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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 98-03-01Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.Last Update: 15:11 GMT+2SECTIONS
NEWS HEADLINES[A] GREECENEWS IN DETAIL[A] GREECE[01] BURNS:IMIA ISLANDS AND CONTINENTAL SHELF ISSUES TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF THE HAGUEWeb Posted: 14:42 GMT+2ATHENS, March 1st , 1998 (MPA)U.S. Ambassador in Athens Nicholas Burns, in an interview with the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" -the first interview since he arrived in Greece- stressed that the issues of the Greek continental shelf and Imia islands should be referred to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.Mr Burns also underlined that the U.S. government would like Turkey to accept the settlement of the disputes by the International Court. The US Ambassador noted that his country was against the arms race in the Aegean sea and urged the two sides to try and find a solution to their disagreements. Mr Burns announced international activities for the settlement of the Cyprus issue which-as he said- played a critical role in the Greek-Turkish relations. [02] ANXIETY OVER ARCHBISHOP SERAPHIM'S STATE OF HEALTHWeb Posted: 14:42 GMT+2ATHENS, March 1st , 1998 (MPA)Archbishop of Athens and All of Greece Seraphim fights his ultimate battle as doctors of the "Laiko" hospital say that the condition of his vital organs is non-reversible. In churches all around the country today prayers were offered for the health of the Archbishop.[03] A.PAVLAKAKIS GOLD MEDALLIST IN THE PAN-EUROPEAN TRACK EVENTSWeb Posted: 14:42 GMT+2VALENTHIA, March 1st , 1998 (MPA)Greek champion in the 60m race Angelos Pavlakakis won the gold medal in the pan-European track events which take place in Valenthia in Spain.Mr Pavlakakis proved that he is one of the best sprinters in Europe while mr Carpenter from the UK won the silver medal and mr Kalie from France won the bronze one. Other Greek champions contest today and the hope is that they will continue the path of success and medals. [04] GREEK JOURNALIST GRIGORIS STAKTOPOULOS IS DEADWeb Posted: 14:42 GMT+2ATHENS, March 1st , 1998 (MPA)Greek journalist Grigoris Staktopoulos, 88, died yesterday of an acute inflammation of the lungs in the "Evangelismos" hospital and his funeral will take place in the 1st Athens Cemetery on Tuesday, 3rd of March, at 14:30.Mr Staktopoulos suffered a heart-attack on the 4th of January due to which he remained in hospital for 18 days. However, yesterday afternoon, feeling indisposed, he was transferred to the "Evangelismos" hospital where he passed away. Mr Staktopoulos, born in 1910 in Trapezounta of Pontos, worked in several newspapers including the illegal "Voice of the People" which belonged to the Macedonian Committee of the Greek Communist Party. In 1948, while working in the newspaper "Macedonia", he was accused as an accomplice in the murder of the American journalist George Polk, along with the GCP member Adam Mouzenidis who-as was later proved-was killed one month before mr Polk. However, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, sentence that was reduced twice leading to his release in April, 1960. "He died unvindicated", his wife said shuttered to MPA. [05] V. PAPANDREOU: BILL FOR THE CASINOS TO BE INTRODUCED IN GREEK PARLIAMENTWeb Posted: 14:42 GMT+2ATHENS, March 1st, 1998 (MPA)Greek Minister of Development Vaso Papandreou, in an exclusive interview with the newspaper "Sunday Vima", announced that a bill would soon be introduced in the Greek Parliament which would implement very strict rules for the operation of the casinos in Greece in order to make this business abide by the law.Mrs Papandreou stressed that what had been happening in the private casinos of Greece during the last 3 years was unacceptable adding that it was unbelievable that the income of the two biggest casinos was on the same or even higher level than the income of the casinos operating in Las Vegas. Mrs Papandreou underlined that the government would do anything in order to handle the issue. [06] ALBANIAN MOBSTER KILLED COMPATRIOT IN GIANNENAWeb Posted: 15:11 GMT+2GIANNENA, March 1st, 1998 (MPA)An Albanian mobster killed a compatriot of his in cold blood in front of the surprised patrons of a club in Giannena.According to the police, the murderer and the victim whose identity is not yet known belonged in warring gangs of the Albanian mafia. The victim was shot 3 times in the chest with a chinese "Tokaref" gun. Extensive investigations are made by the police in order to locate the criminal and identify the victim. Complete archives of the Macedonian Press Agency bulletins are available on the MPA Home Page at http://www.mpa.gr/ and on the U.S. mirror at http://www.hri.org/MPA/Macedonian Press Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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