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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-06-26Macedonian 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 THE MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCYThessaloniki, June 26, 1998TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] STATE-WIDE EXAMINATIONS CONTINUE TODAY FOR HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTSThessaloniki, June 26 (MPA)The state-wide examinations for would-be college students are continuing today in the course of Chemistry, and Latin. Tomorrow, candidates for the university science and math departments are to be tested in Math.[02] PRESIDENT STEPHANOPOULOS IN CYPRUS, WARMLY SALUTEDNicosia, June 26 (MPA)The arrival of the President of the Hellenic Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos to the island of Cyprus, the first official visit conducted by a Greek president since the founding of the republic of Cyprus in 1960, has been characterized by the locals as a “historic, rare, magnificent and singular event”.President Stephanopoulos arrived at the airport of Larnaca yesterday morning at 11 and received a jubilant and warm welcome by church, government and state officials as well as simple folk. One hour later, Mr. Stephanopoulos was bestowed with the golden key of the capital city, Nicosia by its mayor Lelos Demitriades. The Cypriot government spokesperson characterized the visit as an “exceptional event” and stressed that it contains multiple symbolisms.” At President Stephanopoulos welcoming ceremony held at the airport, the president of the Republic of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides stated in his address: “Your presence in Cyprus, our friend, Mr. President, I believe forwards a very significant message to various directions. The message is that Greece, a guarantor power of the Republic of Cyprus, is here, with us in the same entrenchment. This is the first time the Cypriot Hellenism has the honor to welcome Greece’s head of state. And your visit is taking place during the most critical, perhaps, period for the Cyprus issue, after the Turkish invasion.” In his reply address, the President of the Hellenic Republic stated: “Cyprus is for Greece a matter of foremost significance, Greece identifies with Cyprus in its effort to support the Cypriot people’s struggle for the restoration of freedom, for the attainment of independence and the national integrity of the Cypriot Republic. “All of the country’s political forces, the Greek people throughout, have the unisom, the unshakable, the unyielding fervency to support this struggle. I am not a messenger of aggressive or hostile messages. I shall leave this task to others, who, devoid of support from international law, who by continuously violating the lawful world order from 1974 to date, want to mask these shortcomings of theirs by expressing, at every opportunity, by expressing this kind of threats, this kind of slogans. “I’ve come here as a messenger of peaceful, friendly sentiments of cooperation and brotherhood. Cyprus must become a place of prosperity for all, Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots, and this can be achieved in one way only: When the decisions and resolutions of the United Nations Security Council are accepted. When lawfulness operates again in Cyprus When a unified state will be able to exist, a bi-communal, bi-zonal federated state, which will accede - and this is completely certain- the European Union.” [03] PRESIDENT OF GREECE ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO CYPRUSNicosia, June 26 (MPA)The President of the Hellenic Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos is currently on an unprecedented visit to Cyprus, and the island’s authorities prepared a magnificent welcome reception for the Greek head of state. President Stephanopoulos arrived at 11 am yesterday, embarking for a four day official visit, the first of a Greek head of state since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus, in 1960. He was received at the Larnaca airport by Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides. An hour later, President Stephanopoulos received the “golden key” of Nicosia, given to him by the city’s mayor. The Greek President is escorted by Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos, Foreign Under-Secretary Yiannos Kranidiotis, Finance Under- Secretary Alexandros Baltas and other officials. The Greek president will visit the United Nations-patrolled ``Green Line'' separating the two communities and the tomb of the late Archbishop Makarios.[04] HOLBROOKE’S TALKS WITH MILOSEVIC BEAR NO RESULTSBelgrade, June 26 (MPA)Newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke met with Serb president Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade yesterday and, according to reports, the discussion bore no results in terms of ending the conflict in Kossovo.The US diplomat stressed that the situation in Kossovo is developing into a tragedy and once again appealed for international mediation. [05] JEWISH LAWYERS, LEGAL EXPERTS HOLD IN/AL CONFERENCE IN THESSALONIKIThessaloniki, June 26 (MPA)Prominent Jewish lawyers and legal experts from Europe and the US have gathered in Thessaloniki for a four-day international conference to commemorate the Jewish community of the city almost totally wiped out in the Holocaust and to mark the contribution of Jewish lawyers, jurists and intellectuals to Greek law. A total of 180 Jewish lawyers and jurists from the US, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Sweden, Australia and Argentina are attending. The conference, which began yesterday, is part of a series of congresses being held in various European cities in memory of thousands of Jewish lawyers, jurists and intellectuals who perished in the Holocaust during World War Two with Thessaloniki heading the list. Items on the agenda include "Portraits of Jewish lawyers and Jurists", "Family Law of Greek Jews: Transition from Jewish Law to the Greek Civil Code", "Jewish presence in Greek Law and Constitution" and "Laws concerning Jewish communities in Greece." The conference will end with a round-table discussion on "Anti- semitism and the denial of the Holocaust towards the 21st Century". During the conference, the delegates will visit the recently inaugurated Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki, the Simon Marks Jewish museum, the restored Jewish Quarter and synagogue in Veria, and the royal Tombs of Vergina and Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great.[06] JOURNALISTS CONFERENCE BEGINS IN SAMOTHRACEAlexandroupolis, June 26 (MPA)The seventh national journalists conference has gotten underway at the island of Samothrace. The annual event is jointly organized by the prefectural local government of Evros, and the country’s journalists associations.The 300 participating Greek and Cypriot journalists are to discuss issues such as the phenomena of xenophobia, the role of the mass media in the new European reality and the changes in the sector of journalism, and the role of unions. [07] PAPOUTSIS: CYPRUS’ COURSE TO THE EU IS A GIVENNicosia, June 26 (MPA)The European Commissioner Christos Papoutsis stated that Cyprus will be among the first countries to gain accession to the European Union during its next expansion.Following his meeting with Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides, held in Nicosia, Mr. Papoutsis stressed that the road to Cyprus’s course to the EU is open and the Commission stands by the side of the Cypriot government in order to expedite this course. [08] GREEK FM ON GREEK-TURKISH RELATIONSNicosia, June 26 (MPA)Turkey wants to hold a discussion with the European Union on economic matters, but will not accept criticism on its political system, or a discussion on human rights issues, international law, its actions against its neighboring countries and its actions in its very own people, stated the Greek Minster of Foreign Affairs Theodoros Pangalos, who is accompanying Greek president Kostis Stephanopoulos on his visit to Cyprus. When asked to comment on the pressures exerted upon Greece to lift its veto over Turkey’s funding from the European Union, Mr. Pangalos stated that most of the countries throughout the world will not accept one country to be negotiating with the EU only on financial matters, without values, without principles, without systems that establish democratic order.[09] PRESIDENT STEPHANOPOULOS VISITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF CYPRUSNicosia, June 26 (MPA)The President of the Hellenic Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos visited this morning the archaeological museum of Cyprus.Following the tour, President Stephanopoulos expressed his awe for the museum. He was received by the Cypriot Minster of Transportation Leontios Ierodiakonou. [10] GREECE’S AMBASSADOR TO LONDON RESPONDS TO “TIMES” ARTICLELondon, June 26 (MPA)The Greek Ambassador in London Vasilis Zafiropoulos has responded to the article recently published by the “Times”, which supports the stay of the Parthenon marbles at the British Museum, by pointing out that the same paper six years ago supported the return of the said marbles to Greece. In his letter, Ambassador Zafiropoulos quoted the “Times” article published on April 6, 1992 which read” The Marbles have for the Greeks singular significance. “The Parthenon is the symbol of their cultural unity and their heritage...The value of the marbles is immeasurable greater for Greece than for England.”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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