Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-04-22 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] Tsipras: My personal bet is to get Greece out of the MoUs [02] Tourism minister presents policies to attract American tourists, investment to U.S. ambassador --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] Tsipras: My personal bet is to get Greece out of the MoUs Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a statement to Sunday's "Real News" that his personal bet is for Greece to exit the bailout programs, adding that the positive data for 2016 on primary surpluses and growth "neutralized" German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the International Monetary Fund "My personal bet is for this government to pull Greece out of the memorandums. The result for 2016 neutralized Schaeuble and the IMF. We left Europe speechless. We have ahead of us an open horizon of two years. Greece showed it can," he said. In a separate statement to Sunday's "Ethnos" newspaper, he said: "We have disproved the doomsayers. We are now speaking through our work. Doom saying is now ridiculous. [02] Tourism minister presents policies to attract American tourists, investment to U.S. ambassador Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura met with U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Saturday to discuss the increase of tourist arrivals from the U.S. in the past two years, as a result of the ministry's work to boosting the country's presence in the U.S. tourism market. The minister presented the policies and planning being implemented for the further development of tourist relations aimed at attracting an ever-increasing number of visitors. Kountoura and Pyatt also discussed the latest developments in increasing the number of direct flights between the two countries, after the establishment of a direct, daily route linking Athens and New York throughout the year, as well as the investment opportunities offered in Greece in the tourism sector. The ambassador informed Kountoura about the interest of American groups and businesses in investing in Greece and Greek tourism.