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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 96-12-20Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN BY MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCYThessaloniki, December 20, 1996TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] PRESIDENT STEPHANOPOULOS EMBARKS ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO EGYPT TODAYAthens, December 20 (MPA)President of the Hellenic Republic Kostis Stephanopoulos embarked today on his four-day offficial visit to Egypt, at the invitation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.In Cairo, President Stephanopoulos, who is accompanied by Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos, will meet with the Egyptian President tomorrow, while today's contacts will be dedicated mostly to Alexandria's Greek community. Mr. President will also visit the Konstantinos Kavafis Museum, dedicated to the memory of the famous Greek poet who was born and raised in Alexandria, and is scheduled to meet with Metropolitan Dionysus. A.F. [02] TENSIONS RISE IN PARLIAMENT OVER FARMERS' MOBILIZATIONSAthens, December 20 (MPA)Tensions rose in Parliament last evening, during the discussion of the 1997 State budget, over the farmers' mobilizations.Prime Minister Kostas Simitis accused the main opposition - New Democracy- leader Miltiades Evert of demagogery, while Mr. Evert called the Premier a "liar." Meanwhile, the Pan-Thessaly Farmers Coordinating Committee will convene once again this afternoon to map out its next moves, following the impasse reached yesterday during its meeting with Agriculture Minister Stephanos Tzoumakas. A.F. [03] SEAMEN, DOCKWORKERS CONTINUE STRIKE, SHIPS IMMOBILIZED AT PIRAEUS PORTAthens, December 20 (MPA)Ships under domestic and foreign flags continue to remain moored at Greece's ports, due to the continued strike of the country's seamen and dockworkers who have decided to extend their work stoppage until tomorrow.At Thessaloniki's port, vessels were allowed to sail later this morning, although hundreds of others remain stranded at the rest of the country's ports, unable to embark on their destinations. Minister of Merchant Marine Stavros Soumakis stated that the seamen's problems cannot be solved under a state of threats. The National Marine Federation will convene this afternoon in order to see whether or not the strikes will be extended. A.F. [04] FARMERS' COMMITTEES TO DECIDE TODAY IF THEY WILL CONTINUE MOBILIZATIONSThessaloniki, December 20 (MPA)The Farmers Coordinating Committee of Thessaly, a valley in central Greece, will convene this afternoon in order to decide whether or not they will continue their mobilizations.Their meeting yesterday with Agriculture Minister Stephanos Tzoumakas was fruitless, since none of the six demands they put forward was met. Meanwhile, the Coordinating Committee of Macedonia-Thrace Farmers is currently holding a meeting, although the barricades in this region have come down, with the exception of the roadblock in Malgara which the farmers open and close at will. A.F. [05] NEW PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN BOSNIA TAKES OVER TODAYBrussels, December 20 (MPA)NATO defense ministers have ordered new alliance-led peace force into Bosnia to police the Dayton peace accords, as the mandate of the current force expires today.The NATO foreign ministers last week formally agreed to send a 25,000-30,000-strong force to Bosnia for a further 18 months to police the peace accords which ended the 3-1/2 year war in November 1995. The new Stabilization Force (SFOR), which takes over from an Implementation Force (IFOR) double its size, was endorsed by the UN Security Council. The 16 ministers, who recently met Brussels to discuss reform of the Alliance and relations with Russia, issued an "ACT-ORD" (order to act) to the new force one week in advance so that commanders could begin deployment ahead of the transfer date. A.F. [06] IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO TURKEY DIVIDES ANKARA, CONCERNS U.S.Ankara, December 20 (MPA)Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's current visit to Turkey has apparently divided Ankara's political circles, while also raising a few eyebrows within the U.S. State Department which interprets such contacts as a sign of Islamist-led Turkey's further alienation from western ideals.The Iranian president's official four-day visit is to result in a series of Iranian-Turkish trade, economic and environmental agreements, according to the BBC, while Turkish Premier Necmettin Erbakan has emphasized that cooperation in the arms industry could only be to the benefit of both Tehran and Ankara. However, Turkish Defense Minister Turhan Dayan, a deputy with Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller's "True Path" party, appeared linearly opposed to the Islamist Premier's proposals and stated that "under the current circumstances, cooperation between the two countries is not appropriate." A.F. 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: Brief News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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