From: than...@athena.mit.edu (Thanos Tsekouras)
Subject: Athens News Agency Bulletin.  June 10, 1993  [excerpts]
Date: 11 Jun 1993 16:25:08 GMT

	Athens, 10/6/1993 (ANA)  The Hellenic Aerospace Industry (EAB)
has signed a new contract with NATO concerning the repair of T-F33 air
motors for AWACS aircraft covering the period between 1993-1996.  The
contract's value amounts to eight million dollars which Greece's
industrial returns from its participation in the "AWACS" programme are
expected to fully utilise.  The contract was signed following a relevant
NATO tender and constituted a continuation of the programme implemented
in 1982.  With the signing of the contract, EAB is rendered in essence
the exclusive repairs agency for these materials in NATO.

	Athens, 10/6/1993 (ANA)  Council of Europe officials meeting in
the coastal resort of Porto Carras yesterday decided to amend its Social
Development Fund's charter to permit the funding of programmes in
eastern and central European countries.  The amendment is the first
change in the fund's charter since it was drawn up in 1956.  Catherine
Lalumiere, secretary general of the Council of Europe, said the
amendment would allow central and eastern European nations to become
members of the fund and thus benefit from its funding programmes.  "It
will also give a practical solution to the numerous and huge problems
threatening stability in these regions and at the same time endangering
peace and security in western Europe", she said.
	Bulgaria will be the first country to become a member of the
fund, following the change in its charter.  The EC officials also agreed
to create a new "Emergency Fund" to provide disaster aid and emergency
relief.  Chairman of the fund Paul Dyfour described the meeting as a
milestone and also congratulated Foreign Undersecretary Virginia
Tsouderou on Greece's initiatives in the Balkans, saying that Greece set
the example for other countries.  "If Greece makes such efforts,
shouldn't other countries with stronger economies follow?" she said.

	Athens, 10/6/1993 (ANA)  The double mobile European Community
exhibition on "Protection of European Architectural Heritage" and the
"Award of Modern Architecture 92 - Mies Van Der Rohe Pavilion" will take
place in Thessaloniki at the National Bank of Greece's Cultural Centre
of Northern Greece from today until June 21.  According to an
announcement by the European Commission's Office in Athens, the
exhibition is organised by the Thessaloniki Aristotelian University's
faculty of architecture with the cooperation of the Thessaloniki
municipality and the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace.  Thessaloniki is
the third stop of the photographic and audio-visual exhibition after
Menton (France) and Milan (Italy).  The exhibition will then move on to
Malbork (Portugal), Ostend (Belgium), Limerick (Ireland) and London.
	Forty-four pilot-plans were selected in 1992 concerning the
protection of European architectural heritage in the European Community
and in three countries of central and eastern Europe.  A total of three
million ECUs was provided for these programmes.  The section of the
exhibition concerning modern architecture includes 30 plans of European
architects short-listed for the final phase of the Mies Van Rohe
foundation's award in Barcelona in November 1992.

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