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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in Greek (PM), 98-04-25

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


Web Posted: 14:55 GMT+2

SYNTOMO APOGEYMATINO DELTIO EIDHSEWN Qessalonikh, 25/04/1998

(MPE)

Episkech sta Skopia pragmatopoiei shmera o ypoyrgos Eqnikhs Amynas Akhs Tsoxatzopoylos, o opoios qa exei synomilies me ton omologo toy Lazar Kitanofski. O k.Tsoxatzopoylos qa syzhthsei gia thn epektash ths synergasias twn dyo xwrwn ston tomea ths amynas, opws epishs kai th sxediazomenh balkanikh dynamh taxeias epembashs, me thn opoia ta Skopia kai h Albania fainetai na diafwnoyn. Sto epikentro twn syzhthsewn qa breqoyn epishs kai oi teleytaies ejelijeis sto Kossyfopedio.

Epiqesh kata toy prwqypoyrgikoy periballontos, ths "eswkommatikhs antipoliteyshs" kai twn "hgetikwn omadwn" ejapelyse shmera o grammateas ths K.E. toy PASOK Kwstas Skandalidhs milwntas sth syndiaskech twn Grammatewn twn Nomarxiakwn kai Tomeakwn Epitropwn. O k.Skandalidhs sthn eishghsh toy emfanisthke antiqetos sta senaria peri prowrwn eklogwn kai ejapelyse epiqesh enantion oswn apeiloyn me jekaqarisma toy eswkommatikoy topioy mesa apo prowres ekloges. Xarakthristika eipe "poioi einai aytoi poy mporoyn kaqe stigmh kai sto onoma poias skopimothtas na anasyroyn ws diejodo kai lysh sto fantastiko adiejodo poy dhmioyrgeitai sto myalo toys thn epapeiloymenh prosfygh stis kalpes; Kai anendoiasta diadromologoyn oti "qa kaqarisoyme to eswkommatiko topio" apo poioys kai gia poion akribws logo se mia stigmh poy h Ellada dinei maxh zwhs;". Anaferomenos sta stelexh poy kanoyn logo gia idrysh "neas hgetikhs omadas", o k.Skandalidhs ejapelyse pyra kanontas logo gia mia kataskeyasmenh prospaqeia anaparagwghs enos monteloy diaxeirishs twn pragmatwn parwxhmenoy. "Epistrateyetai o kindynos ths "neas hgetikhs omadas" ws antipalo deos ths "palias" eipe xarakthristika kai prosqese dhlwnontas kathgorhmatika oti tis hgetikes omades tis ekfrazoyn pragmatika syllogika politika organa (Ektelestiko Grafeio, Politikh Grammateia, Ektelestikh Grammateia gia to kinhma kai Kybernhtikh Epitroph gia thn kybernhsh). Kanontas logo gia tis epikeimenes dhmotikes kai nomarxiakes ekloges kai gia toys legomenoys "antartes" eipe oti kaqe periptwsh qa antimetwpistei jexwrista kai qa einai mia apofash me gnwmona to symferon toy kinhmatos. O k. Skandalidhs kalese ola ta stelexh na syspeirwqoyn gia thn epistrofh ths politikhs sto syllogiko PASOK, gia thn anoixth drash kai epanakamch toy kinhmatos sthn koinwnia.

Neos gyros piesewn kata ths Elladas na arei to beto gia th xrhmatodothsh ths Toyrkias anamenetai th Deytera. H bretanikh proedria protiqetai na epimeinei sth synedriash toy symboylioy twn ypoyrgwn Ejwterikwn. H Aqhna anamenetai na epanalabei th qesh ths oti den mporei na apeleyqerwsei ta koinotika kondylia, ean h Agkyra den dextei thn parapomph twn Imiwn sth Xagh.

