Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-10

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

CONTENTS

[01] Eurogroup meeting on Monday

[02] Greece will be benefited from EU-Afghanistan agreement, says EC spokeswoman Bertaud

[03] Greece-Albania's relations of strategic importance, Albanian Parliament president tells ANA

[04] Greek cinema travels to Sao Paulo

[05] Epigenetics, the conductor of the human orchestra

[01] Eurogroup meeting on Monday

"As soon as the compliance report is concluded, the road for the disbursement of the sub-tranche opens," an EU source told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. According to the report, Greece has "in principle" met the 15 prior actions related to the disbursement of the 2.8 billion euros.

The EWG that will meet in Luxembourg at 3 pm (Athens time) is expected to be the first one to give the green light for the disbursement of the 2.8-billion-euro loan sub-tranche provided that the prior actions have been successfully met while the decision for the disbursement will be taken later in the day by the ESM. The Eurogroup that is scheduled to convene at 4 pm (Athens time) will decide the start of the second programme review and the return of the institutions' representatives in Athens in October 18.

[02] Greece will be benefited from EU-Afghanistan agreement, says EC spokeswoman Bertaud

"It is an agreement that sets a framework for speeding up the procedures for the return, readmission and reintegration of migrants, as well as combating human trafficking," he added.

This agreement is part of a coordinated European effort currently underway in order to address the migration issue with a series of agreements and intense deliberations between EU and Afghanistan. 180,000 Afghans entered Europe in 2015, most of them seeking asylum in Germany.

[03] Greece-Albania's relations of strategic importance, Albanian Parliament president tells ANA

"All the Albanian parties respect Greece and its territorial integrity and of course its citizens as neighbors and partners of social, economic and European growth. I think it would be wise to stay away from speculative reports that deliberately attempt to create misperceptions," Meta said.

"I believe that there is nothing we cannot discuss as good neighbors," he said adding that the relationship between his country and Greece has potential for further cooperation.

Regarding the accession process of the country, Meta said: "Albania became a candidate country in 2014 and we have been working hard in order to move forward in implementing the ambitious agenda of reforms we have undertaken, especially as regards the reform of our judicial system and the strengthening of the legal system. The implementation of such reforms should open the way for a positive recommendation from the European Commission so that accession negotiations start, something that is expected in the coming months."

"All this complicated and long process of EU accession is accompanied by Greece's continuous and substantial support; support for which we are very grateful," he concluded.

[04] Greek cinema travels to Sao Paulo

The festival, which will run until October 16, is organized by the Cinémathèque of Brazil in cooperation with the Greek Film Archive and the Greek Film Centre, under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Sao Paulo.

Director Tassos Boulmetis will participate in the festival with the film 'Notias.'

[05] Epigenetics, the conductor of the human orchestra

Dr. Giannis claimed that the scientists have understood that the "genetic information, the DNA, is the music score and the epigenetics the conductor that performs and controls the orchestra."

Referring to his experience in Greece where he has served as member of the Committee of the University of Patras, he said "unfortunately many people consider the universities a ground for union exercises and not as a field for research, creation, knowledge and innovation" and underlined that due to insufficient funding of research a large number of Greek scientists go abroad.

Professor Giannis was born in the city of Drama in 1954 and studied chemistry and medicine at the University of Bonn.

The main field of his research is biological and pharmaceutical organic chemistry and biochemistry of natural products while his research covers also the epigenetics, immunomodulatory medicines, angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis and their use against several diseases as cancer and rheumatic diseases.

The scientist will be in Athens on October 11 to inaugurate a series of events of the Hub Science. His speech will focus on "Epigenetics: challenges, opportunities and prospects". He will also present new epigenetic medicines against cancer and other diseases.

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