Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-12-01

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

CONTENTS

[01] Gianni Pittella says EU acquis in labour issues should be applied in Greece

[02] World AIDS Day

[03] Ryanair reduces Athens-Thessaloniki flights due to airport works

[04] The role of sustainable development in tourism

[05] Ships to remain docked on Friday and Saturday

[01] Gianni Pittella says EU acquis in labour issues should be applied in Greece

Gianni Pittella said his meeting with Achtsioglou was 'productive' and positive' and agreed that with the position that there shouldn't be a 'punishing' implementation of the memorandum for Greece.

"It must be ensured that Greece will not be the exception as far as it regards labour rights" said Pittella adding that the "collective labour contracts are a very important acquis which must also applied for Greece."

[02] World AIDS Day

AIDS virus, also called HIV virus or a virus of human immunodeficiency, infects the body and progressively destroys the immune system leaving it exposed to severe infections or various forms of cancers.

Despite the reduction in new diagnoses of HIV, the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) does not settle.

"Signs of decline in the number of new diagnoses of HIV, especially among people injecting toxic substances, does not mean in any way being complacent about the epidemic of HIV infection in our country," the president of KEELPNO Theofilos Rosenberg said on the occasion of today's World AIDS Day.

In statements to www.praktoreio-ygeias.gr, he explained that in our country, after the great epidemic of HIV infection recorded in 2011-2013 among users injecting toxic substances, new diagnoses in this specific group of people has dropped.

[03] Ryanair reduces Athens-Thessaloniki flights due to airport works

Therefore, the flights will be reduced from seven to three every day.

The low cost airline has already announced that it will operate 19 international flights from Thessaloniki including four new flights to Hamburg, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Dortmund as well as a new flight to Berlin in the summer of 2017.

[04] The role of sustainable development in tourism

"The growing interest of tourist facilities in certified sustainable hotels is extremely encouraging," Andreadis noted and cited a recent survey by Booking.com, according to which 52 pct of respondents said that travelers would be influenced by the environmental and social policy of a hotel.

With environmental issues at the top of the agenda of entrepreneurship, the integration of sustainability in the Greek tourism industry is one way, he said adding that 2017 has been declared sustainable tourism year.

The year 2017 will give us the chance to implement our strategy. Based on the International Year of Sustainable Tourism Development of the United Nations and the World Tourism Organization, we will begin a series of actions towards sustainability. It is important for the next day of Greek tourism to plan a strategy that highlights the competitive advantages of our country. In this way we will achieve the better interconnection of tourism with the rest of the Greek economy. This is a way to lead the country to the much-needed development," Andreadis underlined.

[05] Ships to remain docked on Friday and Saturday

All ships will remain docked in all ports throughout the country.

It is reminded that the Federation has already declared a 24h nationwide strike on Thursday 8 December asking for the protection and safeguarding of the Greek seamen's institutional labour rights.

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