Se troxia sygkroyshs mpainoyn kai pali dioikhsh kai ergazomenoi sthn Olympiakh Aeroporia. Aformh einai oi diafwnies pilotwn, iptamenwn synodwn kai frontistwn gia to neo programma pthsewn, to opoio perilambanei perikopes orismenwn dromologiwn ejwterikoy poy qewroyntai idiaitera kerdofora. Oi iptamenoi apofasisan ennea triwres staseis ergasias apo th Deytera ews thn Paraskeyh. O proedros ths Olympiakhs Qeodwros Tsakiridhs epishmane oti h oikonomikh katastash exei epideinwqei dramatika.

Sto Irak eftase xqes, mesw Amman, omada Ellhnwn boyleytwn, sthn opoia symmetexoyn oi boyleytes toy PASOK Giwrgos Katsimpardhs kai Paraskeyas Paraskeyopoylos kai toy Synaspismoy Spyros Danelhs. Oi boyleytes metaferoyn 120 kila farmaka, ta opoia qa dianemhqoyn se polites toy Irak poy exoyn anagkh, enw qa episkefqoyn, epishs, sxoleia, nosokomeia kai paidikoys staqmoys.

Oi mikromesaies epixeirhseis qa breqoyn -apo ayrio kai gia treis hmeres- sto epikentro ths 10hs taktikhs synanthshs ths armodias omadas ergasias toy OOSA (Organismos Oikonomikhs Synergasias kai Anaptyjhs). Kata tis treis epomenes hmeres, qa synexistoyn -sthn Aqhna- oi ergasies poy jekinhsan sth Dresdh ths Germanias ton Maio toy 1996. Tote eixan analyqei qemata poy sxetizontai me tis mikromesaies epixeirhseis twn xwrwn toy OOSA, ths Kentrikhs kai Anatolikhs Eyrwphs kai twn newn anejarthtwn kratwn. Sth synanthsh, ektos apo toys ekproswpoys twn monimwn kratwn-melwn toy OOSA, exoyn prosklhqei na symmetasxoyn kai ekproswpoi ths Armenias, toy Azermpaitzan, ths Boylgarias, Gewrgias, Esqonias, Lettonias, Leykorwsias, Liqoyanias, Oykranias, Roymanias, Rwsias kai Slobenias. Th diorganwsh ths synanthshs -apo ellhnikhs pleyras- exoyn analabei to Ypoyrgeio Anaptyjhs kai o EOMMEX. Thn enarjh twn ergasiwn qa khryjei h yfypoyrgos Anaptyjhs, Anna Diamantopoyloy.

Dyo kratoymenoi twn fylakwn Korydalloy, breqhkan to prwi nekroi apo narkwtika, se keli ths dytikhs pterygas. Prokeitai gia toys Apostolo Topoyzh, 44 xronwn kai Giwrgo Salidakh 32 xronwn. Oi dyo kratoymenoi eixan syllhfqei gia xrhsh kai diakinhsh narkwtikwn.

Th bebaiothta oti oi shmerines sygkyries eynooyn -perissotero apo pote- th metatroph ths Qrakhs se "bathra" gia ta Balkania, ton Eyjeino Ponto kai th Mesh Anatolh, ejefrase o proedros toy Syndesmoy Biomhxaniwn Boreioy Ellados (SBBE) Basilhs Takas, sth diarkeia geymatos poy pareqese h nomarxia Rodophs sthn Komothnh. "Shmera para pote h Qrakh exei thn eykairia na antistrecei to paradosiako sygkritiko ths meionekthma, thn apomonwsh apo thn ypoloiph Ellada kai thn Eyrwpaikh Enwsh, se strathgiko pleonekthma efoson epideijei ejwstrefeia", eipe xarakthristika o k.Takas, poy brisketai sth Qrakh, sto plaisio epixeirhmatikhs apostolhs sth DEBZOS, poy diorganwnei o SBBE. "To stoxo ayto, ton eixame ejeidikeysei mesa apo tis sygkrothmenes protaseis poy diatypwsame, sto plaisio strathgikoy sxedioy gia ta sygkritika pleonekthmata ths perioxhs. Gia thn ajiopoihsh aytoy toy antagwnistikoy pleonekthmatos, opws eixame diapistwsei, einai proypoqesh h pragmatopoihsh mias seiras epixeirhmatikwn parembasewn", symplhrwse o proedros twn biomhxanwn ths Makedonias kai ths Qrakhs. Sto plaisio ths prowqhshs aytwn twn parembasewn entassetai kai h apostolh poy pragmatopoiei o SBBE, thn opoia plaisiwnoyn oi genikoi projenoi ths Qessalonikhs. Ypenqymizetai oti einai h prwth fora poy pragmatopoieitai organwmenh episkech sth Qrakh jenwn projenwn, poy proerxontai apo tis HPA, Rwsia, Gallia, Germania, Italia, Toyrkia, Gioygkoslabia, Boylgaria, Soyhdia, M. Bretania kai Roymania. Shmera to prwi h epixeirhmatikh apostolh episkefthke biomhxanikes monades ths Alejandroypolhs, enw ayrio sth diarkeia hmeridas, paroysiazetai h meleth ths Diasynoriakhs Eleyqerhs Biomhxanikhs Zwnhs Oikonomikwn Synallagwn (DEBZOS).

