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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-07-29Macedonian 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 MAKEDONIAN PRESS AGENCYThessaloniki, July 29, 1998TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] PANGALOS: THERE WILL BE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATESAthens, 29 July (MPA)Greek foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos appeared optimistic that there will be positive developments with the United States in statements he made after the end of the meeting on the Greek-US relations that was held yesterday under prime minister Kostas Simitis.Mr. Pangalos did not rule out a meeting with US ambassador to Athens Nicholas Burns. Minister of defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos stressed that in the meeting were also discussed issues concerning the armaments program. [02] HEAT WAVE IN GREECEThessaloniki, 29 July (MPA)A heat wave has struck Greece. In many regions the temperature will reach 41 degrees Celsius today, while in Thessaloniki it will be 39 degrees.The hospitals are in a state of alert to face any emergency cases as a res ult of the heat wave, while the air-conditioned public buildings will be open to the people. According to the National Weather Bureau, the heat wave will continue until the end of the week. [03] THE WORLD BASKET HELLAS 1998 OPENS IN ATHENSAthens, 29 July (MPA)The 13th World Basket opens in Athens today. The Greek national team will play with Canada at 10pm today.Greek national team coach Panagiotis Yiannakis stated that he is optimistic and stressed that everything will go well. In the World Basket participate 16 teams divided into 4 groups. [04] THE REFORM PROGRAM FOR OLYMPIC AIRWAYS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE EUAthens, 29 July (MPA)The European Union approved the 2nd revised reform program for the Greek state-run airline Olympic Airways. The European Commission approved the sum of 21.8 billion drachmas as state aid that will be paid in two installments, while it also approved the state guarantee for the sum of 378 million dollars for the purchase of new airplanes and the modernization of the company's fleet.The European Commission also decided to cover by 50% the cost of the relocation of the Athens airport to Spata. [05] THE UNITED STATES SUPPORT A MORATORIUM OF FLIGHTS OVER CYPRUSWashington, 29 July (MPA)The United States continue to support the implementation of a moratorium of flights over Cyprus, stated the US Pentagon spokesman, who reiterated his country's position that an arrangement over the issue of flights will help in the easing of the tensions and will create the right atmosphere for the overall settlement of the Cyprus issue.At the same time, the US Pentagon spokesman pointed out that any effort toward this direction should be made with the cooperation of the interested parties and that the United States will not impose on Cyprus the adoption of such a settlement. [06] MILOSEVIC ACCEPTED THE GREEK PROPOSAL ON KOSOVOAthens, 29 July (MPA)Greek foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos was briefed yesterday by foreign ministry general secretary Mr. Apostolidis, who returned from Belgrade where he met with Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. Mr. Apostolidis stated that Mr. Milosevic has accepted the Greek proposal for the increase of the number of EU observers in Kosovo under the precondition that they will be accredited to their embassies in Belgrade.Mr. Milosevic said to Mr. Apostolidis that police forces in Kosovo have received orders not to attack but they are forced to respond to provocation and protect the lives and the economic activities of the people in Kosovo. The Yugoslav president pointed out that the Yugoslav forces are able to guard the borders effectively in order to stop the infiltration of terrorists from Albania. Greece has briefed the Austrian EU presidency on the meeting in view of yesterday's visit of the EU troika to Belgrade headed by the general secretary of the Austrian foreign ministry. [07] STAMOULIS: WE DEMAND WAR REPARATIONS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE NAZISBonn, 29 July (MPA)The stance of the German government on the issue of the war reparations for the victims of the Nazis is characterized as incomprehensible and provocative by prefect of Viotia in central Greece Mr. Ioannis Stamoulis in an interview with the German magazine "Spiegel".The German magazine mentions that former PASOK Euro-deputy Mr. Stamoulis has filed suits on behalf of the relatives of the victims of the 1944 massacre in Distomo, near the ancient Delphi where the SS killed 228 people indiscriminately. Responding to the question if there are unwritten agreements on which Germany bases its view that the issue has closed, Mr. Stamoulis stated that he is not aware of such agreements explaining that this is the reason why he thinks that the German stance over the issue is incomprehensible. He also clarified that within the framework of the agreements signed Germany has recognized that there are more World War II victims who claim war reparations. [08] THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY SOLD ITS SECRET DOCUMENTS TO A SCRAP DEALERAnkara, 29 July (MPA)The Turkish foreign ministry sold its secret documents, together with the filing-cabinets where they were kept, to a scrap dealer!Those documents were the written correspondence of the Turkish foreign ministry with the General Army Staff and dealt with security issues covering the period of the late '70's to the early '80's. According to the newspaper "Hurriyet", the scandal was revealed when the scrap dealer found the secret documents and in a state of panic notified the General Army Staff. The newspaper writes that when the Turkish foreign ministry moved to a new building many of its filing-cabinets were placed in a store-room at the basement of the new building and the decision to sell them was made in 1995. The 15 filing-cabinets remained unopened for 3 years in the antiques shop and were opened just 2 weeks ago. [09] POLICE OFFICERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CRIME SYNDICATEThessaloniki, 29 July (MPA)New facts came to light in Thessaloniki concerning the crime syndicate. The case got a new dimension with the arrest of the syndicate's last member, 48yearold Vasilis Andreadis. According to a statement by Thessaloniki's police department, in the case are involved retired police officers as well as officers on active service.Andreadis, who had escaped arrest by fleeing to Germany, gave himself up to the Greek police voluntarily and confessed that he had participated in the robbery and murder that occurred in the National Bank of Greece branch in the town of Nigrita in the prefecture of Serres, northern Greece. [10] AN EU COMMITTEE WILL VISIT PRISTINABelgrade, 29 July (MPA)A European Union committee will be in Pristina today, while there is strong concern over the fate of the thousands of refugees who have abandoned their homes after the latest attacks by the Serb forces.Yesterday, the European delegation had talks in Belgrade with Yugoslav foreign minister Zivadin Jovanovic. It is estimated that over 100.000 people have left their homes after the latest clashes in Kosovo. 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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