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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-02-02
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[01] FM Venizelos to participate in Europarliament plenary in Strasbourg
on Feb 4-5
[01] FM Venizelos to participate in Europarliament plenary in Strasbourg
on Feb 4-5
ANA-MPA -- Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister Evangelos
Venizelos on Tuesday and Wednesday will visit Strasbourg to participate
as President of the EU Council of Ministers in the Europarliament
Plenary, according to a ministry announcement.
Venizelos on Tuesday will attend a luncheon, hosted by the President of
the European Parliament Martin Schulz in honor of the Italian President
Giorgio Napolitano.
Venizelos and Schulz will sign approved European Union legislation,
while Venizelos will meet with the head of the offices of the European
Parliament in the EU member states.
Venizelos will also address the Socialists & Democrats Parliamentary
Group and will host a dinner in honor of the Greek MEPs.
At the European Parliament Plenary, Venizelos on Tuesday will speak on
the need to establish a tax on financial transactions. On Wednesday,
he will speak on the issues of Syrian refugees on the Bulgarian border,
the EU-Russia Summit Meeting, the recent incident in Farmakonissi and
the progress reports on Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia and Montenegro.
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