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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-17
CONTENTS
[01] Farmers' rolling blockades of Athens-Thessaloniki motorway to
disrupt transport
[02] The refugee issue and the negotiations on the agenda of ND-leader
in Brussels
[03] 798 migrants and refugees from Mytilene and Chios arrive at
Piraeus port
[01] Farmers' rolling blockades of Athens-Thessaloniki motorway to
disrupt transport
Farmers at the roadblock of Mikrothives, near the city of Volos
in central Greece, announced on Tuesday they will close the main
Athens-Thessaloniki motorway for several hours each day as of Wednesday,
as they continue to escalate their protests against the government's
proposed social security and pension reforms.
They said the blockade will include the side roads.The decision to
close the road at noon and until 18.00 implies a complete disruption in
transports between the north and south of the country, as it follows a
second roadblock further north at Tempi Valley.
[02] The refugee issue and the negotiations on the agenda of ND-leader
in Brussels
The refugee issue and the negotiations between the government and
the institutions dominate the agenda of New Democracy leader Kyriakos
Mitsotakis' meetings in Brussels on February 17-18.
On Wednesday Mitsotakis will meet the president of the European Parliament
Martin Schulz and the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude
Juncker. He will also meet EU Commissioner for Migration and Home
Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos, the president of the Alliance of Liberals
and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, EU Commissioner for Economic
Affairs Pierre Moscovici, the Vice President of the European Commission
Valdis Dombrovskis, the Vice President of the European Commission Jyrki
Katainen, and European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu.
Mitsotakis calls on the government to meet its commitments and is against
the closing of the country's northern borders as well as Greece's exit
from the Schengen.
On Thursday he will meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the
sidelines of the EPP summit.
[03] 798 migrants and refugees from Mytilene and Chios arrive at
Piraeus port
"Ariadni" ferry with 798 migrants and refugees from Mytilene and Chios
docked at Piraeus port on Wednesday.
In addition, "blue star 2" also transferred four refugees from Kos
to Piraeus.
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