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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-06-17
BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN BY MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY
Thessaloniki June 17, 1998
TITLES
[01] GREECE IS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE EU SUMMIT
MEETING IN CARDIFF
[02] WASHINGTON IS NOT SATISFIED WITH MILOSEVIC
[03] THE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION EXAMS START ON FRIDAY
[04] PAPANTONIOU MET WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE IONIAN AND
COMMERCIAL BANK
[05] THE LEADERS OF THE ETHNIC ALBANIANS IN KOSSOVO ARE
DISPLEASED
[06] NEW RECORD FOR MPA’S SITE ON THE INTERNET
[07] ALBRIGHT: THE US CONSIDER A PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE
CYPRUS PROBLEM
[08] THE US PENTAGON SPOKESMAN ON THE TSOCHATZOPOULOS - COHEN
TALKS
NEWS IN DETAIL
[01] GREECE IS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS OF THE EU SUMMIT
MEETING IN CARDIFF
Athens 17 June (MPA)
The Greek side is satisfied with the results of the EU Summit
meeting that was concluded in Cardiff yesterday.
The relations between Turkey and the EU remain frozen after
the objections raised by Greece, while the phrase promoted by
the British EU presidency to be included in the text of
conclusions calling Turkey the 12th in line candidate state
for EU accession, was removed.
In a surprise move, US president Bill Clinton intervened by
telephone and requested from prime minister Kostas Simitis to
change the stance of the Greek government toward Turkey.
[02] WASHINGTON IS NOT SATISFIED WITH MILOSEVIC
Washington 17 June (MPA)
US president Bill Clinton is not satisfied with the agreement
reached yesterday by Russian president Boris Yeltsin and his
Yugoslav counterpart Slobodan Milosevic on the issue of
Kossovo.
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stated that there was
some progress but she criticized Milosevic because he did not
do what was demanded by the contact group.
[03] THE UNIVERSITY ADMISSION EXAMS START ON FRIDAY
Thessaloniki 17 June (MPA)
The university admission exams start on Friday and students
will be tested in composition.
The exams will be completed on June 27 and all those seeking a
place in higher education institutions will be tested in
physics, ancient Greek, political economy, math, biology,
history, chemistry and Latin.
[04] PAPANTONIOU MET WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE IONIAN AND
COMMERCIAL BANK
Athens 17 June (MPA)
An Athens court ruled in favor of the Ionian Bank employees,
who are also Commercial Bank shareholders.
The court rejected the restraining measures application filled
by the Commercial Bank which called for the participation of a
limited number of shareholders in the general assembly meeting
that will decide on the sale of the Ionian Bank. The excuse
used was that there is not enough space available for all the
shareholders to be present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, minister of national economy and finance Yiannos
Papantoniou and the governors of the Ionian and the Commercial
Bank are considering the text announcing the sale of the bank.
[05] THE LEADERS OF THE ETHNIC ALBANIANS IN KOSSOVO ARE
DISPLEASED
Belgrade 17 June (MPA)
The leaders of the ethnic Albanians in Kossovo are displeased
with the results of the talks held between Russian president
Boris Yeltsin and his Yugoslav counterpart Slobodan Milosevic
in Moscow.
According to the Serb opposition B-92 radio station, Fehmi
Agani, a member of the Albanian negotiating team, has
characterized as meaningless the results of the talks held by
Yeltsin and Milosevic.
[06] NEW RECORD FOR MPA’S SITE ON THE INTERNET
Thessaloniki 17 June (MPA)
Over 1 million requests are received each month by MPA’s site
on the Internet setting a new record, while by the end of the
year the number of requests is expected to be 1 million a
week.
According to MPA’s president professor Pavlos Petridis, the
news agency continues its upward course with the many
different activities it undertakes.
MPA’s general director Spyros Kouzinopoulos referred to the
operation of the agency’s new data base, the Balkan News Bank
that was recently put in operation, the successful
international conferences that were organized by the agency
and the newly installed site on local administration. He also
referred to the agency’s contribution to the development of
the relations with mass media in the rest of the Balkans and
the Black Sea.
[07] ALBRIGHT: THE US CONSIDER A PLAN FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE
CYPRUS PROBLEM
Washington 17 June (MPA)
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright stated before a
US Senate sub-committee that the United States consider a plan
for the solution of the Cyprus problem that will respect the
rights and the needs of the two communities on the island.
According to the Turkish news agency “Anadolu”, Ms.
Albright did not give more details on the specific plan but
added that Washington backs the expansion of the EU toward the
central and eastern Europe and especially, Turkey’s wish to
become a member of the European Union.
[08] THE US PENTAGON SPOKESMAN ON THE TSOCHATZOPOULOS - COHEN
TALKS
Washington 17 June (MPA)
US Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon referred to the content
of the talks that will be held between Greek minister of
defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos and US Secretary of Defense
William Cohen.
Mr. Tsochatzopoulos will be in Washington on July 7 and 8
and according to Mr. Bacon, he will discuss with his US
counterpart issues concerning the Greek-US relations, the
Cyprus problem, the Greek-Turkish relations, the changes in
the NATO structure and the proposals on the confidence-
building-measures in the Aegean.
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/
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