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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-28Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Athens welcomes EU's adoption of 'Jordan Compact'Greece's foreign ministry on Thursday issued an announcement welcoming the EU's adoption of a package of measures for Jordan (Jordan Compact). The measures, among other things, provide for the rebuilding of refugee reception communities, the gathering and provision of capital, and more favorable regulations for EU-Jordan trade relations."As one of the neighbouring countries of Syria that continue to host a significant number of refugees, Jordan is shouldering an unwieldy burden for its population and its economy, exhibiting a sense of political responsibility and humanism. "Greece highlighted in a timely manner – as early as January 2015 – that one of the main pillars for dealing the refugee flows should be strong support for countries neighbouring on Syria. To this end, Greece firmly supported the adoption of a bundle of measures in favor of Jordan; measures that constitute an exceptional regulation of limited duration for confronting the refugee crisis," the announcement said. [02] Defence Minister Kammenos meets Italian counterpart in visit to Lecce-Galatina air baseThe prospects of setting up an international pilot training centre in Kalamata was the main topic discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Defence Minister Panos Kammenos and his Italian counterpart Roberta Pinotti in Italy. Kammenos had paid a visit to the pilot training school at the Lecce-Galatina air base in Puglia.The two minister also discussed bilateral defence-ministry cooperation programmes, migration and the fight against international terrorism. Kammenos was accompanied by the head of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff Lieutenant General Christos Vaitsis, who flew in the new T-346 jet trainer aircraft. The Lecce-Galatina pilot training school and its Kalamata equivalent are used to train Greek and Italian pilots in the context of bilateral defence cooperation. [03] New Piraeus port 'solar park' goes into operationThe Piraeus Port first solar park generating energy using photovoltaic panels has been put into operation, generating up to 430 kWp, the Piraeus Port Authority SA announced on Thursday.The installation in the Piraeus freight port is 1,080 metres in length and has been linked up to the Public Power Corporation electricity grid since Tuesday. It was implemented through an open international tender and installed in Neo Ikonio, the most power-hungry section of the port where the cranes loading, unloading and stacking containers are based. PPA noted that the installation will provide 635,000 'green' kWh per year to the electricity grid, corresponding to 635 tonnes of CO2 emissions that are avoided. [04] 'Home' set as theme for 6th Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennale in 2017The concept of 'home' in collective and individual imagination - as a community, country, roots, childhood, refuge but also in terms of its practical construction - is to be the theme of the 6th Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennale to take place in September 2017.Organised by Thessaloniki's State Museum of Contemporary Art, the Biennale has so far been held five times in 10 years, after the first in 2007, in collaboration with artists and curators from Greece and abroad, attracting thousands of visitors. The 2017 Biennale is expecting to get funding from the EU's next National Strategic Reference Framework. [05] Major wildfire reported in the Keratea region in AtticaA wildfire burning stands of woodland broke out in the Plaka region of Keratea in Attica on Thursday. A fire-fighting operation is now underway, with the participation of 40 fire men, 20 fire engines, a 21-person team on foot, three helicopters and two aircraft.Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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