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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 99-08-16

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From: The Macedonian Press Agency at http://www.mpa.gr and http://www.hri.org/MPA.


MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY NEWS IN ENGLISH
Thessaloniki, August 16, 1999

SECTIONS

  • [A] NATIONAL NEWS
  • [B] INTERNATIONAL NEWS

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

  • [01] PREMIER RETURNS FROM VACATION IN SIFNOS TOMORROW
  • [02] 24 PERSONS KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DURING 3-DAY WEEKEND
  • [03] GREEK DEFENSE MINISTER: NATIONAL CLEANSING HAS TO STOP
  • [04] MAIN OPPOSTION PARTY LEADER TOURS AEGEAN ISLANDS
  • [05] MICHAEL DUKAKIS TO VIST THESSALONIKI IN SEPTEMBER
  • [06] SAPES MUNICIPALITY TAKES STEP TOWARDS G/T COOPERATION

  • NEWS IN DETAIL

    [A] NATIONAL NEWS

    [01] PREMIER RETURNS FROM VACATION IN SIFNOS TOMORROW

    Prime Minister Kostas Simitis observed the Dormition of the Virgin Mary at the island of Sifnos yesterday where he is presently on a brief holiday with his wife, Daphne.

    The Premier will complete his vacation tomorrow, when he is expected to return to Athens. During his vacation, Mr. Simitis reportedly worked on certain outstanding issues and is expected to meet with the cabinet's economy staff in order to draw a series of tax reliefs which will be announced during the opening of the International Trade Fair in Thessaloniki during the first week of September.

    [02] 24 PERSONS KILLED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DURING 3-DAY WEEKEND

    Twenty-four persons were killed in 170 traffic accidents that occurred during the course of the three-day weekend where hundreds of thousands fled the cities to celebrate the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.

    The highway patrol has taken additional measures to facilitate the return of the travelers today and tomorrow. According to state reports, only about half of the vacationers have returned to the cities so far.

    [03] GREEK DEFENSE MINISTER: NATIONAL CLEANSING HAS TO STOP

    Greece's Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who attended the celebration of the Dormition of the Virgin held at the Panagia Soumela Monastery yesterday, stated that the "ethnic cleansing" being perpetrated against the Serbs who have remained in Kosovo has to stop, while also referring to the Cypriot refugees who were forced to leave their homes in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus as "victims of ethnic cleansing".

    Mr. Tsochatzopoulos called on international organizations to intervene "decisively" so that the Greek- Cypriots can return to the now Turkish-occupied northern part of the island.

    [04] MAIN OPPOSTION PARTY LEADER TOURS AEGEAN ISLANDS

    The President of the main opposition party New Democracy's Costas Karamanlis is continuing his tour throughout the Aegean Sea's islands, accompanied by his wife Natasa.

    Mr. Karamanlis will visit Crete tomorrow and will return to Athens next Monday.

    [05] MICHAEL DUKAKIS TO VIST THESSALONIKI IN SEPTEMBER

    The presidential candidate for the Democratic Party in the U.S. presidential elections of 1988 Michael S. Dukakis will be the guest of honor at Thessaloniki's Anatolia College (ACT) on September 13 where he will accept the school's Michael S. Dukakis Chair in Public Policy and Service.

    Mr. Dukakis will give a speech at the inauguration ceremony, along with Greek Development Minister Evangelos Venizelos, US Ambassador to Greece Nicholas Burns and the chairman of the Anatolia College board of trustees, George Bissell.

    Mr. Dukakis has had a distinguished career as the governor of Massachusetts serving two non-consecutive terms - and was voted "Best Governor in the Nation" by the National Governors' Association in 1986. After the presidential elections, he completed his third term as governor and then entered the academic world. He has since held several appointments at US universities, most recently as a visiting professor at the department of policy studies at UCLA.

    [06] SAPES MUNICIPALITY TAKES STEP TOWARDS G/T COOPERATION

    A delegation of officials from the Saps Municipality recently visited Turkey's Ereglisi, an event that was accompanied by the encouragement of he Foreign Misnter George Papandreou and the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos.

    Speaking to the Macedonian Press Agency, the Mayor of Saps Dinos Haritopoulos stated that the said initiative constitutes a step towards the establishment of a climate of trust and good neighborliness necessary for the peaceful co- existence of the two peoples and the development of the region.

    The visit took place within the framework of a cooperation protocol signed between the two municipalities last year which concern the sectors of culture, sports, tourism and trade.


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