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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-10-20Macedonian 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, October 20, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] CABINET CONFERS OVER GREEK-TURKISH RELATIONSAthens, October 20 (MPA)Greece’s Prime Minister Kostas Simitis headed a Cabinet conference today over the Greek-Turkish relations, featuring the participation of Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos and Alternate Foreign Minister George Papandreou.The Greek government is set to embark on an international information campaign over the Turkish provocation, both at a diplomatic level as well as on informing the European public. Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos stated that he will make available to all of his counterparts at the NATO Summit the evidence that Greece has amassed over the Turkish provocative actions in the Aegean. A.F. [02] ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH VARTHOLOMEOS TO MEET WITH US PRESIDENTWashington, October 20 (MPA)The Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos is to be received by the United States President Bill Clinton on Wednesday in Washington. The Ecumenical Patriarch arrived at the United States yesterday where he was received with chief-of-state honors.Tomorrow, State Department Secretary Madeleine Albright is to host a luncheon in the Ecumenical Patriarch’s honor. Mr. Vartholomeos is to meet with the US vice-president Al Gore, the Speaker of the House and leading members of Congress. The center of talks that Mr. Vartholomeos is to hold will be the re-operation of the Theological School of Chalke. A.F. [03] ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH’S VISIT TO U.S. GRANTED WIDE PRESS COVERAGENew York, October 20 (MPA)The Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos’ visit to the United States has been granted extensive coverage in the American press, which illustrate the significance of the almost-month-long visit, the first ever since the Ecumenical Patriarch took his present post.“The New York Times” point out the significance of the meeting to be held between the President of the United States Bill Clinton and his All Holiness, and make extensive reference to the Patriarch’s interest for environmental protection. A.F. [04] GREECE’S BORDER-AREA RESIDENTS CALLED TO MILITARY SERVICEAthens, October 20 (MPA)Civilian men and women over the age of 18 who live near the country’s borders, will participate in mandatory public defense service, without pay, in groups of defense which are to be organized and supervised by the Defense Ministry.A related bill is to be tabled in Parliament within the following ten days and has already been forwarded to the other Ministries. According to the bill, the special defense groups will be formed in the eastern Aegean, the Dodekanese, Thrace, Macedonia and Epirus. Arms training will be held one week per year. The men will be eligible for the service until the age of 65, while the women’s age limit will be 60. A.F. [05] OPERATION OF REFLOATING LAST MARCH’S ALBANIAN SHIPWRECK UNDERWAYTirana, October 20 (MPA)Attempts are currently underway to refloat the Albanian ship that sunk last March in the straits of Otranto, taking the lives of 80 Albanian illegal immigrants.Once the ship is surfaced, a thorough investigation will be conducted since a score of survivors and victims’ relatives claim that the shipwreck, caused by a collision with an Italian navy ship, was not an accident but instead was the result of a premeditated act by the Italian Navy. The ship, currently standing at a depth of over 800 meters, will be hauled near the Printezi port where Italian authorities, along with officials from the Albanian Embassy and relatives of the victims, will await the results. A.F. [06] GREEK AND BULGARIAN DEPUTIES GIVE REPORT ON BALKAN COOPERATIONStrasbourg, October 20 (MPA)Two parliamentarians, a Greek and a Bulgarian, have undertaken the preparation of a report for economic cooperation and development in the Balkans, to be submitted to the Council of Europe in April, shortly before the Cof E’s presidency is taken by Greece.Speaking to the Macedonian Press Agency, the Cof E’s President of the economic committee of the parliamentary assembly and vice-president of the plenary session, leader of the British delegation Teri Davis, saluted the significance of developing cooperation and achieving progress in the Balkans, for the establishment of peace and stability in Europe. The following week, the Cof E’s parliamentary assembly is to organize a congress that will examine the socio-economic views of Central-Eastern Europe’s fiscal policy. A.F. [07] MONTENEGRO: JUGANOVIC WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONSBelgrade, October 20 (MPA)Montenegro’s Premier Milo Jucanovic will be the country’s president for the following five years, having won the second round of the Presidential elections held yesterday.The central electorate committee, with 93% of the votes counted, announced that Mr.Jucanovic amassed 165,330 votes, against the incumbent President Momir Bulatovic who gathered 158,634. The final results are to be announced this evening. A.F. [08] SERB CIVILIANS THREATEN NATO TROOPS IN BOSNIAJahorina, October 20 (MPA)A group of Bosnian-Serb civilians encircled a team of NATO troops who were inspecting a building that used to house a police precinct in the past.The soldiers arrived at the building, which is located in a mountain near Pale, with eight armored vehicles. As they were preparing to leave, they were confronted by about 50 Serb villagers who shouted “shame on you!” this is our country, not yours!”. Most of the troops, all of them Italian, managed to leave, abandoning two of the vehicles. A.F. [09] TURKISH-CYPRIOT LEADER RAUF DENKTASH DEPARTS FOR U.S. ON THURSDAYNicosia, October 20 (MPA)The leader of the Turkish-Cypriots Rauf Denktash is to depart for the United States on Thursday, where he will hold a series of contacts over the Cyprus issue, according to Turkish-Cypriots press reports.Mr. Denktash is to meet with the Presidential envoy for the Cypriot issue Richard Holbrooke in Washington, as well as with State Department and White House officials. In turn, he will travel to New York where he will meet with the United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan. Meanwhile, Turkish -Cypriot press reports in London have written that the Turkish Foreign Ministry has advised Mr. Denktash to refrain from making claims of unifying the island’s occupied part with Turkey and threats of war. A.F. 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