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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 98-07-01

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From: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.


MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY NEWS IN ENGLISH
Thessaloniki, July 1, 1998

SECTIONS

  • [A] NATIONAL NEWS
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

  • [01] HEAT WAVE THROUGHOUT GREECE, TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 102F
  • [02] PREMIER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS TODAY
  • [03] MINISTRY PUBLISHES ENGLISH PHRASES GUIDE FOR BUS AND TAXI DRIVERS
  • [04] DRAMA PREFECTURE TO BESTOW HONORS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO DIASPORA
  • [05] REPPAS ON THE CRISIS IN THE PERSIAN GULF
  • [06] SIMITIS - TSOCHATZOPOULOS MEETING
  • [07] HEAT WAVE IN GREECE
  • [08] MEASURES FOR THE REPATRIATED GREEKS
  • [09] THE FAYUM PORTRAITS WILL BE IN THESSALONIKI IN AUGUST
  • [10] GIORGOS PAPANDREOU SUPPORTS THE REPATRIATED GREEKS OF THRACE
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • [11] CONFLICT CONTINUES IN KOSSOVO, CITY OF BELACEVIC IN EYE OF THE STORM
  • [12] CULTURE MINISTER IN OTTAWA, MEETS WITH CANADIAN COUNTERPART
  • [13] GREEKS SPEND THE HIGHEST ON FOOD IN EU, ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT
  • [14] GREEK EURODEPUTY HEADS DELEGATION ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO GEORGIA
  • [15] STREET NAMED AFTER GREEK NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS IN IZMIR
  • [16] CORDOVEZ WILL BE IN CYPRUS TOMORROW
  • [17] THE "GREECE IN BRITAIN" EVENTS WERE COMPLETED
  • [18] A FIVE-POINT DRAFT FOR KOSOVO BY KINKEL

  • NEWS IN DETAIL

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

    [01] HEAT WAVE THROUGHOUT GREECE, TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 102F

    State authorities are in a state of readiness in order to address the various problems that may arise from the heat wave expected to strike Greece today, according to the National Weather Bureau.

    According to the forecasts, the temperatures are expected to climb to 102F (39C) today, 106F (41C) tomorrow, reaching 108F (42C) on Friday and Saturday.

    The Prefect of Thessaloniki, Kostas Papadopoulos has ordered hospitals and ambulance services to be in a state of readiness, especially for the groups which are most prone to heat strokes, such as the elderly and the ill.

    Temperatures are forecast to fall on Sunday, with a cool front moving in from the north, the weather service said in a news release.

    [02] PREMIER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS TODAY

    Prime Minister Kostas Simitis is to meet with the Minster of National Defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos today to discuss defense- related matters.

    Later in the day, the Premier will meet with the Ministers of National Economy and Finance, Yiannos Papantoniou; Labor, Miltiadis Papaioannou; Transportation and Communication Tasos Mantelis. They will discuss the imminent restructures in the public sector.

    [03] MINISTRY PUBLISHES ENGLISH PHRASES GUIDE FOR BUS AND TAXI DRIVERS

    The Ministry of Transportation-communications has published a 30-page English phrases guide in order to enable public transportation and taxi drivers to communicate, even at a basic level, with foreign tourists.

    The guide, titled "Guide to Everyday Expressions", contains simple and useful expressions in English and is published in 40,000 copies which will be distributed free of charge to transport organisations and taxi drivers' federations.

    [04] DRAMA PREFECTURE TO BESTOW HONORS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO DIASPORA

    The Prefecture of Drama, in northern Greece, is to bestow honors on two of its citizens who are distinguished members of the Greek community living abroad, namely Swedish deputy Nikos Papadopoulos and the Secretary-General of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Christos Karypides.

    The two men will be honored in a celebration to be held on Friday, July 3, at 8:30 p.m. At the amphitheatre of the Prefecture of Drama.

    Along with Mgrs. Papadopoulos and Karypides, the general director of the Macedonian Press Agency Spyros Kouzinopoulos will also be honored for his valuable input and contribution to informing Greeks throughout the world.

