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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-07-01
BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN BY THE MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY
Thessaloniki, July 1, 1998
TITLES
[01] HEAT WAVE THROUGHOUT GREECE, TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 102F
[02] PREMIER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS TODAY
[03] CONFLICT CONTINUES IN KOSSOVO, CITY OF BELACEVIC IN EYE OF
THE STORM
[04] CULTURE MINISTER IN OTTAWA, MEETS WITH CANADIAN COUNTERPART
[05] GREEKS SPEND THE HIGHEST ON FOOD IN EU, ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT
[06] MINISTRY PUBLISHES ENGLISH PHRASES GUIDE FOR BUS AND TAXI
DRIVERS
[07] GREEK EURODEPUTY HEADS DELEGATION ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO
GEORGIA
[08] STREET NAMED AFTER GREEK NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS IN
IZMIR
[09] DRAMA PREFECTURE TO BESTOW HONORS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO
DIASPORA
NEWS IN DETAIL
[01] HEAT WAVE THROUGHOUT GREECE, TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 102F
Thessaloniki, July 1 (MPA)
State authorities are in a state of readiness in order to
address the various problems that may arise from the heat wave
expected to strike Greece today, according to the National Weather
Bureau.
According to the forecasts, the temperatures are expected to climb
to 102F (39C) today, 106F (41C) tomorrow, reaching 108F (42C) on
Friday and Saturday.
The Prefect of Thessaloniki, Kostas Papadopoulos has ordered
hospitals and ambulance services to be in a state of readiness,
especially for the groups which are most prone to heat strokes,
such as the elderly and the ill.
Temperatures are forecast to fall on Sunday, with a cool front
moving in from the north, the weather service said in a news
release.
[02] PREMIER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS TODAY
Athens, July 1 (MPA)
Prime Minister Kostas Simitis is to meet with the Minster of
National Defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos today to discuss defense-
related matters.
Later in the day, the Premier will meet with the Ministers of
National Economy and Finance, Yiannos Papantoniou; Labor,
Miltiadis Papaioannou; Transportation and Communication Tasos
Mantelis. They will discuss the imminent restructures in the
public sector.
[03] CONFLICT CONTINUES IN KOSSOVO, CITY OF BELACEVIC IN EYE OF
THE STORM
Prishtina, July 1 (MPA)
Serb forces in Kossovo are continuing with their efforts to
recapture the city of Belacevic and the region’s coal mine.
According to reports, Serb military officials state that the coal
mine is now under their control, but journalists were not allowed
access to the region in order to verify the claims.
[04] CULTURE MINISTER IN OTTAWA, MEETS WITH CANADIAN COUNTERPART
Ottawa, July 1 (MPA)
Greek Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos is currently
in Canada where he represented Greece at the two-day
international conference on international cultural cooperation in
Ottowa.
Mr. Venizelos was received by Canada’s National Heritage Minister
Sheila Copps with whom he discussed expansion of bilateral
cultural cooperation and protocol issues concerning joint audio-
visual productions during a meeting held Monday in Ottawa.
He also invited Ms Copps to attend an international conference on
"Women-Athletics and
Sponsorship" to be held in Athens in September, and also invited
the Canadian minister to represent her country as an observer at a
meeting of the Culture Ministers of the Euro-Mediterranean
Cooperation-Barcelona Process on the island of Rhodes in
September, to be attended by 15 European Union and 12 non-EU
Mediterranean countries.
Mr. Venizelos gave a speech at the Canadian National Press Club,
addressing the issues of the Cultural Olympiad, Greece's position
in Europe, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, and also Europe's
response to American cultural hegemony.
He also stressed the need for the immediate return of the
Parthenon Marbles, currently housed in the British Museum, to
their homeland, Athens.
[05] GREEKS SPEND THE HIGHEST ON FOOD IN EU, ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT
Brussels, July 1 (MPA)
Greeks spend 38.1 per cent of their income on food as compared to
the European Union average of 19.4 per cent, according to a study
recently released by Eurostat .
Per capita consumption in Greece reached 4,300 Fixed Purchasing
Power (FPR) units - a technical currency unit used in the study -
as compared to Belgium's 10,700 FPRs.
The study also noted that during the 1975-1995 period, consumption
in Greece fell, while in the rest of the EU it rose by 40 per
cent.
[06] MINISTRY PUBLISHES ENGLISH PHRASES GUIDE FOR BUS AND TAXI
DRIVERS
Athens, July 1 (MPA)
The Ministry of Transportation-communications has published a 30-
page English phrases guide in order to enable public
transportation and taxi drivers to communicate, even at a basic
level, with foreign tourists.
The guide, titled "Guide to Everyday Expressions", contains
simple and useful expressions in English and is published in
40,000 copies which will be distributed free of charge to
transport organisations and taxi drivers' federations.
[07] GREEK EURODEPUTY HEADS DELEGATION ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO
GEORGIA
Tbilisi, July 1 (MPA)
Greek Eurodeputy Alekos Alavanos (Coalition for the Left and
Progress), in currently on an official visit to Georgia, heading a
Europarliament delegation.
The delegates were received yesterday by Georgian President Eduard
Shevardnadze in Tbilisi, where discussions focused on the
upgrading of Georgian-EU relations and Georgia’s prospects for EU
accession, as well as issues relating to the so- called "Silk
Route" connecting Europe and Asia.
[08] STREET NAMED AFTER GREEK NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS IN
IZMIR
Izmir, July 1 (MPA)
A street in the Turkish city of Izmir will be named after
Greece’s Nobel laureate George Seferis, as of Saturday, following
a decision by the city’s local authorities.
The naming ceremony will be held on July 4, in the presence of
the Greece’s consul-general in Izmir Andrea Fryganas, the poet's
nieces, Despina and Dora - daughters of former president of the
Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Tsatsos, and representatives of the
Izmir Cultural Society in Athens.
Speaking to the Macedonian Press Agency, Mr. Fryganas stated that
the poet’s house was located near the street that is to bear his
name, in the municipality of Vourla, 30 kilometers away from
Izmir, or Smyrna, as it was called then. However, the Greek
diplomat added that according to other reports, Mr. Seferis’ house
was in another location of the municipality and has been
demolished.
The Nobel laureate Seferis was born in Smyrna in 1900, although
his family left for Greece immediately after World War I. He
served at the Greek embassy in Ankara and visited Izmir in 1950.
[09] DRAMA PREFECTURE TO BESTOW HONORS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO
DIASPORA
Drama, July 1 (MPA)
The Prefecture of Drama, in northern Greece, is to bestow
honors on two of its citizens who are distinguished members of the
Greek community living abroad, namely Swedish deputy Nikos
Papadopoulos and the Secretary-General of the World Council of
Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Christos Karypides.
The two men will be honored in a celebration to be held on
Friday, July 3, at 8:30 p.m. At the amphitheatre of the Prefecture
of Drama.
Along with Mgrs. Papadopoulos and Karypides, the general
director of the Macedonian Press Agency Spyros Kouzinopoulos will
also be honored for his valuable input and contribution to
informing Greeks throughout the world.
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/
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