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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-10-22Macedonian 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 22, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] US PRESIDENT CLINTON TO MEET WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TODAYWashington, October 22 (MPA)The Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos is to meet with the President of the United States Bill Clinton at the White House today.His All Holiness was honored yesterday by the House of Representatives who bestowed upon him the Gold Medal. This is a distinction of the highest order since the gold medal has been granted only four times in the past and this is the first time it is bestowed upon an Orthodox figure. During his stay in Washington, the Ecumenical Patriarch will also meet with the Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the U.S. vice-president Al Gore. A.F. [02] PM TO INAUGURATE STATE ELECTRICITY COMPANY’S HYDROELECTRIC STATIONThessaloniki, October 22 ( MPA)Prime Minister Kostas Simitis is to inaugurate the State Electricity Company’s hydroelectric station, in Drama tomorrow.Mr. Simitis will be accompanied by the Ministers of Development Vaso Papandreou, Agriculture Stefanos Tzoumakas and Macedonia-Thrace Philippos Petsalnikos. A.F. [03] TURKEY’S PREMIER MESUT YILMAZ WILL TAKE PART IN CRETE’S SUMMITAnkara, October 22 (MPA)Turkey’s Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz and the Foreign Minister Ismael Cem are to participate at the Balkan Summit conference to be held in November at the island of Crete.Mr. Cem met with Greece’s undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Yiannos Kranidiotis in Kiev, on the sidelines of the conference of the Economic Cooperation of Black Sea Countries. The two officials discussed all aspects of the Greek-Turkish relations. A.F. [04] R. HOLBROOKE CONDEMNS TURKISH PROVOCATIONWashington, October 22 (MPA)The United States presidential envoy for the Cyprus issue Richard Holbrooke has denounced the harassment conducted by Turkish military aircraft against the Greek Air force’s C-130 which was transporting Greek Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos from Cyprus to Crete.Mr. Holbrooke also expressed his disapproval of the statement made by the State department’s spokesperson James Rubin, which had also provoked the Greek government’s stern reaction. A.F. [05] ALBANIAN PRESIDENT ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO ITALYTirana, October 22 (MPA)Albania’s President Reijep Meidani embarked today on an official visit to Italy, following the invitation issued by his Italian counterpart Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.President Meidani will be accompanied by a delegation of Albanian officials and is to meet with Pope John Paul II. A.F. [06] TURKEY’S FERVENT SUPPORTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS SENTENCED TO JAILAnkara, October 22 (MPA)The President of the largest organization for the protection of human rights in Turkey, Akim Bidal, has been sentenced to one year in jail, along with six other members of the organization, on counts of disseminating pro-kurdish propaganda.According to the Turkish news agency “Anadolu”, the court ruled that all seven of the defendants had underlined the national, historical and class differences between the Kurds and the Turks which, according to the court, amounts to pro-Kurdish propaganda. Today Mr. Birdal was to present to his country’s Minister of Justice a report on the current situation in the Turkish prisons. Meanwhile, the French news agency AFP has reported that one of Turkey’s most fervent advocates for issues concerning human rights, the 52-year-old attorney Esber Yamourdereli, was arrested in Istanbul and faces a 23-year sentence. Mr. Yamourdereli, who is blind, had filed an -unsuccessful- appeal against a 10-month sentence he had received on charges of disseminating pro-Kurdish propaganda. The Turkish lawyer had been sentenced in 1978 to 36 years in prison. He was released in 1991 on parole and is now facing the possibility of serving the remaining time. A.F. [07] GREEK-TURKISH BUSINESS COOPERATION PROMOTED THROUGH FORUMThessaloniki, October 22 (MPA)The fourth Conference of the Greek-Turkish business Forum is to be held in Athens tomorrow and is expected to breath new air in the economic cooperation between the two countries’ private sectors.Participants at the two-day conference will address the up-to- date results of bilateral cooperation in the four sectors that have been set as priorities, that is: abolishment of double taxation, creation of joint ventures for undertaking large structure projects in the Balkans and the Black Sea, presentation of mutual proposals of business interest and participation in the European Union’s programs. The Forum is organized by the Businessmen’s Association of Greece in cooperation with Turkey’s Council of International Economic Relations. Thirty Turkish businessmen are to participate, led by Mr. Rahmi Koc, one of Turkey’s business conglomerates, along with over 40 Greeks. The previous three forums have resulted in 15 Greek businesses extending their activities in Turkey. The Forum will also examine the opportunities to further strengthen ties between the two sides, part of an effort to resolve the problems that strain the two neighbors’ relations. A.F. [08] EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO ASK FOR TESTS ON GREECE’S DRINKING WATERStrasbourg, October 22 (MPA)The European Commission is to conduct research for the protection of public health from Greece’s drinking water, especially for carcinogens that may be detected in certain cases, according to the Commissioner for the Environment, who responded to relevant questions tabled by Greek Eurodeputies Michalis Papayiannakis and Vasilis Efraimides.In a recent study conducted by public health officials and the University of Crete, over half of the water supply networks were found to contain lead or asbestos, while in at least eight brands of bottled water bromic ions were detected in amounts four-to-ten times greater than the maximum allowed. The two Greek eurodeputies asked the Commission to take apply directives that bind all of the EU-members to regularly examine the quality of drinking water. A.F. 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