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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-11-06
CONTENTS
[01] 2008 State budget to be tabled in parliament on November 20
[02] Greece donates hospital equipment to FYROM
[03] Preliminary investigation into Zoniana incident
[01] 2008 State budget to be tabled in parliament on November 20
The Inner Cabinet is meeting on Tuesday at the Maximos Mansion, the
government headquarters, on rural development and foods ministry
issues. Earlier, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis conferred with
National Economy and Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis and National
Defence Minister Evangelos Meimarakis. The 2008 state budget will be
tabled in parliament on November 20, focusing on fiscal reform and
development, according to Alogoskoufis. He reiterated that the course
of the economy is in accordance with the government programme on
development and employment. In the meantime, the parliamentary debate
on reform of the social insurance system is continuing.
[02] Greece donates hospital equipment to FYROM
SKOPJE (ANA-MPA/N. Frangopoulos) - Greece has donated hospital
equipment to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) composed
of four machines and an equal number of fully equipped ambulances to
help meet health needs in the cities of Skopje, Tetovo and Bitola.
The amount of the donation reaches 300,000 euros and is part of the
National Plan for Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans (NPERB).
FYROM Health Minister Imer Selmani thanked the Greek government for the
donation during a relevant ceremony held in Skopje on Monday.
"This act by the government of Greece proves that health knows no
borders and that the modernisation of the health systems of the
countries in the region secures quality health services for the
population," Selmani said.
The head of Greece's Liaison Office in FYROM, Alexandra Papadopoulou,
said that the donation constitutes another contribution by Greece
towards handling the needs of FYROM, particularly in such a sensitive
sector as is citizens' health.
[03] Preliminary investigation into Zoniana incident
Supreme Court Prosecutor George Sanidas has ordered a preliminary
investigation aimed at bringing to justice those responsible for the
incident at Zoniana, Rethymno prefecture on the island of Crete, during
which three police officers were injured, one of them critically. A
major police operation is currently in progress. Three police officers
participating in a drug raid were injured when they were fired upon by
assault rifle-wielding gunmen on Monday outside the remote village of
Zoniana, in Rethymno prefecture on the island of Crete. The gunmen
opened fire against a convoy of some 12 police jeeps dispatched to the
region with the purpose of conducting a search to locate a major
hashish stash. One of the officers, a 25-year-old, suffered a serious
neck wound and was rushed to the Irakleio Hospital, while the other two
were slightly injured in the shoulder and face. According to press
reports, 75 police commandos were being flown to Crete aboard a
military transport plane to join police units in the region. The
arrest of a 24-year-old Zoniana man last Friday in the city of Rethymno
on drug trafficking charges apparently set in motion Monday's police
operation to search the man's village home. Previous attacks on police
units in the very same region have been reported in the past.
Caption: Supreme Court prosecutor George Sanidas (ANA-MPA/M.
Marogianni).
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