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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-12-14
CONTENTS
[01] Stockbreeders block Evzoni border post
[02] Stockbreeders block Evzoni border post
[03] Veria: Crossroad of cultures, eras
[04] KKE: No consensus
[01] Stockbreeders block Evzoni border post
Á group of farmers from Kilkis prefecture, in extreme northern Greece,
is staging a periodic blockade fo the Evzoni border post on the
frontier between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(fYRoM).
According to a local stockbreeders association, the mobilisation will
end at 3 p.m. (local time) and resume three hours later until
midnight.
[02] Stockbreeders block Evzoni border post
Á group of farmers from Kilkis prefecture, in extreme northern Greece,
is staging a periodic blockade fo the Evzoni border post on the
frontier between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(fYRoM).
According to a local stockbreeders association, the mobilisation will
end at 3 p.m. (local time) and resume three hours later until
midnight.
[03] Veria: Crossroad of cultures, eras
Ôhe city of Veria in north-central Greece, situated in the foothills
beneath Mt. Vermio, stands on the site of the ancient Macedonian site
of "Beroea". Following the late medieval period the town was often
referred to as the "lesser Jerusalem" due to the Byzantine churches and
chapels in the area. Medieval and Ottoman-era Veria was a town where
different cultures co-existed and thrived. Despite the fact that most
buildings and monuments were founded in different historic periods, the
succession is visible in the municipality's remaining monuments. The
plains that surround the city are one of the reasons ethnic Greeks from
Asia Minor and Pontus migrated to Veria after 1922, a development that
led to the region's significant growth in the inter-war period.
[04] KKE: No consensus
Communist Party (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga on Monday referred to a
political leaders' meeting scheduled for Tuesday at the presidential
mansion, which will focus on the endemic problem of corruption in the
country.
Speaking during a meeting with dockworkers, Papariga noted that the
"government attempts to present corruption as the main cause of the
(economic) crisis and its alleged battle to overcome this crisis,"
adding that KKE will not contribute towards this effort and will table
its separate proposals for the benefit of the working classes.
She also charged that the prime minister's attempt to portray himself
as resisting the EU's recommendations are merely a "theatre of the
absurd", claiming that these measures have "already been unanimously
agreed to and are included in PASOK's programme."
In conclusion, the communist leader said that a consensus and dialogue
on whatever measures must be avoided. "The only dialogue that must take
place is the one that will be held in work places on the organisation
of a struggle against the government measures".
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