From: tzarros@ccs.carleton.ca (Theodore Zarros) Subject: News (in ENGLISH)- Sat, 31 Dec 1994 (Greek Press Office BBS, Ottawa). ---------------------------------------------- (Apo to Ellnviko Grafeio Tupou kai Plnroforiwv, Ottaba, Kavadas E-Mail Address: grnewsca@sympatico.ca) Romaios: Parliament to approve Spata contract in February, investment, major projects set to take off in 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------- Athens, 31/12/1994 (ANA): Deputy National Economy Minister George Romaios said yesterday the contract for the construction of the new international airport at Spata will be tabled in parliament for ratification early next year. "The contract will be tabled in February for parliamentary approval," Mr. Romaios said. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) government last week picked the German Hochtief group to build the new multi-billion dollar airport at Spata, east of Athens. Hochtief was chosen over the French Aeroports de Paris group after presenting a revised bid curbing the cost of construction by 50 million ECU. The German group had been awarded construction of the project by the previous government, but the socialist party annulled the deal immediately after coming to power in October 1993. The agreement was branded "disadvantageous for the Greek state" and both international consortiums were called to present new offers. Mr. Romaios said the grounds of the existing airport at Hellenikon will be converted to a "Metropolitan park" following completion of the Spata airport in 1999. He said the state deal with Hochtief would be tabled for parliamentary ratification together with the contracts for the construction of the Rion-Antirion Bridge and the Metro subway in the northern port city of Thessaloniki. Mr. Romaios said 1995 will be the year of large projects and investment initiatives, in both the public and the private sector. In the public sector, he added, and on the basis of Delors Package II Community programmes, it is certain that total credits of one trillion drachmas will be absorbed, which means that three billion drachmas can be invested. Within February, work on 25 segments of the Egnatia highway in northern Greece, and of the Athens to Thessaloniki highway will have begun. Their total budget will exceed 350 billion. Construction in a further number of important projects is expected to begin or gather speed in the New Year. These include the four road axes linking Albania and Bulgaria with the Egnatia highway, after ratification of the INTERREG 2 programme, the Greco-Russian natural gas project, expected to have the first gas flowing by the end of 1995, the Burgas to Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, the provision of natural gas to Albania through Greece, and the transfer of electricity from Russia to Italy, by means of the cable connection financed through INTERREG 2. Concerning private investment, he said that the application of the new development law has opened the way for many important investment plans. Private investment subsidies will amount to 100 billion drachmas, and this means that total investment will exceed 400 billion, compared to 87 in 1994. Papathemelis: cocaine haul 'major success for Greek police' ----------------------------------------------------------- Athens, 31/12/1994 (ANA): Public Order Minister Stelios Papathemelis yesterday said the cocaine discovered in Piraeus Thursday was a "major success" for Greece in the war against drug trafficking. Mr. Papathemelis clarified that the discovery was made by the Greek authorities on their own, adding that, although the police does exchange information with other services, that had not happened in this case. Customs officials yesterday continued to search the shipment of rice, which has so far yielded 100 kgs of cocaine. Arsenis: Greece aims to co-operate with neighbouring nations ----------------------------------------------------------- Athens, 31/12/1994 (ANA): Greece's co-operation with neighbouring countries is the aim of the nation's