Dwdeka xronia symplhrwnontai ayrio apo to megalytero pyrhniko atyxhma sthn istoria toy planhth, toy Tsernompil poy prokalese th frikh, ton pono kai ton qanato stoys katoikoys kai kyriws sta paidia ths Oykranias, ths Leykorwsias kai ths Polwnias. "Ayth h dwdekaetia den staqhke ikanh na allajei to energeiako montelo twn eyrwpaikwn xwrwn oyte na stamathsei th leitoyrgia toy ypoloipoy pyrhnikoy sygkrothmatos toy Tsernompil, oyte kai toy antistoixoy toy Kozlontoyi sth Boylgaria poy apexei molis 225 xiliometra apo ta ellhnika synora" anaferetai sthn anakoinwsh ths Oikologikhs Kinhshs Qessalonikhs kai ths Dhmotikhs kai Nomarxiakhs Kinhshs Politwn Oikologia-Allhleggyh. Me synqhma "To Tsernompil kai to Kozlontoyi leitoyrgoyn akoma H radienergeia skotwnei akoma" oi oikologikes organwseis zhtoyn na mh leitoyrgei kanena pyrhniko ergostasio stis balkanikes xwres. Sthn anakoinwsh anaferetai oti para tis megales politikes kai oikonomikes allages poy eginan sthn Anatolikh Eyrwph to kyriarxo montelo anaptyjhs paremeine to idio kai ejakoloyqei na yparxei emmonh toso sthn pyrhnikh energeia oso kai stis klasikes morfes paragwghs energeias. Oi oikologikes organwseis yposthrizoyn oti den yparxei kamia tash pros tis hpies kai ananewsimes morfes energeias enw tonizoyn oti h Oykrania kai h Boylgaria, epikaloymenes thn adynamia kalychs twn energeiakwn anagkwn, xrhsimopoioyn ta pyrhnika ergostasia ws mesa ejasfalishs daneiwn apo th Dysh, ta opoia telika katalhgoyn stis amerikanikes kai dytikoeyrwpaikes etaireies poy beltiwnoyn h epidiorqwnoyn ta pyrhnika ergostasia. Parallhla epishmainoyn oti kai h Ellada syneisferei sto boylgariko pyrhniko programma agorazontas reyma poy paragei h Boylgaria sto Kozlontoyi.

"Tsimentenia" qemelia eqese sto balkaniko prosanatolismo ths h gnwsth ellhnikh biomhxania "Titan", ejagorazontas pososto 48,6% ths boylgarikhs "Plevenski Cement A.D", poy edreyei sto Pleben. H ejagora ths etairias anamenetai na dwsei shmantikh wqhsh sthn prospaqeia toy ellhnikoy omiloy na epekteinei thn paroysia toy kai ston tomea ths paragwghs sta Balkania: h "Plevenski Cement A.D" paragei ethsiws 400.000 tonoys tsimentoy to xrono, kalyptontas to 20% ths geitonikhs agoras. Malista, h "Titan" den apokleietai na ayjhsei mellontika to meridio ths sth boylgarikh tsimentobiomhxania. To boylgariko Dhmosio, poy katexei to 49% twn metoxwn ths etairias, ekdhlwse thn proqesh na diaqesei -pros ejagora- peripoy to 10% toy meridioy toy stoys ergazomenoys kai to ypoloipo 40% se ependytes.

