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News in English, of 26/08/1996

TITLES

• The prime minister calls a national election for September 22nd.
• Greek leaders stand by Cyprus as it mourns the victims of Turkish savagery.
• And, Panathinaikos's early disappointment.

ELECTIONS

Prime minister Kostas Simitis told president Kostis Stephanopoulos why he wants elections on September 22. Pasok's term ends in just over a year, but Mr Simitis says a year-long round of pre-election manoeuvring by the parties would hurt the country.

ELECTIONS/REACTIONS

The opposition, of course, begs to differ.

SIMITIS/CYPRUS

The Greek and Cypriot governments launched a diplomatic campaign to denounce Turkish brutality, and Turkey's intransigence over the Cyprus issue.

Mr Simitis took part is the Cypriot National Council meeting last weekend.

EVERT/CYPRUS

His trip to the island followed a visit to Brussels, where he discussed the murders of the two Greek- Cypriots with EU commissioner Jacques Santer.

Evert briefed Cypriot president Glavcos Clirides on his talk with Santer. And he visited the families of the two young men murdered by Turks during protests peaceful protests.

CLERIDES/ARSENIS

The two men looked at aspects of the defence pact designed to provide a defence shield to Thrace, the eastern Aegean, and Cyprus, all vulnerable to Turkish aggression.

The defence doctrine is not just about military hardware and troops. It also provides for bringing Greece and Cyprus closer together on a broader cultural level.

President Clirides and Mr Arsenis reaffirmed their nations' commitment to defend the interests of Hellenism.

Arsenis said, "We have fought in wars in the past. We will fight again in the future, if necessary, for our freedom, our territorial rights, our culture, and for human rights".

President Clirides has ruled out a meeting with Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash at this time. He's asking the US and the EU to find a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem.

He added during an interview with CNN, that an ititiative coming from Cyprus would be doomed to failure like such initiaitives in the past.

CYPRUS/REACTIONS

US State department spokesman Nicholas Burns said the Turkish security forces violent response to the peaceful protestors was unjustified.

And the European Union denounced the murders.

SPORTS/PAO REVIEW

Pao had beaten the Norwegians one-nil in Athens, but that proved to be not enough.

In the return match in Norway, Rosenbourg comes out with determination. The hosts have two opportunities to score in the first three minutes of the match, forcing Pao onto the defensive early.

Despite the pressure, the Greek side keeps it scoreless in the first half. The Norwegians get their first tally in the 63rd minute, and regulation play ends with the score one-nil.

Both teams have the same goal aggregate, which means we go to extra time to see who qualifies for the Champions' League. It turns out to be Rosenbourg, which scores twice in the overtime period.

Pao will now go on to play in the less prestigious Ouefa cup, with Greek rival Olympiakos.

© ANT1-Radio 1996

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