Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-02

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Labour Min Katrougalos to meet heads of institutions at 11:00

[02] Farmers escalate their mobilisations; Tempi Valley closed from 10:00-22:00 on Tuesday

[03] Large number of refugees at Greece-Fyrom buffer zone; crossing conducted very slowly

[01] Labour Min Katrougalos to meet heads of institutions at 11:00

Katrougalos in an interview with Star TV late on Monday said that the government's red line is not to reduce pensions.

He also underlined that the impasses in the social security issue "were inherited from the previous governments."

[02] Farmers escalate their mobilisations; Tempi Valley closed from 10:00-22:00 on Tuesday

Moreover, farmers will also interrupt the traffic at Microthebes on the Athens-Thessaloniki motorway from 12:00 to 18:00 on Tuesday.

Farmers throughout Greece escalate their mobilisations that will peak on Thursday, a day that, as they said, "the country will experience unprecedented conditions. Farmers give a 5-day deadline for the setting up of an interparty committee. "All party leaders should clearly state their positions," said the member of the the coordination committee of Malgar blockade Achilleas Kambouris

The farmers escalate their mobilisations against the government reforms in the social security system.

[03] Large number of refugees at Greece-Fyrom buffer zone; crossing conducted very slowly

According to the police, the procedure is very slow as the crossing point on Fyrom's side remains closed for many hours.

700 refugees are currently at the camp waiting to cross the border while another 4,000 are at a nearby gas station waiting to reach the buffer zone.

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