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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-27

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

  • [01] Silent grief for 18-year-old Muslim boy shot in Munich
  • [02] Parliament passes bill amending customs code
  • [03] Nobody listening to PM's 'pompous pronouncements,' ND's Koumoutsakos says
  • [04] Iakovos Kambanellis Theatrical Museum opens on Naxos

  • [01] Silent grief for 18-year-old Muslim boy shot in Munich

    Silent grief and mourning filled the Rodopi village of Aratos on Wednesday, where the body of 18-year-old Hussein Daiyicik returned for the last time to be buried, after his death in a killing spree unloosed by a single gunman in a Munich shopping mall last Friday.

    His parents and two siblings escorted him back from Munich to the family's home village in Rodopi, where the teenager had returned each year in the summer.

    The funeral was attended by Interior and Administrative Reconstruction Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis, who offered his condolences to the family and also conveyed the condolences of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Parliament President Nikos Voutsis, who each sent a wreath. Three Rodopi MPs - Moustafa Moustafa, Aichan Karagiousouf and Ilhan Ahmet - also attended, as did the Maronia and Komotini Metropolitan Panteleimon, who offered his condolences to the family in a gesture signalling peaceful religious coexistence and solidarity in a multicultural area, such as Rodopi and Thrace.

    The funeral was conducted by Komotini Mufti Chief Secretary, in the presence of Komotini Mufti Metso Tzemali, after which the villagers of Aratos lifted the wooden coffin wrapped int he Muslim 'kefen' and transported it to the village graveyard to be buried.

    [02] Parliament passes bill amending customs code

    A finance ministry bill amending the customs code in order to help a crackdown on illegal tobacco and tobacco product sales was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, with broad support from nearly all parties. Both the ruling coalition parties, SYRIZA and ANEL, but also main opposition New Democracy, Potami, the Democratic Alliance and the Centrists' Union voted in favour of the bill in principle. Far-right Golden Dawn voted against the bill, while the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) abstained.

    Concluding the debate in Parliament, Alternate Finance Minister Tryfon Alexiadis noted that the collection of tax revenue was going well and that an automatic spending cuts mechanism will not need to be activated. At the same time, he noted that the government was "not happy and will do the things that we have promised to the Greek people."

    In addition to changes to the national customs code, the bill also founded a Coordinating Centre for Combatting Illegal Trade.

    [03] Nobody listening to PM's 'pompous pronouncements,' ND's Koumoutsakos says

    The countdown for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his government had begun and nothing that he says or does will now be able to stop it, main opposition New Democracy spokesman George Koumoutsakos said on Wednesday. Commenting on the social policy measures announced by the prime minister earlier the same day, Koumoutsakos advised the premier to "avoid any kind of pompous pronouncements."

    "Nobody is listening. Nobody believes them. The same is true...for today's announcements about so-called social sensitivity made from the safety of the cabinet meeting," Koumoutsakis added.

    If the prime minister wanted to find out what was really happening, he should have direct contact with those on low pensions, the jobless, the farmers, the heads of large families, small business owners and freelance workers and especially young people, who are unable to make ends meet because of his policies and have lost all hope of improving their lives.

    [04] Iakovos Kambanellis Theatrical Museum opens on Naxos

    A museum dedicated to Greek poet, playwright and author Iakovos Kambanellis has opened on the Aegean island of Naxos where he was born, giving visitors a chance to view the writer's work, archives and many personal items donated by his daughter Katerina Kambanelli.

    The "Theatrical Museum Iakovos Kambanellis" opened its doors to visitors in the Grotta area on Naxos on July 18 and displays the writer's desk, personal effects, documents, portraits, sketches, medals, plaques and other items. Visitors can also examine the writer's works and studies by others about his work, archive interviews with the author and the films that he either directed or wrote scripts for.

    Planned activities for the museum include summer workshops for children and teenagers, concerts, book presentations, creative writing workshops and film screenings.

    Iakovos Kambanellis was a prominent Greek poet, playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, and novelist, born on the island of Naxos in 1922. As a survivor of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, he wrote the lyrics of the "Mauthausen Trilogy" with music by Mikis Theodorakis. He has also written a book known as Mauthausen describing his experiences from the concentration camp. He authored at least 12 films and he directed two of them. In addition, he was known as a verse writer and for his membership at the board of the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece (MIET). Kambanellis died on February 4, 2011 due to complications of his long-term kidney failure.


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