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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-06-19
BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN BY MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY
Thessaloniki June 19, 1998
TITLES
[01] ATHENS REACTS WITH CALM TO THE TENSION CREATED BY TURKEY
[02] THE GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
[03] ORIGINAL BUT DIFFICULT THE SUBJECT OF THE ESSAY ON WHICH
THE STUDENTS WERE TESTED TODAY
[04] INCIDENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
[05] CLERIDES’ LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
[06] MILOSEVIC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITUATION IN KOSSOVO
NEWS IN DETAIL
[01] ATHENS REACTS WITH CALM TO THE TENSION CREATED BY TURKEY
Athens 19 June (MPA)
Athens and Nicosia react with calm and determination to
the new fabricated tension created by Turkey in Cyprus and the
Aegean.
Greek foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos stated that it
is absolutely illegal for Turkey’s prime minister Mesut Yilmaz
to send war planes to the occupied northern Cyprus.
Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas accused Ankara
that it does not want to contribute to the easing of the
tension in the Greek-Turkish relations and to the efforts
aimed at reaching a solution for Cyprus.
Cypriot minister of defense Yiannakis Omirou stated that
the reinforcement of the occupation forces shows that Turkey
has expansionist aspirations and reiterated that the arrival
of Greek fighter jets in Cyprus is totally legal.
[02] THE GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY
Athens 19 June (MPA)
The economic developments and the outcome of the EU Summit
meeting in Cardiff, Wales were discussed today in the joint
meeting of the governmental committee and PASOK’s political
secretariat which was presided over by prime minister Kostas
Simitis.
Meanwhile, measures for the speedier decline of inflation are
being examined today by a committee presided over by
undersecretary of development Michalis Chrisochoidis in which
participate undersecretaries of finance Nikos Christodoulakis
and Giorgos Dris.
[03] ORIGINAL BUT DIFFICULT THE SUBJECT OF THE ESSAY ON WHICH
THE STUDENTS WERE TESTED TODAY
Athens 19 June (MPA)
The subject of the essay on the role of laughter in people’s
lives on which students were tested today was characterized by
literature teachers as original but difficult.
In the university admission exams that started today
participate about 142.000 students and the abstention noted
was very limited. Minister of education Gerasimos Arsenis
suggested calm to both parents and students.
[04] INCIDENTS IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
Athens 19 June (MPA)
The crucial general assembly meeting of the Commercial Bank
shareholders on the future of the Ionian Bank was not held
today due to the incidents that erupted in the Athens central
hotel hall where the meeting was scheduled to take place.
The incidents erupted when the president and the general
director of the Ionian Bank were booed by the Ionian Bank
employees and shortly afterwards Commercial Bank president Mr.
Georgoutsakos was attacked by a group of employees. The
general assembly meeting of the Commercial Bank shareholders
was considered to be of decisive importance for the sale of
the Ionian Bank.
All banks in the country remained closed today after a
decision by the Bank Employees’ Union. PASOK’s unionists are
opposed to the imminent work reforms and the privatization
program. PASOK’s Central Committee secretary Kostas
Skandalidis called on the bank employees’ union leaders to
abandon the misery of everyday conflict.
[05] CLERIDES’ LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
Nicosia 19 June (MPA)
Cypriot president Glafkos Clerides sent a letter to UN
secretary-general Kofi Annan with concrete proposals aimed at
setting a timetable for the demilitarization of Cyprus,
according to Cypriot government spokesman Christos
Stilianides.
Meanwhile, US ambassador to Nicosia Kenneth Brill met
with Cypriot ministers of foreign affairs and agriculture
Yiannakis Kasoulides and Kostas Themistokleous.
Mr. Brill stressed, when was called to comment on the
landing of Turkish and Greek fighter jets in Cyprus, that the
militarizing of the Cypriot problem will not help anyone and
added that this week’s events were not helpful and undermine
the efforts of all those who try to promote a political
solution. He said that tension in the region has risen without
a reason and stressed that this has to stop.
[06] MILOSEVIC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITUATION IN KOSSOVO
Strasbourg 19 June (MPA)
The British undersecretary of foreign affairs, who presides
over the European Council, accused Yugoslav president Slobodan
Milosevic of being personally responsible for the actions of
the Serb security forces in Kossovo.
The accusations were made during his speech in the European
Parliament where the crisis in Kossovo was discussed in
detail.
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