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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-02-05Macedonian 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, February 5, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE HOLDS EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGAthens, February 5 (MPA)The Governmental Committee is currently holding an extraordinary meeting in order to brainstorm on various ways to address the farmers' mobilizations and the teachers strikes.Also, the Economy Commitee will convene this evening headed by the Minister of National Economy and Finance Yiannos Papantoniou. The Minister of Public Order George Romeos stated that he is pleased by yesterday's police mobilization and noted that, if needed, the same forces will be assigned today as well. A.F. [02] GREEK FARMERS TO OCCUPY NATIONAL ROADS TODAYThessaloniki, February 5 (MPA)Greece's protesting farmers will proceed to occupy parts of the national road network, according to statements made by representatives of agricultural committees.Meanwhile, the old national highway Larisa-Lamia remains blocked by a motley crew of 2,000 tractors. Agriculture Minister Stephanos Tzoumakas stated that the government has exhausted every of its abilities by granting the farmers with 191 billion GRD, approximately $764 million. A.F. [03] PRIMARY, SECONDARY, KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL TEACHERS CONTINUE STRIKEAthens, February 5 (MPA)High schools continue to remain closed for the third consecutive week as the country's primary, secondary and kindergarten school teachers press on with their strikes, demanding improved salaries and wage benefits.Education Minister Gerasimos Arsenis, referring to lost classroom hours, said that the matter will be handled once the strike has ended. A.F. [04] BULGARIA: EARLY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN APRILSofia, February 5 (MPA)Early elections will be held in Bulgaria during mid-April. Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov said that through declaring early elections, the public won a victory by averting -at the last minute- a conflict that could have led to unforeseeable consequences, regarding the agreement reached between the Democratic Left and other opposition parties. A.F.[05] UNIFIED DEFENSE DOCTRINE IS BASE OF GREECE-CYPRUS DEFENSE COOPERATIONLondon, February 5 (MPA)The Unified Defense Doctrine constitutes the base of Greece's and Cyprus' political will to cooperate in the defense sector, since Greece is one of the guarantor powers for Cyprus' independence and territorial integrity, stated the Greek Undersecretary pf Defense Dimitris Apostolakis, in his address to a Greek and Cypriot gathering in northern London.Also addressing the gathering, which was organized by PASOK's and EDEK's local offices, was the president of Britain's Labor Party and President of the European Parliament's Socialist Group Pauline Green. Ms. Green supported that Cyprus will retain its priority status within the European Parliament, reiterating that she herself will table the Cyprus issue in the House. A.F. [06] BULGARIA-GREECE BORDERS RE-OPEN, TRAFFIC FLOW BACK TO NORMALPromahonas, February 5 (MPA)Traffic flow has returned back to normal at the Greek- Bulgarian border station in Promahonas, which had been blocked by protesting Bulgarians and had resulted in a line of trucks waiting to get through.Last evening's announcement issued by Bulgaria's President Petar Stoyanov that early elections will be held in mid-April satisfied the protesters who abandoned the roadblocks. A.F. [07] EGYPT'S DEFENSE MINISTER EXPECTED IN ATHENS THIS MONTHAthens, February 5 (MPA)Egypt's Defense Minister marshalll Mohamed Huiein Tadaui is expected to visit Athens at the end of this month, in order to hold talks with his Greek counterpart Akis Tsochatzopoulos.On December 21, 1996, Mr. Tadaui had met in Cairo with Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos when the latter accompanied President Kostis Stephanopoulos on his formal visit to Egypt. A.F. [08] BRITISH OFFICIAL TO MEET WITH KORNBLUM IN UNITED STATES TODAYWashington, February 5 (MPA)Britain's special representative for the Cyprus issue Sir David Hannay is to be received by United States assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs John Kornblum in Washington today.Mr. Hannay has already met with Madleine Albright, the U.S. Secretary of State. According to State Department spokeperson Nicholas Burns, Ms. Albright believes that the U.S. must think creatively on how they should proceed along with Europe on the matter of the Cyprus issue. Mr. Hannay emphasized that the U.S. must undertake a significant initiative for the resolution of this matter, as soon as possible. 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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