foreign, economic and defence policies, National Defence Minister Gerasimos Arsenis told a press conference in Volos yesterday. Mr. Arsenis said that Greece, being the most economically developed and stable country in the region, could become a centre for developing economic, political and cultural initiatives. Referring to smaller countries in the region, Mr. Arsenis said a precondition for Greece's co-operation with them was respect for democratic institutions and human rights to facilitate the development of the friendly and positive environment which would make borders bridges of communication between peoples and not walls separating them. Mr. Arsenis stressed the danger from the east, which he said existed, but questioned Turkey's so-called numerical superiority over Greece, saying that implementation of its armaments' programmes could be affected by its economic crisis. Kaklamanis New Year message stresses Greek role on international stage ---------------------------------------------------------------- Athens, 31/12/1994 (ANA): In a New Year's message, Parliament President Apostolos Kaklamanis said Greece's international role was emerging daily, despite "orchestrated abuses". One of these blows, he said, was the French EU Presidency's plan to shelve Greek as one of the official languages "which must be answered accordingly". Mr. Kaklamanis said the outgoing year had been "difficult not only for Greece but also for most peoples on earth." He added, however, that 1994 was not a lost year since the economy's development course constituted a basic and viable prospect. A similar message by the General Confederation of Workers of Greece (GSEE) said a review of trade union action in 1994 was positive. "Many fronts remain open and the budget for 1995 leaves no margin for a further improvement of economic and social conditions for working people," it said. GSEE classifies unemployment as the greatest problem in 1995, stressing its determination to strive for a dignified standard of living, a developmental economic policy, democratic rights, peace and security in the region. National Bank says economy on the mend, inflation to drop to 7 per cent next year ----------------------------------------------------------------- Athens, 31/12/1994 (ANA): The National Bank of Greece said it had noted strong signs of economic recovery in its Economic and Statistics Bulletin for December, released yesterday, saying that inflation was expected to drop to seven per cent next year. The report covers the July-November 1994 period and shows a slow but stable improvement in certain crucial macroeconomic indicators. According to the bank's assessments, the economy is expected to grow by about one per cent in 1994, lower than the European Union's average of 2.5 per cent. However, the important factor is that it will be positive in 1994 while in 1993 it was negative (-0.50). Inflation is ultimately expected to reach about 11 per cent after falling to 10.6 per cent in November, from 11.1 per cent in October and 11.9 per cent in September. The inflation rate is more than three times higher than the EU average of 3.1 per cent but it is an improvement on 1993 when the annual inflation rate had reached 12.1 per cent. Referring to the monetary sector, the bulletin said the successful tackling of the exchange crisis in May contributed to the restoration of confidence among investors and as a result the country's foreign exchange reserves total 15.3 billion dollars. The macroeconomic environment will be further boosted by the EU's approval of the Greek economy's convergence programme, the government's intention to promote the privatisation programme and the important role Greece is already playing in the transformation process of many Balkan, central and eastern European countries. The state budget was carried out satisfactorily in 1994. The lag in revenues (an increase of 17.7 per cent compared to the initial forecast of 21.9 per cent) is expected to be contained at 210 billion drachmas. In the expenditures sector, 105 billion