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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 97-02-28Macedonian 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 28, 1997TITLES
NEWS IN DETAIL[01] NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL SOLANA IN ATHENS TO MEET WITH PREMIER SIMITISAthens, February 28 (MPA)The NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana is in Athens today, bearing proposals on ways to reduce the tension n Greek-Turkish relations.Mr. Solana will meet with Greece's Prime Minister Kostas Simitis and the two men will discuss the possibility of extending the flights moratorium over the Aegean for at least two months. Meanwhile, Greece's Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos asked international organizations to bring the Mediterranean's number one destabilizing factor, that is Turkey, back to order. A.F. [02] NEW DEMOCRACY LEADERSHIP CONTENDERS IN THESSALONIKI FOR PRE- CONGRESSThessaloniki, February 28 (MPA)Main opposition (New Democracy) party deputy Kostas Karamanlis is the newest -and youngest- nominee for the party's leadership, as he officially announced his candidacy last night.As such, the contenders for the party's top seat now number four, as they are, aside from current President Miltiades Evert, Kostas Karamanlis, Byron Polydoras and George Souflias. The four contenders will be in Thessaloniki today where they will attend the party's pre-congress meeting to be held during the weekend. A.F. [03] STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN: PANGALOS AND ALBRIGHT MAY MEET IN MARCHWashington, February 28 (MPA)United States State Department spokesperson Nicholas Burns has stated that a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Madleine Albirght and Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos may occur during the beginning of March.Specifically, Mr. Burns stated that "Ms. Albright hopes that both officials will find the free time to meet", adding that the State Department is aware that Mr. Pangalos will be in New York to attend the Byzantine art exhibit at the city's Metropolitan Museum of Art. He added that "our relations with Greece are very significant and Ms. Albright holds Mr. Pangalos at high esteem." A.F. [04] STRIKING TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT REACH IMPASSEAthens, February 28 (MPA)The deadlock in Greece's secondary education sector is continuing, as the high school teachers just completed six weeks of continuous strikes while Education Minister Gerasimos Arsenis doesn't seem willing to satisfy their economic demands.The secretary-general of the teachers national union OLME said that the government did not try to provide solutions that would have led to a resolution of the differences. A.F. [05] THE EU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE RAUF DENKTASH'S "STATE", SAYS VAN DEN BROEKNicosia, February 28 (MPA)The European Union's Dutch Commissioner Hans Van Den Broek stated today that the EU cannot recognize the self-called "state" of Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash.Mr. Van Den Broek asked Mr. Denktash to bring his community out of the isolation and exile. Specifically, Mr. Van Den Broek said "I told Mr. Denktash 'don't ask us, the European Union, to recognize the state in nortern Cyprus. No one in the world recognizes it, expect from Turkey, and we want to uphold the United Nations' regulations and resolutions.' " Moreover, the Dutch Commissioner said that Cyprus' negotiations for accession to the EU will begin as planned, sans conditions. A.F. [06] HANS VAN DEN BROEK: CYRPUS IS EU'S PRIORITY ISSUE FOR 1997Nicosia, February 28 (MPA)Dutch EU Commissioner Hans Van Den Broek stated that the European Union considers the embarkment of direct negotiations for the Cyprus issue within this year as being a top priority matter, and, as such, the community is committed to help in finding a solution to the problem.Moreover, Mr. Van Den Broek said that his efforts to inform the Turkish-Cypriot community for the benefits gained by entering the EU were not in vain. Moreover, he said that a third country does not have the right to exercise veto power over the accession of a new member-state to the EU, and he added that he conveyed this point of view to Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash. Cypriot Foreign Minister Alekos Michaelides emphasized that Cyprus' wish is to gain accession to the EU, yet the matter of resolving the Cyprus issue is of greater concern. Moreover, the Cypriot official critisized certain EU member- states which, through their stances, relay a message that they link the island's accession to the EU with the resolution of the Cyprus issue. Mr. Michaelides stated that this line of thinking is damaging to Cyprus since it gives the wrong message to Ankara. A.F. [07] PASOK DEPUTY IN GERMANY TO BE AWARDED BY GERMAN-GREEK ASSC. UNIONBonn, February 28 MPA)PASOK parliamentarian and former alternate Foreign Minister George-Alexandros Magakis is currently in Germany where he is to be awarded by the Union of German-Greek Associations, for his contribution to the promotion of bilateral relations between the two countries. During his three-day stay in Munich, Mr. Magakis will meet with the President of the German-Hellenic Parliamentary Group of the Federal Parliament Ziegrid Scarpelis-Sperc. The two will speak at a press conference over matters concerning Greece. A.F. [08] ANKARA IN CRISIS, DEMIREL WARNS ERBAKAN AND ADVISES CILLER TO WITHDRAWAnkara, February 28 (MPA)Turkey appears to be undergoing a constitutional crisis as President Suleiman Demirel is said to have forwarded a letter to Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan wherein he warns that the government's actions are jeopardizing Turkey's cosmic character.Also, according to reports stemming from the Turkish privately-owned television station UBA, President Demirel is said to have asked Foreign Minister and deputy Premier Tansu Ciller to withdraw from the coalition government. However, both Mr. Erbakan and Ms. Ciller have denied having received such letter from the President. 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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