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The Hellenic Radio (ERA): News in English, 00-05-12
From: The Hellenic Radio (ERA) <ert.ntua.gr/>
CONTENTS
[01] Two-day sessions of PASOK's Central Committee
[02] Evert asked for a session of the ND disciplinary committee
[03] A critical meeting of the Coalition Central Committee
[04] The proximity talks on the Cyprus were postponed for May 23rd
[05] A pre-agenda debate on the 2004 Olympic Games in Parliament
[06] Meetings on the Parthenon Marbles
[07] Events are taking place in Bucharest
[08] Six mothers were awarded
NEWS IN ENGLISH
(THE VOICE OF GREECE - Translators Dpt.)
[01] Two-day sessions of PASOK's Central Committee
Meeting of the PASOK's Central Committee. Prime minister Costas Simitis
said the three key words describing the ruling party's transformation
are: "upgrade, renewal and expansion". The PASOK's Executive office
met to discuss current political developments and preparations being
made for the meeting of PASOK's Central Committee.
[02] Evert asked for a session of the ND disciplinary committee
In the continuing disturbance prevailing within the ranks of the main
opposition New Democracy, party deputy and former leader Miltiadis
Evert asked for a session of the party's Disciplinary Committee to
expel ND deputy Yiorgos Karatzaferis, for his recent harmful public
statements. Mr Evert voiced his request in a written statement which
also expresses backing to current leader Kostas Karamanlis. Party
leader Kostas Karamanlis met with the ND deputy Andreas Andreoulakos
while today is to meet Vyron Polydoras and Dora Bakoyanni.
[03] A critical meeting of the Coalition Central Committee
The Coalition Central Committee will convene this weekend, to examine
party policies and decide on its future course and more members
belonging to the party's so-called "modernizes' faction" are expected
to follow suit. The Political Secretariat of the Left Coalition party,
heard an announcement by member Nikos Bistis that he was intending to
leave the party on the grounds of political divisions. Speaking to the
state Greek Radio, Coalition high-ranking member Petros Kounalakis
described these developments as a heavy blow to the leftist party.
[04] The proximity talks on the Cyprus were postponed for May 23rd
An announcement by the UN, said that the third round of UN-led
proximity talks on the Cyprus dispute, to be held in New York, were
postponed for May 23 to allow time for Cyprus president Glafkos
Clerides to fully recover from a recent medical operation.
[05] A pre-agenda debate on the 2004 Olympic Games in Parliament
The New Democracy party leader Kostas Karamanlis called for the holding
of a pre-agenda debate in Parliament on the current situation regarding
the organization of the 2004.
Olympic Games and the steps that will have to be taken for the
preparations to be finished satisfactorily and on time. In a letter to
the speaker of the Parliament, Apostolos Kaklamanis, Mr Karamanlis
explained that he called for a debate to be held immediately because
the organization of the 2004 Olympics was apparently in jeopardy, while
he maintained that the construction delays would probably lead to what
he described as "unclear procedures" regarding the assignment of
project contracts. The debate Mr Karamanlis proposes will have to take
place by the end of May when the current session of Parliament come to
an end.
Meanwhile, during a meeting with the Greek culture minister Theodoros
Pangalos in Lausanne, the president of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) Huan Antonio Samaranc congratulated the Greek
government on the measures have been taken for the preparation of the
2004 Olympics.
[06] Meetings on the Parthenon Marbles
Culture minister Theodoros Pangalos, who is currently in London, had
meetings with the members of the Greek-British Friendship Committee,
the British historian William Senclair who revealed the damages
suffered the Parthenon Marbles during their preservation in the British
Museum and the journalist William Stewart who made the documanteur
dealing with the history of the Parthenon Marbles.
[07] Events are taking place in Bucharest
A "Ten-day on Greek Culture" event is taking place in Bucharest,
Romania, on the occasion of the completion of ten years since the
setting up of the Union of Greeks living in Romania.
[08] Six mothers were awarded
Six mothers-heroes from Greece, Kosovo, Cyprus, Serbia and Turkey were
awarded by the Foundation for Child and Family, in Athens, on the
occasion of Mother's Day, on May 14.
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