Thn eykairia na gnwrisoyn apo konta to dasos ths Dadias kai to Delta toy Ebroy, qa exoyn oi symmetexontes stis qerines kataskhnwseis toy Pagkosmioy Tameioy gia th Fysh-WWF, me thn ypoxrewsh, omws, na prosferoyn eqelontikh ergasia gia thn prostasia toy periballontos. To kaqhmerino programma twn 15melwn kataskhnwsewn perilambanei pente wres ergasias kai apogeymatines jenaghseis stoys biotopoys ths perioxhs, apo to episthmoniko proswpiko toy WWF. Oi symmetexontes -poy prepei na einai hlikias 18 ews 30 etwn- diamenoyn se katalymata poy paraxwroyntai apo thn koinothta h to dasarxeio, enw ta ejoda diatrofhs kai metakinhshs epibarynoyn toys idioys. Oi kalokairines kataskhnwseis toy WWF qa diarkesoyn apo tis 15 ews tis 30 Ioylioy kai apo tis 5 ews tis 19 Aygoystoy. Ypenqymizetai oti to tmhma Elladas toy Pagkosmioy Tameioy gia th Fysh, edw kai eji xronia ekponei programma oloklhrwmenhs diaxeirishs, fylajhs kai toyristikhs anaptyjhs toy dasoys ths Dadias. Parallhla, apo to 1990 exei egkainiasei programma prostasias kai periorismoy ths ypobaqmishs toy Delta toy Ebroy.

Ellada kai Kypros syntonizoyn tis kinhseis toys enocei ths episkechs toy Amerikanoy proedrikoy apestalmenoy Ritsarnt Xolmproyk, o opoios anamenetai na episkeftei th Megalonhso stis arxes Maioy. O ekproswpos typoy toy Steit Ntipartment Tzeims Roympin anefere oti o k.Xolmproyk qa parameinei sthn Kypro "gia arketes hmeres kai qa exei syzhthseis me armodioys ajiwmatoyxoys, me stoxo thn epiteyjh eirhnhs sthn perioxh". O k.Roympin kalese ola ta merh sthn Kypro na antimetwpisoyn thn episkech Xolmproyk "san mia shmantikh eykairia na synanthqoyn me ena poly ikano diplwmath poy qa prospaqhsei me epoikodomhtiko tropo na epilysei ta problhmata".

Se katabolh apozhmiwshs ejhnta xiliadwn sterlinwn se dyo xwrikoys apo thn perioxh toy Ntigiarmpakir, katadikase thn Toyrkia to Eyrwpaiko Dikasthrio Anqrwpinwn Dikaiwmatwn. Oi Keze Seltsoyn kai Ismet Asker, apo to Islamkioi toy Ntigiarmpakir, eixan kataqesei prosfygh sthn Eyrwpaikh Epitroph Anqrwpinwn Dikaiwmatwn ton Dekembrio toy 1993 epeidh Toyrkoi stratiwtes mphkan stis 16 Ioynioy toy idioy etoys sto xwrio toys kai ekacan ta spitia kai toys myloys toys.

Tameio gia thn prostasia ths Boylgarikhs Orqodojhs Ekklhsias prokeitai na idryqei stis 28 Aprilioy, sto plaisio ths eqnikhs diaskechs twn ierewn Boylgarias, poy qa pragmatopoihqei sth mhtropolh ths Sofias. Symfwna me thn efhmerida "Pari", h proqesh einai to Tameio, poy qa telei ypo thn aigida ths Ieras Synodoy, na sygkentrwnei xrhmata gia thn anabaqmish ths koinwnikhs qeshs twn ierewn sth xwra. Ypenqymizetai oti hdh gia ekto xrono yfistatai sxisma sth Boylgarikh Orqodojh Ekklhsia me apotelesma na yparxoyn dyo Patriarxes: O epishmos, Majimos kai o hgeths twn sxismatikwn, Poimenas.

