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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-12-01
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[01] Draft law on complete lifting of cabotage
[02] US VP Biden in Athens early next month
[01] Draft law on complete lifting of cabotage
AMNA / The development, competitiveness & shipping ministry on Thursday
announced that a draft law on sea tourism, which will also include
a clause completing lifting cabotage restrictions for international
cruise companies, will be tabled in Parliament next week.
Chryssohoidis said that “while Greece is among the most popular cruise
tourism destinations, we have virtually no disembarkations, which is
translates into lost revenues. Furthermore, we end up sending tourists
away because of clauses that essentially block the liberalisation of
the cruise sector.” amna
The minister underlined that the complete lifting of cabotage in
the cruise sector will lead to the creation of new infrastructure
at ports and the mainland, bringing more revenues to tourism sector
entrepreneurs. www.amna.gr
[02] US VP Biden in Athens early next month
NEW YORK (AMNA) -- US Vice President Joe Biden will be in Athens on
Dec. 5, during a tour of the region that also encompasses Ankara on
Dec. 2 and Istanbul, where he will attend an international conference
on entrepreneurship, before arriving in Greece.
Greek-American relations, issues of Greek interest such as the Cyprus
problem, the fYRoM 'name issue', religious freedom and the Ecumenical
Patriarchate will be on the agenda of Biden's discussions in Athens,
as well as the dire economic crisis and problems in the wider region.
Biden will be received by President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias,
while he will also meet separately with Premier Lucas Papademos, PASOK
leader and former prime minister George Papandreou, and New Democracy
(ND) leader Antonis Samaras. www.amna.gr
Biden's national security advisor Tony Blinken spoke with the press
during a teleconference on Monday night about Biden's visit. AMNA
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