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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-19Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM Tsipras to address UN General Assembly on MondayPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras will address the plenum of the UN Summit on the management of refugee flows on Monday. The prime minister is in US to attend the General Assembly of the United Nations.The working session is scheduled to start at 08.30 and will last until 19.30 (New York time). Tsipras is expected to deliver his speech between 12.00 and 13.00. Afterwards Tsipras will address the fourth Round Table of the UN Summit (Global compact for responsibility-sharing for refugees; respect for international law) will follow. On Tuesday UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will offer a reception in honour of the heads of states and governments followed by an event by the president of the General Assembly and the UN Secretary General for the first anniversary of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. he leaders' summit on the refugees issue chaired by US President Barack Obama will follow. On Wednesday, Tsipras will meet with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Thursday, Tsipras will meet with the Archbishop of America Demetrios, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and later he will address the UN General Assembly. The Greek premier will depart from New York to Vienna on Friday 23 September. [02] More than 10,000 refugees and migrants on northern Aegean islandsA total of 308 migrants and refugees arrived on the islands of the northern Aegean over the last 48 hours.93 refugees arrived on Lesvos, 155 on Chios and 60 on Samos. According to the police, 5,264 are trapped on Lesvos, 3,700 on Chios and 1,166 on Samos. The total number of refugees trapped in northern Aegean exceeds 10,000 for the first time after several months. [03] Light quake jolts the Ionian islandsA light earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 06:59 on Monday in the sea region between Cephalonia and Zakynthos.According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens' Observatory, the quake's epicentre was located 15 km west of Lixouri at a depth of 10 klm. "There is no reason for concern. The buildings on the island have been constructed according to the provisions and so small earthquakes do not cause any problems," the deputy mayor of Cephalonia Evangelos Kekkatos said to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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