Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 05-02-15

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From: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.

CONTENTS

[01] WEATHER PROBLEMS

[02] FOCUS: THE FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN PANIONIOS AND DYNAMO TBLISI WAS FIXED

[03] THE GREEKS ARE AMONG THE MOST CARELESS EUROPEAN DRIVERS

[01] WEATHER PROBLEMS

The extreme weather characterized by rainfall and gusty winds has created serious problems across Greece.

Flight delays and cancellations were recorded this morning in Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport.

Olympic Airlines flight 901 from Thessaloniki to Athens was unable to land and returned to Thessaloniki's Macedonia Airport.

Coast guard authorities in Piraeus are in a state of readiness to deal with the problems created at the marina of Zea as a result of the damages caused by huge waves.

The cargo ship Sea Eagles, under St. Vincent flag, with a two-member crew has run aground at the rocky islet of Skrofes east of Salamina in Athens.

Meanwhile, the investigation continues under adverse weather conditions to locate the two missing sailors, crewmembers of cargo ship Sea Ray, under St. Vincent flag, that sunk west of the island of Elafonisos, north of Crete, yesterday.

[02] FOCUS: THE FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN PANIONIOS AND DYNAMO TBLISI WAS FIXED

The UEFA Cup football game between Panionios Athens and Dynamo Tblisi that was held on December 1, 2004 was fixed, according to the webpage of the German magazine Focus, citing a testimony by 25-year-old referee Robert Hoyzer.

According to a press report, the three Croats arrested three weeks ago accused of being the masterminds of the network that fixed football games allegedly knew the exact outcome of the game.

[03] THE GREEKS ARE AMONG THE MOST CARELESS EUROPEAN DRIVERS

The Greeks are among the Europeans who believe that it is not necessary to wear a seatbelt if they drive carefully, according to a research on road safety in the EU member-states conducted by the European Commission.

The Greeks admit that they use their mobile phones while driving at a greater percentage compared to the European average.

A 32% of those who responded to the questionnaire believes that it is not necessary to wear a seatbelt compared to 19%, which is the European average, while 35% admitted that they use their mobile phones at least once a day while driving compared to 28%, which is the European average.

The research was held in Greece in the period of November 14 until December 17, 2003.

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