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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 99-11-17
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <ert.ntua.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] AMERICAN PRESIDENT PRAISES GREEK-TURKISH SOLIDARITY
[02] SCHEDULE OF AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GREECE
[03] GREEK PRIME MINISTER ATTENDS OSCE CONFERENCE
[04] JOINT STATEMENT BY GREEK AND TURKISH AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS
[05] NOVEMBER 17TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS CULMINATE TODAY
[06] OECD REPORT ON WORLD ECONOMY
[07] COOPERATION PROTOCOL WITH ALBANIA AND FYROM
[08] RARE CELESTIAL PHENOMENON
[01] AMERICAN PRESIDENT PRAISES GREEK-TURKISH SOLIDARITY
Addressing the union of Turkish businessmen in Constantinople
yesterday, the American president, Bill Clinton, said the improvement
in Greek-Turkish relations would have a beneficial effect on Turkey's
candidacy for entry to the European Union. He underlined that the
solidarity manifested between the two peoples after the recent
earthquakes in both countries and the forthcoming reopening of the
Cyprus talks in New York offered a unique opportunity which if properly
exploited would bring huge political and economic benefits to the
people of Turkey.
[02] SCHEDULE OF AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GREECE
The Greek foreign ministry has announced that President Clinton will
arrive in Athens at 6.30 on Friday evening. He will be officially
received at the presidential mansion and later he will attend a banquet
in his honour hosted by the Greek president, Kostis Stefanopoulos. On
Saturday he will have meetings with the Greek president and the prime
minister, Kostas Simitis, after which he will give a press conference.
Later he will address Greek American businessmen at the
Intercontinental Hotel in Athens. President Clinton is due to leave the
Greek capital on Saturday evening. Strict security measures are already
in force at the airport as well as along the route the president's
cavalcade will follow, the American embassy and the residence of the
American ambassador, Nicholas Burns.
[03] GREEK PRIME MINISTER ATTENDS OSCE CONFERENCE
The Greek prime minister leaves for Constantinople today at the head of
the Greek delegation taking part in the summit of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe. He is expected to make statements
shortly before his departure. On the sidelines of the summit he will
meet with the prime ministers of Luxembourg, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark
and Turkey. The government spokesman, Dimitris Reppas, said there was
no fixed agenda for tomorrow's talks between Mr Simitis and his Turkish
counterpart, Bulent Ecevit, but that they would certainly discuss
Greek-Turkish relations. He also reiterated there was no question of a
tripartite meeting between prime minister Simitis, president Clinton
and prime minister Ecevit.
[04] JOINT STATEMENT BY GREEK AND TURKISH AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS
For the first time, Greek American and Turkish American organisations
in Washington have issued a joint statement in which they congratulate
Greece and Turkey on the improvement in relations between the two
countries.
[05] NOVEMBER 17TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS CULMINATE TODAY
Events marking the anniversary of the Polytechnic University student
uprising against the military dictatorship in 1973 culminate today with
the customary march to the American embassy in Athens. The gates of the
Polytechnic University have been open since yesterday morning but will
close this afternoon at the start of the march to the American
embassy.
[06] OECD REPORT ON WORLD ECONOMY
The biannual report of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development on the course of the world economy, which was released
yesterday, forecasts an international growth rate of 3% this year. With
regard to the Greek economy, the OECD report points out the dynamic
growth shown during 1999 and predicts even greater results over the
next two years. The report considers Greece's admission to European
economic and monetary union as a foregone conclusion.
[07] COOPERATION PROTOCOL WITH ALBANIA AND FYROM
Greece is to sign a cooperation protocol with Albania and the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Thessaloniki today. The protocol
refers to the establishment of a flight headquarters in Thessaloniki
which will serve the broader region. Greek transport minister Tasos
Mandelis and his Albanian and Skopjan counterparts will sign the
protocol.
[08] RARE CELESTIAL PHENOMENON
Providing that weather conditions are favourable, people in Greece will
be able to observe a rare celestial phenomenon, a storm of meteorites,
tonight. The shower of shooting stars is the result of the break-up of
a comet in the solar system.
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