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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-06-01Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Serbia's Tadic in Athens(ANA-MPA) -- Greek President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Tuesday met with visiting Serb President Boris Tadic, who is carrying out an official visit to Greece.During their meeting they discussed Serbia's European prospects, Kosovo, the dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) and bilateral economic and cultural relations. In statements afterward, the two leaders reaffirmed the excellent relations between the two peoples and their leadership and said they had a shared outlook regarding the future of the region. On Kosovo, Papoulias repeated Greece's position in favour of "finding a mutually acceptable solution based on international law, the principle of territorial integrity, and which is the result of dialogue and negotiations". Tadic thanked Greece for its stance and said his country would continue to have a policy that was friendly toward Kosovo but would in no way recognise Kosovo's independence. Once the international court had issued its verdict, Serbia was ready to negotiate again on Kosovo's future, he added. [02] EP president in Athens on Wed.BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA) - The president of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, will be on an official visit to Athens on Wednesday, at the invitation of Greek Parliament President Filippos Petsalnikos.In a written statement issued on Tuesday, Buzek said that amid the current economic crisis, European Union member-states "have realised that they are linked by a common fate and they stood by the side of Greece ... Europe proved that it supports Greece with all its strength." [03] Massive logistics centre tender(ANA-MPA) -- GAIAOSE S.A., a subsidiary of Hellenic Railways SA, on Tuesday unveiled the terms of an open international tender for the construction of a logistics centre in the Thriasio Pedio of western industrialised Attica.The logistics centre, an ambitious pioneer project for Greece, will be built on GAIAOSE property extending over 58.8 hectares. Under the plan, the (ANA-MPA) project will cover 23.5 hectares of building premises and will be accompanied by road and railway access to the national road and railway networks, while a rail connection with the Ikonio port in Piraeus is currently under construction. (ANA-MPA) Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |