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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-08
CONTENTS
[01] Pavlopoulos: Greece and Europe will not tolerate attempts to dispute
Lausanne Treaty
[02] Air traffic controllers union to call off strike after meeting
Spirtzis
[01] Pavlopoulos: Greece and Europe will not tolerate attempts to dispute
Lausanne Treaty
Greece and Europe with neither tolerate attempts to dispute the Lausanne
Treaty nor leave them unanswered, President of the Hellenic Republic
Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Saturday. The Greek president was visiting
the Aegean island of Limnos to attend celebrations marking the 104th
anniversary of the island's liberation from Ottoman rule in 1912.
Pavlopoulos warned "our friend and neighbour Turkey" that to dispute the
Lausanne Treaty was a violation of international law that "irreparably
damaged" its standing as a member of the international community. In
addition to this, it showed open designs against the borders of both
Greece and the European Union, "and for this reason will not be tolerated
nor, of course, left unanswered," he added.
The Greek president noted that Limnos, due to its geographic position,
was an important part of Greek territory but also that of the EU. Under
European law, which defined European borders as those of its individual
member-states, the borders of Greece also coincided with the borders of
the EU, he added.
During his visit, President Pavlopoulos was named an honorary citizen
of Limnos.
[02] Air traffic controllers union to call off strike after meeting
Spirtzis
Representatives of the Greek Air Traffic Controllers Association (GATCHA)
on Saturday said that they intended to call off four days of strike
action due to start on Sunday, following a meeting with Infrastructure,
Transport and Networks Minister Christos Spirtzis.
GATCH President Serafeim Petrou said that "dark areas" in recently
passed legislation had been cleared up after a "fruitful and constructive
dialogue with the minister" and that he would recommend a suspension of
strike action.
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