drachmas will be saved in the regular budget and 200 billion drachmas in the investment budget, resulting in a first-stage surplus amounting to 460 billion drachmas. The tourist industry was another sector allowing for optimism. Tourist arrivals in 1994 are expected to increase 10 per cent compared to 1993. Exchange revenues increased 10.9 per cent during the January-August period compared to the corresponding period in 1993. The bulletin said that during the July-November 1994 period the Athens Stock Exchange entered a phase of accumulating and maintaining shares with fluctuations in their prices due to uncertainty caused by the postponement of the partial privatisation of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE) and developments in the Greek economy which by and large can be considered positive. [3]::::::::::: From: Cosmos News Subject: Cosmos Nea - Eidhseis (Dec. 31) * Prosfora tou mh kerdoskopikoy organismoy Meswn Enhmerwshs G.A.E.P.I.S.* * cosmos@panix.com - Tel 718 728-1500, P.O. BOX 828 Suffern, NY 10901 * 111 999999 9999999 555555555555 1111 999 999 999 999 555555555555 111111 999 999 999 999 555 55 111 111 999 999 999 999 555 111 999 999 999 999 555555555 111 999 999 999 999 555555555555 111 99999999999 999999999999 5555 111 999 999 555 111 999 999 555 111 999 999 555 111 999 999 5555 111 99 999 99 999 5555 111111111111 99999999 99999999 555555555 * Shmantikh politikh parembash me "gennaies tomes kai sygkekrimenes qesmikes metaboles" kanei me to Prwtoxroniatiko mhnyma toy, o Prwqypoyrgos, Andreas Papandreoy, me stoxo thn enothta toy eqnoys, th leitoyrgia toy politeymatos kai tis prooptikes ths xwras. O Prwqypoyrgos ejhggeile mia eniaia desmh metrwn poy perilambanei tessera shmeia: Prwton, thn chfish enos neoy kai sygxronoy nomoy peri eyqynhs ypoyrgwn poy qa timwrei toys apodedeigmena enoxoys. Deyteron, th chfish enos neoy kai sygxronoy nomoy gia ta oikonomika twn kommatwn. Triton, thn kinhsh diadikasias aneqewrhshs toy Syntagmatos meta thn eklogh Proedroy kai tetarton, thn anastolh ths diwjhs ekeinwn twn politikwn proswpwn poy exoyn parapemfqei sto Eidiko Dikasthrio. * O Prwqypoyrgos tonizei sto Prwtoxroniatiko mhnhma toy pws "bazontas shmera nees qesmikes baseis, mporoyme na trabhjoyme th grammh poy qa afhnei pisw toy to parelqon" kai katalhgei ypogrammizontas pws einai h wra twn megalwn istorikwn eykairiwn poy den prepei na xaqoyn mesa stis memcimoiries kai tis agones sygkroyseis. * H qesh moy einai ametakinhth kai epiqymw thn dikastikh ekkaqarish twn ypoqesewn gia thn AGET kai tis ypoklopes, dhlwse o prwhn Prwqypoyrgos, Kwnstantinos Mhtsotakhs, kai ejefrase thn xara toy gia to gegonos oti h N.D. kai o Proedros ths, Miltiadhs Ebert, exoyn thn idia qesh me thn dikh toy. * O Proedros ths Politikhs Anoijhs, se dhlwsh toy anaferei oti to komma toy qa agwnisqei gia ena neo dhmokratiko Syntagma kai gia neoys kanones sthn politikh mas zwh, poy qa ejasfalizoyn Diafaneia kai Ajiokratia kai qa aktinoboloyn Synepeia, Eqnikh aytopepoiqhsh kai Koinwnikh eyaisqhsia. Epishs, o k. Samaras prosqetei pws h Anoijh qa antistaqei se kaqe apopeira isoskelismoy, eyqynwn kybernhshs kai ajiwmatikhs antipoliteyshs kai allhloaposbeshs proswpikwn xrewn poy qigoyn thn ajiopistia ths politeias kai katarrakwnoyn qesmoys kai ajies. * Einai kairos na syneidhtopoihsoyme oloi ta sfalmata mas kai na epanektimhsoyme me realismo kai ypeyqynothta tis nees dieqneis sygkyries, tonizei - metajy allwn - sto mhnyma toy me thn eykairia toy Neoy Etoys - o Proedros ths Dhmokratias, Kwnstantinos Karamanlhs. O k. Karamanlhs zhta synainetikes diadikasies gia na xaraxqei eniaia grammh sta eqnika qemata kai thn oikonomia. * Akomh o Proedros ths Dhmokratias epishmainei oti gia na yparjei asfaleia kai proodos se mia xwra xreiazetai kratos sobaro kai ypeyqyno me staqeroys eqnikoys prosanatolismoys kai me ygieis kai makrobioys dhmokratikoys qesmoys me prwtarxiko to Syntagma. * Ejalloy, sto Prwtoxroniatiko mhnyma toy o Proedros ths Neas Dhmokratias, Miltiadhs Ebert, epishmainei oti einai anagkh na dwsoyme oloi mazi jana sthn