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Macedonian Press Agency: Brief News in English, 98-07-01

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

BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN BY THE MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY

Thessaloniki, July 1, 1998


TITLES

  • [01] HEAT WAVE THROUGHOUT GREECE, TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 102F
  • [02] PREMIER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS TODAY
  • [03] CONFLICT CONTINUES IN KOSSOVO, CITY OF BELACEVIC IN EYE OF THE STORM
  • [04] CULTURE MINISTER IN OTTAWA, MEETS WITH CANADIAN COUNTERPART
  • [05] GREEKS SPEND THE HIGHEST ON FOOD IN EU, ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT
  • [06] MINISTRY PUBLISHES ENGLISH PHRASES GUIDE FOR BUS AND TAXI DRIVERS
  • [07] GREEK EURODEPUTY HEADS DELEGATION ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO GEORGIA
  • [08] STREET NAMED AFTER GREEK NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS IN IZMIR
  • [09] DRAMA PREFECTURE TO BESTOW HONORS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO DIASPORA

  • NEWS IN DETAIL

    [01] HEAT WAVE THROUGHOUT GREECE, TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO 102F

    Thessaloniki, July 1 (MPA)

    State authorities are in a state of readiness in order to address the various problems that may arise from the heat wave expected to strike Greece today, according to the National Weather Bureau. According to the forecasts, the temperatures are expected to climb to 102F (39C) today, 106F (41C) tomorrow, reaching 108F (42C) on Friday and Saturday. The Prefect of Thessaloniki, Kostas Papadopoulos has ordered hospitals and ambulance services to be in a state of readiness, especially for the groups which are most prone to heat strokes, such as the elderly and the ill. Temperatures are forecast to fall on Sunday, with a cool front moving in from the north, the weather service said in a news release.

    [02] PREMIER TO MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS TODAY

    Athens, July 1 (MPA)

    Prime Minister Kostas Simitis is to meet with the Minster of National Defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos today to discuss defense- related matters. Later in the day, the Premier will meet with the Ministers of National Economy and Finance, Yiannos Papantoniou; Labor, Miltiadis Papaioannou; Transportation and Communication Tasos Mantelis. They will discuss the imminent restructures in the public sector.

    [03] CONFLICT CONTINUES IN KOSSOVO, CITY OF BELACEVIC IN EYE OF THE STORM

    Prishtina, July 1 (MPA)

    Serb forces in Kossovo are continuing with their efforts to recapture the city of Belacevic and the region’s coal mine. According to reports, Serb military officials state that the coal mine is now under their control, but journalists were not allowed access to the region in order to verify the claims.

    [04] CULTURE MINISTER IN OTTAWA, MEETS WITH CANADIAN COUNTERPART

    Ottawa, July 1 (MPA)

    Greek Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos is currently in Canada where he represented Greece at the two-day international conference on international cultural cooperation in Ottowa. Mr. Venizelos was received by Canada’s National Heritage Minister Sheila Copps with whom he discussed expansion of bilateral cultural cooperation and protocol issues concerning joint audio- visual productions during a meeting held Monday in Ottawa. He also invited Ms Copps to attend an international conference on "Women-Athletics and Sponsorship" to be held in Athens in September, and also invited the Canadian minister to represent her country as an observer at a meeting of the Culture Ministers of the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation-Barcelona Process on the island of Rhodes in September, to be attended by 15 European Union and 12 non-EU Mediterranean countries. Mr. Venizelos gave a speech at the Canadian National Press Club, addressing the issues of the Cultural Olympiad, Greece's position in Europe, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, and also Europe's response to American cultural hegemony. He also stressed the need for the immediate return of the Parthenon Marbles, currently housed in the British Museum, to their homeland, Athens.

    [05] GREEKS SPEND THE HIGHEST ON FOOD IN EU, ACCORDING TO EUROSTAT

    Brussels, July 1 (MPA)

    Greeks spend 38.1 per cent of their income on food as compared to the European Union average of 19.4 per cent, according to a study recently released by Eurostat . Per capita consumption in Greece reached 4,300 Fixed Purchasing Power (FPR) units - a technical currency unit used in the study - as compared to Belgium's 10,700 FPRs. The study also noted that during the 1975-1995 period, consumption in Greece fell, while in the rest of the EU it rose by 40 per cent.

    [06] MINISTRY PUBLISHES ENGLISH PHRASES GUIDE FOR BUS AND TAXI DRIVERS

    Athens, July 1 (MPA)

    The Ministry of Transportation-communications has published a 30- page English phrases guide in order to enable public transportation and taxi drivers to communicate, even at a basic level, with foreign tourists. The guide, titled "Guide to Everyday Expressions", contains simple and useful expressions in English and is published in 40,000 copies which will be distributed free of charge to transport organisations and taxi drivers' federations.

    [07] GREEK EURODEPUTY HEADS DELEGATION ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO GEORGIA

    Tbilisi, July 1 (MPA)

    Greek Eurodeputy Alekos Alavanos (Coalition for the Left and Progress), in currently on an official visit to Georgia, heading a Europarliament delegation. The delegates were received yesterday by Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze in Tbilisi, where discussions focused on the upgrading of Georgian-EU relations and Georgia’s prospects for EU accession, as well as issues relating to the so- called "Silk Route" connecting Europe and Asia.

    [08] STREET NAMED AFTER GREEK NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE SEFERIS IN IZMIR

    Izmir, July 1 (MPA)

    A street in the Turkish city of Izmir will be named after Greece’s Nobel laureate George Seferis, as of Saturday, following a decision by the city’s local authorities. The naming ceremony will be held on July 4, in the presence of the Greece’s consul-general in Izmir Andrea Fryganas, the poet's nieces, Despina and Dora - daughters of former president of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Tsatsos, and representatives of the Izmir Cultural Society in Athens. Speaking to the Macedonian Press Agency, Mr. Fryganas stated that the poet’s house was located near the street that is to bear his name, in the municipality of Vourla, 30 kilometers away from Izmir, or Smyrna, as it was called then. However, the Greek diplomat added that according to other reports, Mr. Seferis’ house was in another location of the municipality and has been demolished. The Nobel laureate Seferis was born in Smyrna in 1900, although his family left for Greece immediately after World War I. He served at the Greek embassy in Ankara and visited Izmir in 1950.

    [09] DRAMA PREFECTURE TO BESTOW HONORS FOR CONTRIBUTION TO DIASPORA

    Drama, July 1 (MPA)

    The Prefecture of Drama, in northern Greece, is to bestow honors on two of its citizens who are distinguished members of the Greek community living abroad, namely Swedish deputy Nikos Papadopoulos and the Secretary-General of the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE) Christos Karypides.

    The two men will be honored in a celebration to be held on Friday, July 3, at 8:30 p.m. At the amphitheatre of the Prefecture of Drama.

    Along with Mgrs. Papadopoulos and Karypides, the general director of the Macedonian Press Agency Spyros Kouzinopoulos will also be honored for his valuable input and contribution to informing Greeks throughout the world.


    Complete archives of the Macedonian Press Agency bulletins are available on the MPA Home Page at http://www.mpa.gr/ and on the U.S. mirror at http://www.hri.org/MPA/


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