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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-20Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Migration minister urges Schulz to boost EP's role in refugee issueAlternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas urged European Parliament President Martin Schulz to boost the body's role in the refugee issue, during a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.According to a ministry press release, Mouzalas described the situation in Greece by asking Schulz's support on the following issues: -Ensuring the EU-Turkey deal is implemented by all sides as "it's the only way for a legal and safe transport of refugees to Europe." -The relocation of refugees from Greece to other member-states, especially concerning unaccompanied minors, as the procedure essentially has stopped. By the end of 2016, 33,000 people must have relocated, but so far only 5,000 have done so. -The resettlement of refugees for humanitarian reasons from Turkey to Europe so as to send the message of a legal transport to Europe. -The creation of a European return mechanism – instead of the system implemented today, whereby each member-state returns people separately. This will facilitate the return of migrants to their country of origin. -The amendment of the Dublin regulation concerning the asylum petition process in a way that doesn't burden solely the countries of first entrance. On his part, Schulz expressed his solidarity with Greece, noting that many member-states have essentially abandoned Greece, noting that authorities must speed up relocation. At the same time, he criticized Greece for delaying returns to Turkey. [02] Health ministry revising prices of diagnostic tests downward to cut costsThe health ministry on Wednesday announced downward revisions in the pricing of a series of diagnostic tests and other medical procedures, in order to cut costs by reducing compensation paid to patients covered by state health insurance funds.In addition to procedures recosted downward, the announcement noted the pricing of 86 medical procedures and tests that were previously paid for by the patients in full and for which EOPYY will now give compensation. The more significant of these are digital mammagrams, Nuchal Translucency (NT) ultrasound scans for Down's Syndrome, Prenatal genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, HPV, vaginal ultrasound, coronary CT angiogram and PCR for A/H1N1 flu. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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