations, the talks are scheduled for the end of June or the beginning of July. The exact date and place of the talks will depend on various factors, such as Mr. Annan's and the paticipants' schedules, as well as the availability of a specific place. According to political observes, among the issues to be brought up for discussion between Mr. Clerides and Mr. Denktash are topics concerning sovereignty, security, Cyprus' process of accession to the EU, and the Cypriot issue's constitutional and territorial aspects. A.F. [08] FYROM: GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLED, FM FRTCKOVSKI OUTSkopje, May 28 (MPA)The Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Branco Cervenkovski proceeded to reshuffle his government last evening, with over one third of its members being replaced or re-assigned.Replacing Ljubomir Frckovski as Foreign Minister is the up-to- now Defense Minister Blagoi Hanginski, whose place will bs taken by Lazar Kitanovski. According to FYROM's constitution, reshuffling one third of the government's members requires a vote of confidence from Parliament. In all, ten ministers from the Social-Democratic Union were appointed, four from the largest Albanian minority party PDP and one from the Socialist Party. 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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