Tis kinhtopoihseis twn Ellhnwn ergazomenwn fainetai oti "zhlecan" oi 17.000 ypallhloi ths Komision, oi opoioi -apo thn erxomenh ebdomada- programmatizoyn apergies, se endeijh diamartyrias gia thn proqesh katarghshs ths monimothtas toys. Me prwto bhma thn 24wrh apergia poy qa pragmatopoihqei thn erxomenh Pempth, oi ergazomenoi sthn Komision dhlwnoyn sthn prajh thn proqesh toys na proboyn se drastikes kinhtopoihseis, meta thn apotyxia twn syndikatwn toys na katalhjoyn se symbibasmo me toys ajiwmatoyxoys ths Eyrwpaikhs Enwshs (E.E). H apergia ektimatai oti qa paralysei to ektelestiko swma ths E.E, se krisimh malista xronikh periodo, kaqws se dyo hmeres qa pragmatopoihqei h Synodos Koryfhs gia ta idrytika melh ths ONE.

Amerikanika elikoptera poy qa paragontai sth Roymania protiqetai na agorasei h Toyrkia. O Toyrkos ypoyrgos Amynas Ismet Sezgkin, me dhlwseis poy ekane kata th diarkeia episkechs toy sto Boykoyresti, epibebaiwse oti h xwra toy endiaferetai gia thn agora elikopterwn typoy Cobra poy qa paraxqoyn sth Roymania an h ekbash toy sxetikoy amerikanoroymanikoy sxedioy einai qetikh. Wstoso oi epafes metajy twn armodiwn ths Roymanias kai twn ekproswpwn ths amerikanikhs etaireias Bell Helicopter ,poy arxisan prin apo merikoys mhnes, gia thn paragwgh 100 elikopterwn typoy Cobra sthn polh Mprasob den exoyn katalhjei se kapoio apotelesma. H toyrkikh efhmerida "Zaman" epishmainei oti oi epafes breqhkan se adiejodo epeidh h roymanikh kybernhsh adynatei na ejasfalisei toys poroys gia thn ylopoihsh toy sxedioy. O Toyrkos ypoyrgos Amynas meta tis epafes poy eixe me ton Roymano Proedro Emil Konstantineskoy kai me ton prwqypoyrgo Rantoy Basile dhlwse oti oi Toyrkoi kai oi Roymanoi armodioi synergazontai sto qema ths paragwghs teqwrakismenwn oxhmatwn.

Thn ejeyresh symbibastikhs lyshs sto qema toy Kossyfopedioy poy qa basizetai sth diathrhsh ths plhroys edafikhs akeraiothtas ths Serbias kai sthn ekxwrhsh ths megalyterhs dynaths aytonomias stoys albanofwnoys, zhthse me epistolh toy o Mporis Gieltsin apo ton proedro ths Albanias Retzep Meintani. Parallhla o Rwsos proedros aphyqyne ekklhsh ston hgeth twn albanofwnwn toy Kossyfopedioy Imprahm Roygkoba na paraithqei apo th diekdikhsh ths anejarthsias kai na proxwrhsei se aney orwn dialogo me to Beligradi. Sto metajy, o ekproswpos toy Steit Ntipartment Tzeims Roympin dhlwse oti oi Hnwmenes Politeies syzhtoyn me toys symmaxoys thn epibolh newn kyrwsewn kata toy Beligradioy.

