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CONTENTS

[01] Interview-Economy minister

[02] EU-conference-institutional changes

[03] Greece-Romania-Balkans

[04] Tsohatzopoulos-Cyprus-Turkey-Greece

[05] Tsohatzopoulos-Globalization-conference

[01] Interview-Economy minister

The fiscal discipline exercised by the government and the developments in Greece˘s economy will allow the government to focus on social policies, without increasing spending, National economy minister Yiannos Papantoniou said, in an interview published in Sunday˘s ?To Vima? newspaper.

[02] EU-conference-institutional changes

The new European Union intra-governmental conference is expected to begin work on Monday on what is expected to be the Union˘s most important institutional re-formulation, which will include defence and security issues.

[03] Greece-Romania-Balkans

Greek Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos and his Romanian counterpart Ion Iliescu met on Saturday in Thessaloniki and discussed Balkan cooperation issues and bilateral relations.

The two men met, late on Saturday night at the sidelines of the international conference organised by Institute of Strategic and Development Studies Andreas Papandreou, taking place in Thessaloniki.

[04] Tsohatzopoulos-Cyprus-Turkey-Greece

Greece and Cyprus should utilize developments heralded by the Helsinki European Union summit, so as to demand changes of Turkey˘s stance on the Cyprus problem and Greek-Turkish affairs, Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos said on Sunday.

[05] Tsohatzopoulos-Globalization-conference

The results of globalization in European economies and the Balkans were the focus of Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos˘ address on Saturday at the international conference organised by Institute of Strategic and Development Studies Andreas Papandreou.

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