Macedonian Press Agency: News in English, 05-01-20

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

CONTENTS

[01] e-SUICIDE!

[02] THE MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER DRAFT LAW WAS PASSED BY THE PARLIAMENT

[03] LEPEN WILL BE IN ATHENS ON SATURDAY

[04] THE PROTEST MOBILIZATIONS OF THE FARMERS

[05] GAINS IN THE ASE

[06] ANTONAROS: THE PROTESTS OF THE FEW SHOULD NOT BEDEVIL THE MANY

[07] UNPRECEDENTED INTERNET-ASSISTED SUICIDE

[01] e-SUICIDE!

A 19-yearold committed suicide following the directions an individual gave him through the Internet.

According to radio reports, the suicide victim, who had requested assistance via the Internet to proceed with his suicide, received directions on the way to commit suicide by a man from the city of Chania in the island of Crete, southern Aegean, who is already in the hands of the police.

For the record, this is the first Internet assisted suicide in Greece.

[02] THE MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER DRAFT LAW WAS PASSED BY THE PARLIAMENT

The procedure for the approval of the majority shareholder draft law continues in Parliament with a debate by article. The draft law was passed in principle yesterday with the votes of the Parliament deputies of governing party of New Democracy.

Speaking in Parliament, Minister of State Thodoris Rousopoulos stated that the government expects the applause of the society and not of the main opposition party of PASOK, while he characterized the proposals presented by the leader of the main opposition party as pointless and certain of them unconstitutional requesting his presence in Parliament.

PASOK's Parliament deputy Dimitris Reppas stated that New Democracy is engaged in a witch-hunt.

[03] LEPEN WILL BE IN ATHENS ON SATURDAY

France's "National Front" President Jean Marie LePen will be in Athens on Saturday, January 22.

Mr. LePen will be in Athens to attend the press conference at Esperia Hotel on Saturday morning organized by the "Greek Front" against Turkey's membership in the European Union.

[04] THE PROTEST MOBILIZATIONS OF THE FARMERS

The farmers from the prefecture of Pella in northern Greece will line up their tractors and farm machinery along the Thessaloniki-Edessa national motorway at the Paralimni junction, as it was made known after a meeting of the region's farmers this afternoon.

The cotton growers of the region of Thessaloniki are expected to decide on the moves tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the cotton growers from the region of Livadia stopped traffic on the old Athens-Lamia national motorway for 10 minutes in a symbolic move, while tomorrow they will hold meetings to decide on their protest mobilizations.

[05] GAINS IN THE ASE

Gains were recorded in the Athens Stock Exchange today. The general index rose to +0.43% at 2891.60 points, while the volume of transactions was at 194,6 million euros.

Of the stocks trading today, 116 had gains and 176 had losses, while the value of 129 stocks remained unchanged.

[06] ANTONAROS: THE PROTESTS OF THE FEW SHOULD NOT BEDEVIL THE MANY

Acting government spokesman Evangelos Antonaros issued an appeal to the farmers to adhere to the principle that the protests of the few should not bedevil the many.

On the demands of the farmers and their mobilizations, Mr. Antonaros stated that any comment is premature as dialogue is in progress between representatives of the farmers and the leadership of the Ministry of Agricultural Development.

[07] UNPRECEDENTED INTERNET-ASSISTED SUICIDE

Athens police cleared an unprecedented suicide case of a 17-year-old who committed an Internet-assisted suicide. The young man committed suicide by using pesticide following the directions a 24-year-old gave him from the city of Chania in the island of Crete, southern Greece, through the Internet. The 24-year-old was arrested and told police that he thought that the whole talk about committing a suicide was a joke.

According to police, the 17-year-old using a woman's name had contacted a number of individuals through the Internet and asked for information on ways to commit suicide. However, he did not mention that he was the one who wanted to kill himself and maintained that he made the questions within the framework of a research he was doing.

According to information, the 17-year-old committed suicide because he had two unfortunate love affairs within a short period of time and as a result he had collapsed psychologically.

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