Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-20

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] PM Tsipras' agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum

[02] Seamen's strike on Wednesday and Thursday; ships docked at ports

[03] Snowfall and low temperatures across the country

[04] Greece-Fyrom buffer zone still closed

[01] PM Tsipras' agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum

The economic crisis, the foreign policy, the cooperation with other countries and the situation in the wider area are expected to dominate Tsipras' contacts on the sidelines of the forum.

Tsipras will meet with German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel and EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici to discuss economic issues. He will also meet US Vice President Joe Biden to discuss bilateral relations, the situation in Syria and the Balkans, the Cyprus issue as well as economic issues.

On Thursday, he will participate in a panel with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to talk on the Greek programme. He will also have meetings with US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and IMF chief Christine Lagarde in order to clear out the role of the Fund in the Greek program and discuss upon the Greek debt.

[02] Seamen's strike on Wednesday and Thursday; ships docked at ports

The employees of the Shipping ministry have also announced a working stoppage from 11.00 to 14.00 on Thursday.

The secretary general of the seamen's federation Yiannis Halas warned that they are determined not to retreat.

[03] Snowfall and low temperatures across the country

Problems have been reported on Athens-Thessaloniki motorway, particularly at Martino, where a large number of snow graders are working to keep the road open.

Below zero temperatures are recorded in all the regions of Central and Western Macedonia with the lowest one in the city of Florina (-12C) and Ptolemaida (-11C).

In the city of Thessaloniki the thermometre early Wednesday was stuck at -01C while rain and sleet are expected to fall within the day in the city.

Intense snowfall was reported to have fallen all night on all the mountainous of the regions of Peloponnese.

Rain is falling in Athens from early Wednesday and temperatures are ranging between 04C-09C.

[04] Greece-Fyrom buffer zone still closed

Police said that seven buses with 350 refugees are waiting at the nearby gas station expecting Fyrom to give the signal to depart.

Fyrom's authorities closed the crossing point on Tuesday afternoon.

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