patrida mas pnoh, elpida, dynamh kai dhmioyrgia mesa sth nea pagkosmia epoxh, poy gennietai. As ginei to 1995 h arxh gia na paroyn oi elpides, ta oneira kai ta oramata twn Ellhnwn sarka kai osta, tonizei - metajy allwn - sto mhnyma toy me thn eykairia toy Neoy Etoys o Proedros ths Politikhs Anoijhs, Antwnhs Samaras. Sto Prwtoxroniatiko mhnyma ths h Kentrikh Epitroph toy KKE tonizei oti oi ergazomenoi exoyn anagkh apo th staqerh, syneph politikh sthrijh twn agwnwn toys mesa kai ejw apo th Boylh. Telos, se analogo mhnyma toy, o Synaspismos yposthrizei oti sto neo xrono, poy erxetai apaitoyntai baqies tomes kai rizikes anatropes sto klima apostashs logwn kai ergwn, poy epikratei shmera. * To PASOK einai o monos politikos foreas poy mporei na apodwsei sthn Ellada to rolo toy katalytikoy paragonta stis dieqneis ejelijeis twn Balkaniwn kai na thn katasthsei kyrio prwtagwnisth ths eirhnhs, ths anaptyjhs kai ths synergasias twn lawn ths perioxhs, tonise se synestiash ths N.E. Magnhsias o ypoyrgos Eqnikhs Amynas kai melos toy E.G. toy Kinhmatos, Gerasimos D. Arsenhs. O k. ypoyrgos epeshmane oti h ajiopoihsh twn eykairiwn poy prosferontai en'ocei toy 21oy aiwna qa prepei na katagrafei san mia nea epoxh gia thn xwra "h xrysh dekaetia toy '90 kata thn opoia h Ellada adraje tis istorikes eykairies kai proxwrhse exontas epikefalhs thn kybernhsh toy PASOK, poy ejefraze ta oramata, tis elpides kai tis prosdokies toy ellhnikoy laoy". * Politikes ejelijeis alla oxi kat' anagkh kai ekloges mesa sto 1995 problepei o antiproedros ths ND Iwannhs Barbitsiwths. Se dhlwseis toy shmera to meshmeri sto aerodromio ``Makedonia`` ths Qessalonikhs, opoy eftase apo thn Aqhna prokeimenoy sth synexeia na episkefqei me elikoptero akritika fylakia ths Makedonias, o prwhn ypoyrgos Amynas ypogrammise oti h tyxon anastolh ths parapomphs stelexwn toy kommatos toy qa einai ena plhgma enantion ths ajiopistias toy politikoy kosmoy h opoia dokimazetai. * O Proedros ths Dhmokratias, Kwnstantinos Karamanlhs, me thn eykairia ths Prwtoxronias apallasei oloys toys ajiwmatikoys ypajiwmatikoys kai oplites twn enoplwn dynamewn kai twn Swmatwn Asfaleias kai toys maqhtes twn sxolwn toys apo thn ektish toy ypoloipoy twn peiqarxikwn poinwn. * Kata th shmerinh klhrwsh toy Kratikoy Laxeioy Koinwnikhs Antilhchs, poy pragmatopoieitai sth Dieyqynsh Kratikwn Laxeiwn, o megalos ariqmos ths fetinhs xronias poy klhrwse o yfypoyrgos Oikonomikwn, Dhmhtrhs Gewrgakopoylos, o opoios kerdizei ta 600.000.000 drx. einai o 33111 ths 10hs seiras. Oi ariqmoi 33114 kai 33108 kerdizoyn apo 100.000.000 drx. , dhladh o tridymos laxnos kerdizei synolika 800.000.000 draxmes. - Kerdh Genikhs Klhrwshs. Apo 50.000.000 drx. kerdizoyn oi ariqmoi 71800 ths 85hs seiras, 92039 ths 15hs, 49229 ths 27hs, 95064 ths 61hs, kai 56919 ths 40hs, enw oloi oi idioi me toys parapanw ariqmoys, anejarthtoy seiras, kerdizoyn apo 500.000 draxmes. 37.500.000 draxmes kerdizei o ariqmos 55900 ths 60hs kai oloi oi idioi ariqmoi apo 400.000 draxmes. Epishs apo 20.000.000 draxmes kerdizoyn oi parakatw oktw ariqmoi: 287 ths 73hs seiras, 47592 ths 56hs, 7776 ths 73hs, 1776 ths 19hs, 51172 ths 7hs, 70662 ths 83hs, 35262 ths 79hs, 65522 ths 49hs, enw oloi oi idioi ariqmoi, anejarthtws seiras, kerdizoyn apo 200.000 draxmes. Epishs oi 86 idioi ariqmoi me ton "xryso" 33111,anejarthtws seiras, kerdizoyn apo 5.000.000 draxmes, enw oi 172 alloi ariqmoi poy einai oi idioi me toys ariqmoys 33114 kai 33108 kerdizoyn apo 1.000.000 draxmes. Epishs apo 2.000 draxmes kerdizoyn ola ta laxeia (anejarthtws seiras) poy oi ariqmoi toys exoyn ta dyo teleytaia chfia, omoia me ta teleytaia twn triwn prwtwn ariqmwn. Kata thn eidikh klhrwsh toy Kratikoy Laxeioy o ariqmos 26504 se oles tis seires kerdizei to poso twn 10.000.000 draxmwn. To poso twn 3.000.000 draxmwn, kerdizei o ariqmos 3276 se oles tis seires. Apo 1.000.000 draxmes kerdizoyn oi ariqmoi: 8565, 83535 kai 85752 se oles tis seires. Apo 500.000 draxmes kerdizoyn oi ariqmoi: 58439, 73771, 47864 kai 46231 (se oles tis seires). Telos apo 300.000 draxmes kerdizoyn oi ariqmoi: 