Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 98-09-10
MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY NEWS IN ENGLISH
Thessaloniki, September 10, 1998
SECTIONS
[A] NATIONAL NEWS
[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NEWS HEADLINES
[A] NATIONAL NEWS
[01] THE PRESIDENT OF NEW DEMOCRACY WILL VISIT THESSALONIKI
TOMORROW
[02] UPWARD TREND IN THE ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE
[03] GREEK FM MEETS WITH YUGOSLAV FM IN ATHENS TODAY
[04] SCHOOLS START TOMORROW IN GREECE
[05] THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT VICE-PRESIDENT ISSUE
[06] MESSAGES BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE LEADER OF ND TO THE
CONFERENCE ON RIGAS
[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS
[07] PRIMAKOV IS YELTSIN'S NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF THE PRIME
MINISTER
[08] KRANIDIOTIS MET WITH HIS BRITISH COUNTERPART
NEWS IN DETAIL
[A] NATIONAL NEWS
[01] THE PRESIDENT OF NEW DEMOCRACY WILL VISIT THESSALONIKI
TOMORROW
Leader of right-wing main opposition party of New Democracy
Kostas Karamanlis and Political Spring leader Antonis Samaras will
be on a three-day visit to Thessaloniki starting tomorrow.
Mr. Karamanlis is scheduled to visit tomorrow the Seih-Su
forest, the biological purification facilities and the
"Papageorgiou" Hospital. Later in the evening, he will meet with
party deputies elected in Thessaloniki at the ND party offices.
Coalition of the Left leader Nikos Konstantopoulos, who
arrived in Thessaloniki this morning, will visit the gypsies in
the suburb of Evosmos.
[02] UPWARD TREND IN THE ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE
The developments in Russia had a positive impact on the Greek
market. The general price index in the Athens Stock Exchange
showed a rise of 0.62% at noon today.
In the European stock markets the general indexes move
negatively following the drop observed in the Wall Street
yesterday.
[03] GREEK FM MEETS WITH YUGOSLAV FM IN ATHENS TODAY
Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos is to receive
his Yugoslav counterpart Zivadin Jovanovic today who is conducting
a two-day visit to Athens.
The two ministers will discuss matters concerning the further
development of relations between the two countries, forms of
bilateral cooperation, as well as international issues of mutual
interest.
[04] SCHOOLS START TOMORROW IN GREECE
Thousands of , elementary, junior high and high school
students are returning to classes as of tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Minster of Education Gerasimos Arsenis stated
that "everything is ready in order to start the new school year
and the proper measures have been taken in order to ensure the
correct operation of the new policies."
However, the Teachers Association begs to differ. Its
representatives have said that the high schools are not ready to
apply the new measures, there are insufficient classrooms and the
book distribution might be delayed.
[05] THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT VICE-PRESIDENT ISSUE
Acting Greek government spokesman Yiannis Nikolaou stated
today that there is no government vice-president issue when asked
to comment on the statements made by foreign minister Theodoros
Pangalos.
Mr. Nikolaou stressed that the foreign minister simply
expressed certain thoughts in an informal discussion.
Mr. Nikolaou also denied today the press reports on an
alleged letter by foreign minister Mr. Pangalos that was addressed
to his Turkish counterpart Ismail Cem.
[06] MESSAGES BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE LEADER OF ND TO THE
CONFERENCE ON RIGAS
The two-day Inter-Balkan conference on "The effect of the
ideas of Rigas Velestinlis on the countries of south-eastern
Europe and the need for Inter-Balkan cooperation today" organized
by the Macedonian Press Agency will open tomorrow afternoon in
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the participation of
distinguished personalities, academicians, historians and
directors of Balkan news agencies.
In his message to the delegates prime minister Kostas Simitis
expresses the hope that Rigas' legacies and visions on the Balkans
will be a new source of inspiration for the further expansion of
the multi-faceted Inter-Balkan cooperation.
Leader of right-wing main opposition party of New Democracy
Kostas Karamanlis stresses in his message that the conflicts in
the Balkan Peninsula clearly show that there is a need to study
and use Rigas' ideas again and this need is being served by the
conference organized by Macedonian Press Agency.
[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS
[07] PRIMAKOV IS YELTSIN'S NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE POST OF THE PRIME
MINISTER
The candidate of president Boris Yeltsin for the post of the
prime minister in Russia is foreign minister Gevgeni Primakov,
while Victor Chernomyrdin has announced that he withdraws his
candidacy.
Yesterday, the Communists, who dominate the Lower House of
Parliament, together with the Liberals stated that Mr.Primakov
would have been an acceptable choice. Communist leader Genadi
Zuganov stated that Primakov will get the approval of the Duma.
Victor Chernomyrdin stressed that if he is bringing division
to society he will abandon his powers and added that he was the
one who suggested to Yeltsin the Primakov option for candidate,
describing him as a democrat and well-known in the international
scene.
[08] KRANIDIOTIS MET WITH HIS BRITISH COUNTERPART
Greek undersecretary of foreign affairs Yiannos Kranidiotis
had an acquaintance meeting at the Foreign Office yesterday with
his British counterpart Joyce Winn responsible for European
issues, who replaced Douglas Henderson last July.
According to a British foreign ministry spokesman, the
meeting had an open agenda and the talks focused on bilateral
issues, the European Union and the Cyprus problem.
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