Macedonian Press Agency: News in Brief (96-10-17)

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

BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN BY MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY

Thessaloniki, October 17, 1996

TITLES

[01] PREMIER TO ATTEND SUMMIT MEETING OF BLACK SEA COUNTRIES IN MOSCOW

[02] GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER CONTINUES TOUR OF BALKANS, IN BELGRADE TODAY

[03] EUROPARLIAMENT'S SOCIALIST GROUP BLOCKS MEDA FUNDS TO TURKEY

[04] GREEK PREMIER INVITED TO AUSTRALIA BY LABOR PARTY LEADERS

[05] CYPRUS ISSUES ARREST WARRANTS FOR KILLERS OF ISAAK AND SOLOMOU

[06] "CYPRUS: 8,000 YEARS OF CULTURE" EXHIBITED AT MONTREAL'S MUSEUM

NEWS IN DETAIL

[01] PREMIER TO ATTEND SUMMIT MEETING OF BLACK SEA COUNTRIES IN MOSCOW

Athens, October 17 (M.P.A.)

The meeting is organized by the directorate of economic cooperation of Russia's Foreign Ministry.

[02] GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER CONTINUES TOUR OF BALKANS, IN BELGRADE TODAY

In Sarajevo yesterday, the first stop of hs three- day Balkan tour, Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos announced that a Greek embassy will be established in the city by the end of Octrober.

Today Mr. Pangalos is visiting Belgrade where he will meet with Serb President Slobodan Milosevic, the Federal Prime Minister Radoyie Kodic and his Yugoslav counterpart Milan Milutinovic. Tomorrow Mr. Pangalos will visit Zagreb.

While in Sarajevo, Mr. Pangalos met with Bosnia's President Alija Izetbegovic, Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic and Foreign Minister Iandrago Prlic.

Mr. Pangalos also met with other government officials but not with Bosnian-serbs since, he stated, in order for the collective bodies of the post-war Bosnia to work together successfully there is no need to hold separate meetings with Bosnia's Serbs.

[03] EUROPARLIAMENT'S SOCIALIST GROUP BLOCKS MEDA FUNDS TO TURKEY

Brusells, October 17 (M.P.A.)

In its session last evening the Socialist Group, which is the largest group in Europarliament, voted an amendment asking the Commission, in its allocation of the MEDA funds, to take into consideration the degree to which a country respects human rights, international law, minorities, territorial integrity, and the exterior border of countries-members.

The Socialist Group asks that the funds earmarked for Turkey should be "kept" within the community's budget until the prerequisities set by the Europarliament are met.

The final decision will be drawn next week during the 1997 budget at a discussion to be held by the European Parliament's Plenary Session in Strasburg.

[04] GREEK PREMIER INVITED TO AUSTRALIA BY LABOR PARTY LEADERS

Melbourne, October 17 (M.P.A.)

[05] CYPRUS ISSUES ARREST WARRANTS FOR KILLERS OF ISAAK AND SOLOMOU

Nicosia, October 17 (M.P.A.)

In regards to Sunday's murder of Greek-Cypriot Petros Kakoullis by the turkish occupation forces, Cypriot D.A. Alekos Markides characterised the killing as "premeditated murder."

On Saturday, Greek-Cypriot civilians will block the "Ledra Palace" road for five hours in order to express their indignation of the murders of Greek-Cypriots by the Turks.

[06] "CYPRUS: 8,000 YEARS OF CULTURE" EXHIBITED AT MONTREAL'S MUSEUM

Montreal, October 17 (M.P.A.)

The exhibit features 112 displays from the Neolithic period, as well as the Classic, Hellinistic, and Roman periods which tesitfy the developments of art in Cyprus.

The exhibit was jointly organised by the Museum and Cyprus' Department of Antiquities Artifacts and will be held until March 16, 1997.

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