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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-19Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greece receives remains of soldiers who died in Cyprus invasionDefence Minister Panos Kammenos pledged on Tuesday to honour all Greeks who fought in Cyprus during the Turkish invasion in 1974 and went missing, during a ceremony to receive the rediscovered remains of six soldiers who were returned by Cypriot authorities.The five men of the Greek Force of Cyprus and one commando who fell while defending Cyprus during the invasion and the inter-community clashes of 1963-1965 were until recently considered missing. Their remains were exhumed in the free and occupied sections of Cyprus and identified via DNA testing. "The Greek soldiers show us the path of duty," Kammenos said during the ceremony and apologized to the relatives of the dead soldiers for taking so long to organize the return of the bodies. He also reassured the relatives of all those who participated in the battles that the ministry will open all the files of those missing to honour them properly. The delegation that brought the soldiers' remains to Greece with a C-130 was headed by Alternate Defence Minister Dimitris Vitsas, and accompanied by Chief of Defence, Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, the head of the National Guard, Lieutenant General Georgios Basiakoulis and Deputy Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General Dimitrios Thomaidis. [02] Greece will utilize any funding mechanism available to help the economy, says ministerGreece will make every effort to utilize every funding mechanism available to help the economy, Deputy Minister for NSRF Alexis Charitsis said on Tuesday during a one-day conference which was co-organized by the ministry of economy, the EU's Directorate General DG MOVE and INEA, on the financial mechanism "Connecting Europe / Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)" on issues relating to Greece."The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) contributes to the establishment and development of infrastructure projects in the areas of transport, energy and telecommunications, giving member-states the ability to develop a modernized single web that will facilitate partnerships and entrepreneurship," the minister said and added: "Greece will make every effort to utilize any financing mechanism which can contribute additional resources to the Greek economy." He also noted that these resources can generate extra added value in these sectors through the completion of important projects for Greece, creating the necessary synergies and complementarities with the resources of the NSRF. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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