34266, 66167, 18049, 7929, 48166, 66836, 67711, 60570, 69907, 81433 kai 7510 (se oles tis seires). * Apo th Diakommatikh Epitroph Qrhskeymatwn kai Orqodojias ths Boylhs twn Ellhnwn, ejedoqh h parakatw anakoinwsh: " Ahqhs energeia kai pantws energeia poy qigei to qrhskeytiko aisqhma twn Orqodojwn, ejedhlwqh xqes sthn Ieroysalhm, otan me entolh ths dhmotikhs arxhs ths polews, epixeirhqhke katalhch perioxhs idiokthsias toy Patriarxeioy, opoy prokeitai na anagerqei Xristianikos Naos kai sxoleio. H katalhch epetraph thn teleytaia stigmh, apo orqodojoys klhrikoys, oi opoioi eidopoihqentes espeysan kai ejediwjan ta Israhlina synergeia poy eixan epidoqei sto ergo ths katapathsews toy oikopedoy toy Patriarxeioy. H Diakommatikh Epitroph Qrhskeymatwn kai Orqodojias ths Boylhs twn Ellhnwn diamartyretai gia th nea proklhsh twn Israhlinwn dhmotikwn arxwn ths Ieroysalhm eis baros toy Patriarxeioy kai kalei thn Israhlinh Kybernhsh na parembei amesws, wste na teqei terma kai s'aythn alla kai se alles paromoies proklhseis oi opoies oxi mono dhlhthriazoyn tis sxeseis Ellados - Israhl, alla kai ejageiroyn thn syneidhsh twn Orqodojwn. * Sta ixnh twn egkefalwn kai twn synergatwn toy poy organwsan thn metafora peripoy 106 kilwn kokainhs sth xwra mas briskontai oi limenikes arxes. Den apokleietai malista sta epomena 24wra na ekdoqoyn kai entalmata syllhchs, enw apo to Kentriko Limenarxeio Peiraiws, exoyn ejetasqei perissotera apo 20 atoma. * Oi ereynes synexizontai pros pasa kateyqynsh kai me apolyth mystikothta, opws dhlwse o Kentrikos Limenarxhs Peiraiws, Alejandros Koromatzos, poy proistatai twn ereynwn, se synergasia me thn Eisaggelea Peiraiws, Aikaterinh Stoyraitoy. Oi ereynes dieyrinontai kai sto ejwteriko, kaqws symfwna me ta prwta stoixeia, sthn ypoqesh empleketai kai o Italos, Fransesko Bitali, o opoios eixe sxeseis me thn Albanikh etairia toy Xelmal Ampazei gia logariasmo ths opoias egine h metafora toy fortioy me to ryzi. Symfwna me dhmosiografikes plhrofories, andres ths diwjhs narkwtikwn kai laqremporioy toy Limenikoy, briskontai hdh sthn Italia, opoy synergazontai me tis ekei diwktikes arxes. * Alloi treis neoi anqrwpoi, dyo sthn Aqhna kai enas sto Bolo, breqhkan nekroi apo th xrhsh narkwtikwn, anebazontas to synoliko ariqmo twn qymatwn mesa sto 1994 sta 147. Nekros metaferqhke sto nosokomeio "Swthria", mish wra meta ta mesanyxta, o 35xronos Baggelhs Papoytshs, enw pente lepta argotera, breqhke nekros se dwmatio jenodoxeioy sthn Kalliqea, o 32xronos Dhmhtrhs Lamproy. Tis prwtes prwines wres, breqhke mesa sto anacykthrio, poy diathroyse sto Bolo, nekros me karfwmenh syrigga sto xeri, o 36xronos, Xaralampos Ntafos. * Dwdeka atoma synelhfqhsan ta jhmerwmata giati epaizan zaria se paranomh mparmpoytiera sth Lewforo Basilisshs Sofias. Sthn katoxh toys breqhkan kai katasxeqhkan 611.000 draxmes, enw kata thn diarkeia toy astynomikoy elegxoy dyo atoma prospaqhsan na diafygoyn phdwntas sto keno apo ton eswteriko fwtagwgo, ycoys deka metrwn. Kai oi dyo traymatisqhkan kai metaferqhkan sto Laiko Noaokomeio froyroymenoi. EJWTERIKES EIDHSEIS ------------------- * Rwsika qwrakismena oxhmata sygkroyontai ayth thn wra me tsetsenoys maxhtes mprosta apo to prwhn Proedriko Megaro, sto kentro toy Gkrozni. Terastia fwtia poy prokalei "synnefa" mayroy kapnoy , einai sto metajy orath se megalh apostash pros thn pleyra toy prwhn Proedrikoy Megaroy. 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Sth synenteyjh , o NATO-ikos ajiwmatoyxos epishmainei thn "eleyqerh ptwsh" twn dynamewn , alla kai twn meswn ths Symmaxias. Dierwtatai , epishs, an me tis yparxoyses dynameis kai mesa, o idios mporei na ferei se peras thn apostolh toy, opws prosdiorizetai apo tis politikes hgesies twn kratwn-melwn. Proteinei , telos , mikroteres men se ariqmo dynameis alla anwterh apo th shmerinh dynamh pyros toy NATO.Thn endexomenh apoxwrhsh kyanokranwn apo thn prwhn Gioygkoslabia, o strathgos xarakthrizei ws "th dyskoloterh" kai th "synqetoterh" stratiwtikh epixeirhsh . Ypenqymizei oti 35 krath exoyn steilei kyanokranoys sthn prwhn Gioygkoslabia.