Toyrkoi boyleytes ekproswpwntas th xwra toys sto Symboylio ths Eyrwphs den distasan na kathgorhsoyn polyariqmoys synadelfoys toys apo dytikoeyrwpaikes xwres epeidh ypegracan chfisma gia thn genoktonia twn Armeniwn. Entona antedrase o boyleyths Ismahl Soygkoy sto chfisma poy ekdoqhke xtes sto Strasboyrgo gia na ypenqymisei thn genoktonia twn Armeniwn kai to opoio ypografoyn boyleytes apo diafores xwres toy Symboylioy ths Eyrwphs. O Toyrkos boyleyths eipe oti paromoia keimena den prepei na ginontai apodekta. Paromoia htan kai h symperifora toy Toyrkoy boyleyth Tzebntet Aktsali, o opoios einai o antiproedros ths koinoboyleytikhs syneleyshs toy Symboylioy ths Eyrwphs kai ston opoio eixe anateqei h proedria ths xtesinhs synedriashs. O k Aktsali antedrase sth dhlwsh toy proedroy ths Boylhs ths Armenias Ntabit Xaroytoynian , o opoios eyxaristhse na melh ths syneleyshs poy apetisan foro timhs sta qymata ths genoktonias legontas "oti prokeitai gia ena poly shmantiko bhma giati ta egklhmata kata ths anqrwpothtas den prepei na jexnioyntai pote". O Toyrkos boyleyths diekoce ton k Xaroytoynian legontas oti den prepei na ekfrazontai "proswpikes apoceis" se dhmosia syzhthsh. H symperifora toy Aktsali prokalese thn antidrash toy Galloy boyleyth Klwnt Mpirw o opoios toy ypenqymise oti ws proedreywn ofeile na symperiferetai me antikeimenikothta , amerolhcia kai epifylaktikothta. "O tropos me ton opoio apanthsate ston Xaroytoynian den htan dioloy amerolhptos, enw ofeilate na sebasteite thn ypoxrewsh antikeimenikothtas poy ferei opoiosdhpote proedreyei twn syzhthsewn.

H krisimh wra gia tis oktw omades mpasket poy synexizoyn thn poreia toys sto prwtaqlhma eftase, afoy shmera kai ayrio diejagontai oi prwtoi agwnes ths b' fashs twn plei - of. Stoxos h katakthsh twn triwn prwtwn qesewn poy odhgoyn sthn Eyrwligka kai sth synexeia to prwtaqlhma. H aylaia anoigei shmera me dyo paixnidia, PAOK - Papagoy stis 8:30 to brady sto Alejandreio Melaqro Qessalonikhs kai Panaqhnaikos - Hrakleio stis 6:30 to apogeyma sto OAKA. O PAOK, h monadikh omada ths Qessalonikhs poy synexizei sth diorganwsh, qa ypodextei ton Papagoy, poy ekane th megalh ekplhjh ston prohgoymeno gyro kai apekleise to Peristeri. O "Dikefalos" qelei na ejasfalisei apo nwris thn prokrish toy sthn epomenh fash toy prwtaqlhmatos kai fainetai apofasismenos na kanei shmera to prwto bhma. Apo thn omada toy PAOK qa apoysiasoyn o Giwrgos Mpalogiannhs, poy synexizei na talaipwreitai apo enan traymatismo, kaqws kai oi Saklefornt kai Giannoylhs, poy qa ektisoyn shmera thn proteleytaia agwnistikh ths poinhs toys. O Panaqhnaikos, poy termatise sthn prwth qesh ths baqmologias sth diarkeia ths kanonikhs periodoy, ypodexetai to poly kalo Hrakleio. Meta tis apotyxies twn "prasinwn" se Eyrwkypello kai kypello Elladas, monadikos stoxos einai to prwtaqlhma. Se ayth th fash ths diorganwshs, to endiaferon twn filaqlwn sygkentrwnei h anametrhsh ths AEK me ton Paniwnio poy qa ginei ayrio stis 6:30 to apogeyma sto OAKA. Dyo wres argotera, o Olympiakos qa ypodextei sto Stadio Eirhnhs kai Filias ton Apollwna Patrwn. Oi deyteroi agwnes qa ginoyn stis 27 kai 28 Maioy, enw an xreiastoyn kai trita paixnidia qa diejaxqoyn stis 29 kai 30 toy mhnos.


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