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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-06
CONTENTS
[01] President Pavlopoulos meets Lebanese Mouqbel
[02] A new scenery in Greek TV as of spring, Spirtzis says
[03] The new electoral law does not lead to lack of governance,
Vitsas says
[01] President Pavlopoulos meets Lebanese Mouqbel
Greece attaches great importance to Lebanon and the role it can
and should play in the whole Middle East region, at this critical
and volatile period we are going through, Greek President Prokopis
Pavlopoulos said at the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense
Minister of Lebanon Samir Mouqbel on Wednesday at the Presidential
Palace.
"This role is important in at least two fields. The first is the refugee
issue," Pavlopoulos said and added:" We must recognize that Lebanon has
undertaken a very large burden in what concerns the refugee issue as it
has a huge number of refugees in its territory. And we must recognize
that the attitude of Lebanon is extremely brave for all the region,
but also the entire European Union," Pavlopoulos underlined.
The second field, as the President noted, is addressing the terrorism
of ISIS. A terrorism, which - as he said - constitutes crimes against
humanity, he added.
On his part, Mouqbel thanked Pavlopoulos for the warm welcome,
and stressed the need to address the refugee issue and to combat
terrorism. The Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon also asked for reinforcing
the country's troops with special equipment.
[02] A new scenery in Greek TV as of spring, Spirtzis says
Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Christos Spirtzis on
Wednesday spoke of "a new scenery in Greek television, with channels
that operate legally and with specific ethics."
The licensing procedure should have been completed by the end of August
and a new landscape on Greek TV will exist in autumn, Spirtzis said in
an interview with public broadcaster ERT.
[03] The new electoral law does not lead to lack of governance,
Vitsas says
"The argument that the new electoral law leads to lack of governance
is unfounded," Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas said in
statements to Skai TV on Wednesday.
As he said, the new electoral law will restructure the political system
and dismissed reports for lack of governance. On the contrary, he said,
coalitions and political factions of more general interest with a clear
programme are created, giving citizens the opportunity to intervene in
the electoral system.
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