Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-09

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

CONTENTS

[01] PM Tsipras: What unites us is our faith in the European vision and our common will to fight for a better Europe

[02] Greek FinMin raises issue of debt relief measures in Eurogroup meeting

[03] ND leader Mitsotakis receives Cyprus President Anastasiades

[04] 112 migrants and refugees arrived on Chios; no arrivals reported on Lesvos and Samos

[05] Corfu Classic Yacht Race 2016 on Sept 9-11

[01] PM Tsipras: What unites us is our faith in the European vision and our common will to fight for a better Europe

The Greek Prime Minister thanked them for their response to the invitation to come here in Athens, "a few days before a very important -informal but important- summit of the "27" in Bratislava in order to attempt a common and constructive contribution to this critical dialogue that starts for the EU future."

The Prime Minister welcomed the leaders at the discussions which started earlier on "our common goal for the coherence of the eurozone and the EU to overcome the deadlock of today's Europe, for a new vision for the future of Europe that I think we would all agree that today is more necessary than ever."

Tsipras stressed that "our countries have lately been disproportionately affected by the economic crisis, they are the in first line of the Schengen zone and experience the pressure of migration and refugee flows, they are members of the EU and the eurozone bordering with the wider destabilized region of North Africa and the Middle East."

[02] Greek FinMin raises issue of debt relief measures in Eurogroup meeting

Finance ministry sources told ANA that after a positive growth rate recorded in Greece in the second quarter of 2016, this trend will be continued in the following quarters of the year, to achieve a 0.3 pct economic contraction rate at the end of the year.

The same source said that a discussion in the Eurogroup meeting for Greece was made in a good climate, with a broad consensus that it was to the benefit of all sides to complete all prior actions the soonest possible and to agree the disbursement of the 2.8-bln-euro sub-tranche. Additionally, the Greek minister raised the issue of measures to relief the Greek debt and pressed for the immediate implementation of short-tem measures and the defining of the medium-term measures. The source said that all 18 ministers agreed with this need. Tsakalotos also briefed his counterparts that 1.5 billion euros from the previous tranche have been given to repay state arrears to the private sector, achieving a target set by the Eurogroup.

[03] ND leader Mitsotakis receives Cyprus President Anastasiades

According to ND sources, the two officials exchanged views on the latest developments regarding the Cyprus issue.

Anastasiades briefed ND leader on the course and perspectives of the inter-community negotiations.

On his part, Mitsotakis expressed ND's stable and strong support in the efforts for a fair and viable solution for Cyprus.

The two officials also discussed the political and economic developments in Greece and Cyprus.

[04] 112 migrants and refugees arrived on Chios; no arrivals reported on Lesvos and Samos

According to police the number of migrants and refugees that sought political asylum in Greece and are currently trapped on Lesvos reached 5,091, on Chios 3,528 and on Samos 1,022.

[05] Corfu Classic Yacht Race 2016 on Sept 9-11

This event concerns Classic Yachts, Aegean Classic Schooners, and Traditional Open Boats that have to fulfill certain requirements in order to be eligible for participation.

"The race aims to keep alive an art that tends to disappear and at the same time to preserve and save the historical tradition of wooden vessels, the style and their construction makes them unique in the evolution and history of the Greek and European seamanship but mainly in the maritime tradition of the Ionian," the president of the Sailing Club of Corfu, Ioannis Maroulakis, stated to the Athens - Macedonian News Agency.

On the last day, September 11, there will be an Award Ceremony along with cocktails at Corfu Sailing Club.

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