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Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 97-04-28

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


Last Update: 18:41 GMT+2

SECTIONS

  • [A] GREECE
  • [B] BALKANS
  • [C] EUROPE
  • [D] WORLD

  • NEWS HEADLINES

    [A] GREECE

  • [01] GREECE'S MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN ALBANIA
  • [02] HIGH DEATH TOLL IN TRAFIC ACCIDENTS DURING EASTER HOLIDAY
  • [B] BALKANS

  • [03] DAUGHTER OF MURDERED GREEK-CYPRIOT TASOS ISAAK BAPTIZED TODAY
  • [04] ALBANIA'S SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN TOMORROW
  • [05] TURKEY: TANSU CILLER REMAINS IN GOVERNMENT
  • [C] EUROPE

  • [06] EU-TURKEY ASSOCATION COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN LUXEMBURG TOMORROW
  • [D] WORLD

  • [07] RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON CYPRUS TO BE TABLED TO SECURITY COUNCIL TOMORROW

  • NEWS IN DETAIL

    [A] GREECE

    [01] GREECE'S MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN ALBANIA

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Tirana, April 28 (MPA)

    Greece's Minister of National Defense Akis Tsochatzopoulos is currently in Tirana where he travelled in order to spend the Easter holiday with the Greek troops.

    Aside from spending time with the two military camps where the Greek battallion participating in the multinational peacekeeping force is stationed, Mr. Tsochatzopoulos will also meet with the leaders of the international force.

    Also, Greece's Undersecretary of National Defense Dimitris Apostolakis will travel to Bosnia this evening where he will meet with the Greek troops stationed there.

    [02] HIGH DEATH TOLL IN TRAFIC ACCIDENTS DURING EASTER HOLIDAY

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Athens, April 28 (MPA)

    Thirty-three people were killed and another 224 were injured in 248 traffic accidents since Thursday, when a high number of Greeks fled the cities for the suburbs in order to celebrate the Easter holiday.

    The highway patrol has drawn extensive preventive measures in order to safeguard the return of travellers which was expected to peak this afternoon.

    [B] BALKANS

    [03] DAUGHTER OF MURDERED GREEK-CYPRIOT TASOS ISAAK BAPTIZED TODAY

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Nicosia, April 28 (MPA)

    The daughter of murdered Greek-Cypriot Tasos Isaak was baptized today at her father's city, Paralimni in Cyprus.

    The baby's godparents is the Greek state, which was represented by Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos.

    Present at the ceremony was also the President of Cyprus Glafkos Clerides. The baby whose name is "Anastasia", named after her father Anastasios (Tasos), was born one month after her dad was killed. Aside from the familial relation, the name also siginifies something even greater as it means "Resurrection".

    [04] ALBANIA'S SCHOOLS TO RE-OPEN TOMORROW

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Tirana, April 28 (MPA)

    Albanian students are to return to their classrooms tomorrow as the Albanian Ministry of Education has decided that the situation is calm enough for schools to re-operate.

    Certain schools, especially in the region near Tirana, will also be guarded by policemen. Schools in the regions of Gjirocaster and Durres have been operating since last week.

    [05] TURKEY: TANSU CILLER REMAINS IN GOVERNMENT

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Ankara, April 28 (MPA)

    The vice-president of the Turkish government coalition and Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller is to remain in her post, as she stated today after her meeting with Prime Minister Necmettin Erbacan.

    Two deputies from Ms. Ciller's True Path party resigned within the past two days, expressing their disagreement with Mr. Erbakan's government.

    During Saturday's National Security Council, Mr. Erbakan submitted to the military chiefs' pressures and vowed to proceed to measures that will protect the country's secular state.

    [C] EUROPE

    [06] EU-TURKEY ASSOCATION COUNCIL TO BE HELD IN LUXEMBURG TOMORROW

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Athens, April 28 (MPA)

    The European Union-Turkey Association Council is to be held tomorrow in Luxemburg where the common position adopted by the "15" will be discussed.

    While Greece does not object to the commn position, it does insist that Turkey respect the terms it has set, that is, Ankara must uphold international rules and accords and must not threaten war.

    The European Union's common position for the EU-Turkey Association Council states that the further strengthening of relations between the Community and Turkey depends on a number of factors.

    Specifically, the EU's common position states that one of these factors is "the improvement of relations between an EU member-state and Turkey through the settlement of issues between them in acordance with international law, including means such as the International Court of Justice, as well as through good neighborly relations and the rejection of the threat of use of force in accordance with the UN Charter."

    Moreover, the common position states that Turkey must improve its human rights record, bringing its standards to internationally-accepted levels.

    Regarding Cyprus, the EU refers to its Council's decision to start accession negotiations with Cyprus six months after the Intergovernmental Conference. According to the statement, the Council is said to attach the highest importance to the efforts to bring the leaders of the island's two communities in direct talks.

    "It (the EU) is convinced that a solution to the Cyprus problem on this basis is urgently needed to remove the cause of lasting tension in Cyprus and the region," the statement reads, adding that "lack of progress would be to the detriment of Turkey, the EU and EU-Turkish relations."

    Meanwhile, Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos is to meet with his Turkish counterpart Tansu Ciller in Istanbul on April 30, the day after the Association Council.

    Mr. Pangalos has stated that Greece's firm position is that Ankara must withdraw any threat of war and abandon its claims in the Aegean Sea, for which it can resort to the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

    [D] WORLD

    [07] RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON CYPRUS TO BE TABLED TO SECURITY COUNCIL TOMORROW

    Web Posted: 18:41 GMT+2

    Thessaloniki, april 28 (MPA)

    A Russian proposal on resolving the Cyprus issue is to be tabled during tomorrow's meeting of the United Nations' Security Council, accoring to Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides.

    Mr. Clerides characterized this move by Russia as a positive one, but he declined to make any further comment.

    Meanwhile, aside from tomorrow SC meeting, representatives of the UN Chief Kofi Annan are currently meeting in New York and are looking into the Cyprus issue.


    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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