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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 2004-01-05
MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY
Thessaloniki, January 5, 2004
SECTIONS
[A] NATIONAL NEWS
[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS
NEWS HEADLINES
[A] NATIONAL NEWS
[01] RAPID POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS
[02] MOBILIZATION FOR CYPRUS
NEWS IN DETAILS
[A] NATIONAL NEWS
[01] RAPID POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
A week of rapid political developments is beginning today, as on Wednesday Prime Minister and President of PASOK Costas Simitis will announce his initiatives for developments in the leadership of PASOK as well as those for the renewal of Greece's politic
al life, in a message to the people. "Victory will be ours in the elections", said Mr. Simitis. A dialogue with the people was promised by Foreign Minister Giorgos Papandreou. President of New Democracy Costas Karamanlis asked for elections in February, c
haracterizing the possible change of leadership in the governing party as a "firework".
[B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS
[02] MOBILIZATION FOR CYPRUS
Developments in the Cyprus issue, following the letters sent by US President George W. Bush to the Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey, Costas Simitis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will be looked into today by the National Council of the Cypriot Republic. A
t the same time, in the occupied territories, there are intense confrontations between Rauf Denktash and Mehmet Ali Talat (whose party came first in the recent "elections") on the issue of the solution.
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