    [05] REPPAS ON THE CRISIS IN THE PERSIAN GULF

    Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas commented on the unexpected crisis in Iraq between Baghdad and the United States.

    Mr. Reppas underlined that Greece's position is given namely, the UN resolutions should be respected and all those actions that heighten tensions in the region should be avoided.

    [06] SIMITIS - TSOCHATZOPOULOS MEETING

    Minister of defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos, after the meeting he had with prime minister Kostas Simitis, expressed the wish that there will be no irrational actions that will lead to a hot incident in the Balkans. The two men discussed issues concerning the Greek-Turkish relations, the Cyprus issue and the Kossovo crisis in view of Mr. Tsochatzopoulos' visit to the United States at the end of the week.

    On Kossovo, Mr. Tsochatzopoulos stressed the priority of political dialogue and added that the advantages of a strategic course must be made clear to strengthen the prospects of easing the tension in the region.

    [07] HEAT WAVE IN GREECE

    The state mechanism is ready to handle the problems that may arise due to the heat wave that has hit the country starting today.

    According to the Weather Service, temperatures today will reach 39 degrees Celsius, while on Friday and Saturday it will be extremely hot with a temperature of 42 degrees.

    Thessaloniki's prefect Kostas Papadopoulos instructed the health services, hospitals and ambulance services to be ready to deal with emergency cases of heatstroke.

    [08] MEASURES FOR THE REPATRIATED GREEKS

    Greek deputy foreign minister Giorgos Papandreou is expected to announce today from the city of Komotini in north-eastern Greece measures aimed at assisting the repatriated Greeks who live in the region of Thrace.

    Mr. Papandreou had a long meeting with the members of the regional council of eastern Macedonia-Thrace on the issue and later met with representatives of the repatriated Greeks.

    [09] THE FAYUM PORTRAITS WILL BE IN THESSALONIKI IN AUGUST

    An artistic event of worldwide significance will be held in Thessaloniki's Byzantine Museum from August 1st to the end of the month.

    The Fayum portraits exhibition that will be held in the museum will be made up of 73 exhibits among them 46 Fayum portraits and three mummies with painted pictures of the dead.

    The portraits were made by unknown Greek and Egyptian artists from the 1st to the 4th century AD and were named after the Fayum plateau, 60 kilometers from Cairo, where they were first found.

    [10] GIORGOS PAPANDREOU SUPPORTS THE REPATRIATED GREEKS OF THRACE

    Greek Alternate Foreign minister Giorgos Papandreou announced today that within 4 or 5 years the housing problem of the repatriated Greeks, who live in the region of Thrace, will be solved.

    Mr Papandreou stressed that the regime of rent paying will be maintained and added that further funds will be offered in order to complete house constructions. Regarding the employment of the repatriated Greeks, mr Papandreou reassured that all EU projects would be exploited and underlined that in the bid for vocational rehabilitation, the regional services of the State Employment Oganization should actively participate.

    [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    [11] CONFLICT CONTINUES IN KOSSOVO, CITY OF BELACEVIC IN EYE OF THE STORM

    Serb forces in Kossovo are continuing with their efforts to recapture the city of Belacevic and the region's coal mine.

    According to reports, Serb military officials state that the coal mine is now under their control, but journalists were not allowed access to the region in order to verify the claims.

    [12] CULTURE MINISTER IN OTTAWA, MEETS WITH CANADIAN COUNTERPART

    Greek Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos is currently in Canada where he represented Greece at the two-day international conference on international cultural cooperation in Ottowa.

    Mr. Venizelos was received by Canada's National Heritage Minister Sheila Copps with whom he discussed expansion of bilateral cultural cooperation and protocol issues concerning joint audio-visual productions during a meeting held Monday in Ottawa.

    He also invited Ms Copps to attend an international conference on "Women-Athletics and Sponsorship" to be held in Athens in September, and also invited the Canadian minister to represent her country as an observer at a meeting of the Culture Ministers of the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation-Barcelona Process on the island of Rhodes in September, to be attended by 15 European Union and 12 non-EU Mediterranean countries.

