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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-08-14Macedonian 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, August 14, 1998TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] MASS EXODUS FOR THREE-DAY WEEKEND UNDERWAY, TRAFFIC UNPRECEDENTEDAthens, August 14 (MPA)The last remaining city dwellers have already hit the highways, ports and airports today, fleeing to the countryside in order to enjoy the three-day weekend celebrating the Dormition of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) on August 15.Planes, ships and trains are full to capacity and travelers are advised to proceed at the ports in a timely manner and book their return tickets in advance. President of the Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos will be present at tomorrow's service at the Monastery of Panagia Soumela in western Macedonia. [02] INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AFFECTS GREECE TOOAthens, August 14 (MPA)Russia's financial crisis has reverberated into Greece as well, with the national currency the drachma losing significant ground against most foreign currencies.The Greek currency was 1.36 per cent off against the US dollar, 1.02 per cent down against the British pound, 0.72 per cent lower against the D Mark and lost 0.78 per cent against the ECU. [03] BELGRADE RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO RUGOVA'S PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATIONSBelgrade, August 14 (MPA)Belgrade has responded positively to the proopo0sal submitted by the leader of the region's Albanians Ibrahim Rugova concerning the special negotiating team that would lead into talks with the Serbs.However, it's still unknown how the leaders of the "Kossovo liberation Army" will react to this initiative. Meanwhile, NATO's secretary-general Javier Solana has asked the Serb government to remove its military forces from Kossovo in order to enable the start of talks. [04] ALTERNATE FM PAPANDREOU IN AUSTRIA FOR EU'S FOREIGN MINISTERS TALKSAthens, August 14 (MPA)Alternate Foreign Minister George Papandreou departed for Salzburg, Austria, yestrerday, in order to attend a meeting of the European Union foreign ministers which starts today.According to reports, the talks will focus on the major issues currently of concern to the EU and institutional matters such as the number of votes held by member-states at the Council of Ministers and representation by commissioners. [05] US ENVOY TO CYPRUS THOMAS MILLER TO VISIT TURKEY ON MONDAYWashington, August 14 (MPA)The United States envoy for the Cyprus issue Thomas Miller is to visit Ankara on Monday, with the S-300 missiles and proposals for a no-fly zone that might prevent their deployment expected to be high on the agenda.Mr. Miller is exploring ways of postponing and eventually canceling the arrival of the Russian-made missiles to Cyprus. Turkey has threatened a military strike on the missiles if they are deployed. The idea of a no-fly zone, which might make the anti-aircraft missiles redundant, was first proposed by Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos. Turkey has so far consistently opposed plans for a flight moratorium over Cyprus. 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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