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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-04-15
CONTENTS
[01] Ecumenical Patriarch arrives in Lesvos, hopes Church leaders'
visit will improve lives of refugees
[02] Parliament approves proposal to probe into party and media bank loans
[01] Ecumenical Patriarch arrives in Lesvos, hopes Church leaders'
visit will improve lives of refugees
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his wish on Friday that his
short visit to the island of Lesvos, together with Pope Francis and the
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos, and their conversation
with the refugees will have a positive impact and practical results
for those people who have been uprooted from their homes and lands.
Speaking shortly after landing to the airport of Mytilene, the Ecumenical
Patriarch said he's honoured and happy to visit the island which is
so close to his birthplace, the island of Gökçeada, adding that
his emotions are more intense this time because he came "for a holy
purpose, to meet, together with His Holiness the Pope and His Beatitude,
brother Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, our afflicted brothers,
the refugees."
"It was our duty towards them and we hope our short visit and our
communication with them will have an effect, an impact and practical
results for those who have been uprooted violently from their homes,
their lands, and suffer until they reach their final destination,
wherever that may be," he added.
[02] Parliament approves proposal to probe into party and media bank loans
Greek lawmakers agreed unanimously on Friday to set up an inquiry
committee to probe into the legality and conditions under which banks
gave loans to political parties and various media.
According to the chair of the House session, Tasia Christodoulopoulou, the
Committee will be made up of 23 members and parties will be represented
in proportion to their parliamentary seats. Its findings will have to
be completed and presented within two months.
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