    Mr. Venizelos gave a speech at the Canadian National Press Club, addressing the issues of the Cultural Olympiad, Greece's position in Europe, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, and also Europe's response to American cultural hegemony.

    He also stressed the need for the immediate return of the Parthenon Marbles, currently housed in the British Museum, to their homeland, Athens.

    [13] GREEKS SPEND THE HIGHEST ON FOOD IN EU, ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT

    Greeks spend 38.1 per cent of their income on food as compared to the European Union average of 19.4 per cent, according to a study recently released by Eurostat .

    Per capita consumption in Greece reached 4,300 Fixed Purchasing Power (FPR) units - a technical currency unit used in the study - as compared to Belgium's 10,700 FPRs.

    The study also noted that during the 1975-1995 period, consumption in Greece fell, while in the rest of the EU it rose by 40 per cent.

    [14] GREEK EURODEPUTY HEADS DELEGATION ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO GEORGIA

    Greek Eurodeputy Alekos Alavanos (Coalition for the Left and Progress), in currently on an official visit to Georgia, heading a Europarliament delegation.

    The delegates were received yesterday by Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze in Tbilisi, where discussions focused on the upgrading of Georgian-EU relations and Georgia's prospects for EU accession, as well as issues relating to the so- called "Silk Route" connecting Europe and Asia.

    [15] STREET NAMED AFTER GREEK NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS IN IZMIR

    A street in the Turkish city of Izmir will be named after Greece's Nobel laureate George Seferis, as of Saturday, following a decision by the city's local authorities.

    The naming ceremony will be held on July 4, in the presence of the Greece's consul-general in Izmir Andrea Fryganas, the poet's nieces, Despina and Dora - daughters of former president of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Tsatsos, and representatives of the Izmir Cultural Society in Athens.

    Speaking to the Macedonian Press Agency, Mr. Fryganas stated that the poet's house was located near the street that is to bear his name, in the municipality of Vourla, 30 kilometers away from Izmir, or Smyrna, as it was called then. However, the Greek diplomat added that according to other reports, Mr. Seferis' house was in another location of the municipality and has been demolished.

    The Nobel laureate Seferis was born in Smyrna in 1900, although his family left for Greece immediately after World War I. He served at the Greek embassy in Ankara and visited Izmir in 1950.

    [16] CORDOVEZ WILL BE IN CYPRUS TOMORROW

    UN secretary-general special envoy Diego Cordovez will visit Cyprus in the next two days.

    Mr. Cordovez will meet with Cypriot president Glafkos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.

    On Saturday, he will meet with Ann Herkus, who will replace Gustav Feisel in the position of UN secretary-general deputy special envoy to Cyprus.

    [17] THE "GREECE IN BRITAIN" EVENTS WERE COMPLETED

    The comments made by the British Foreign Office on the events titled "Greece in Britain" were especially positive. The events that lasted 6 months and were held in London were organized by the Greek embassy in Britain.

    A Foreign Office representative in an interview with the BBC radio, congratulated the Greek diplomatic delegation for the events it has organized and underlined that for the first time modern Greece was presented to the United Kingdom in such a way.

    The British Foreign Office expressed the wish for the further development of cultural ties between the two countries and the festival "Britain and Greece" that will be held in Athens in November is regarded as a step toward this direction.

    [18] A FIVE-POINT DRAFT FOR KOSOVO BY KINKEL

    German Foreign minister Klaus Kinkel announced, today, a five- point draft aiming at the settlement of the Kosovo crisis, which is to be examined by the Contact Group, during the meeting scheduled to take place in Bonn, on July 8.

    Mr Kinkel, in an interview with the "Deutschland Radio", noted that the five points of the proposal are the beginning of talks between Serbian authorities and ethnic Albanians, provided that an immediate cease-fire is achieved, the implementation of the sanctions, imposed by the international community and the UN Security Council, the determination, by the Contact Group, of the basic principles concerning the Kosovo autonomy, the formation of an observer mission to Kosovo and the return of refugees to the Serbian province.


    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/


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