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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-12-14
CONTENTS
[01] GUE / NGL proposes again Papadimoulis for EP vice president
[02] Shipping ministry to convene on new national island policy
[03] Minor earthquake shakes Thessaloniki
[01] GUE / NGL proposes again Papadimoulis for EP vice president
The European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL) decided to propose
again the head of SYRIZA, Dimitris Papadimoulis, for the position of
the European Parliament Vice President.
The tenure of the vice president is 2.5 years. The election will take
place on January 17 with the participation of 751 MEPs representing the
28 member states.
Papadimoulis earlier on Wednesday posted on Twitter: "77 out of the 80
prior actions of the second programme review have been met. The other
3 are doable. Thomsen is playing games. It is the time of the leaders."
[02] Shipping ministry to convene on new national island policy
The Shipping Ministry will convene on Wednesday in an effort to implement
a new national policy on islands and draft a common, comprehensive
proposal with other southern European countries to be presented at the
EU summit during the Maltese presidency.
The meeting will take place at noon at the initiative of Shipping Minister
Panagiotis Kouroumblis and Deputy Shipping Minister Nektarios Santorinios
with the participation of islands' regional governors.
Kouroumblis has already announced the cooperation of the ministry with
the regions of the Greek islands as well as the countries of southern
Europe adding that Europe seems to realize that territorial cohesion is
an obligation to ensure that people in the islands feel that they are
not second-class citizens, feel that they are citizens of Greece and
Europe, that they are citizens of Spain and Europe, namely have actual
territorial cohesion."
[03] Minor earthquake shakes Thessaloniki
A minor earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale was recorded at
01:40 on Wednesday, at Nea Apollonia in the region of Volvi. According
to the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, the tremor had a depth
of 5 klm and it was felt in Thessaloniki.
Seismologists said there was no reason for concern.
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