Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-20 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] President Pavlopoulos in Istanbul on Monday for BSEC Summit [02] We do not celebrate over the conclusion of a difficult review, says SYRIZA Central Committee sec Rigas [03] KKE leader: There are no measures and offset measures only a package of barbarous measures --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] President Pavlopoulos in Istanbul on Monday for BSEC Summit President of Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos will participate in the Summit for the 25th anniversary of the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) that will be held on Monday in Istanbul following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's invitation. On the sidelines of the Summit Pavlopoulos will meet in private with the Turkish president. During his visit to Istanbul, Pavlopoulos will visit the Ecumenical Patriarchate where he will meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. [02] We do not celebrate over the conclusion of a difficult review, says SYRIZA Central Committee sec Rigas "We in SYRIZA, in contrast to New Democracy's success story, do not and will never celebrate over the conclusion of a difficult review" stated SYRIZA central committee secretary Panos Rigas in an interview with FREESUNDAY newspaper. "We have chosen to stay focused on how we will get the country out of the memoranda and the supervision and in parallel to change the country's productive model and the state's operation" he added. He characterised the government's agreement with the lenders "a balanced fiscal agreement package that paves the way for the country's inclusion in the quantitative easing programme". [03] KKE leader: There are no measures and offset measures only a package of barbarous measures "This harsh package of measures is not only another memorandum but a memorandum to the fourth power because it is added to the former ones and multiplies the burdens on the people" stated Communist Party (KKE) secretary general Dimitris Koutsoumbas in an interview with the newspaper NEA. "Tsipras and SYRIZA are expendable, he will do the dirty job and then he will leave as all the others that tried to manage the crisis of the barbarous system" he said. There are no measures and offset measures, only a package of barbarous measures and it is a mockery to speak of relief when you take two pensions from the pensioners and one salary from the employees, concluded Kotsoumbas.