Tsipras tours Macedonia

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Tsipras tours N. Greece

"Initiatives must be taken now for contacts and talks aimed at reaching a solution to a problem that should have been resolved many years ago but unfortunately is still pending," Coalition of the Left, Movements and Ecology (SYN) party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, referring to the FYROM name issue.

On the Bucharest NATO Summit conclusions and the fact that FYROM did not receive an invitation for membership to the alliance, he pointed out that SYN would have been happy if the problem had been resolved, adding, however, that it had never expected that the dispute with the neighboring country could be resolved within the framework of NATO enlargement and the US aspirations in the region. He warned that those aspirations "are very alarming for our national interests and for the wider Balkan region's prospects for security and stability.

The SYN leader visited the Thessaloniki Bar Association and was briefed by president Manolis Lamtsidis on the problems faced by the legal profession and on the lawyers' strike, which is det to continue until April 16, in protest to the social security reform law. Tsipras told reporters that the law will not be implemented because the majority of society is against it. He also stated that SYN will press on with a campaign backing a referendum on the social security reform.

Tsipras visited the facilities of SIDENOR SA steel industry and Nestle Hellas food company, while he is also scheduled to tour the prefectures of Imathia and Pieria. His three-day tour of central Macedonia, northern Greece, will wind up with an address to a gathering of party supporters in Thessaloniki on Sunday noon.

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Tsipras touring Macedonia

Coalition of the Left, Movements and Ecology (Synaspismos) leader Alexis Tsipras, currently on a tour of central Macedonia, referred over the weekend to the doping issue appearing concerning athletes of the Greek national weightlifting team.

The Coalition leader stressed that "most of the people involved in sports had been aware for many years that a doping issue exists, but Greek society was not aware of this."

Tsipras added that what is an even greater shock is the fact that doping does not only exist in high performance sports but, unfortunately, it also exists among children of 12-13 years of age, who are beginning to involve themselves in sports now.

The Coalition leader also visited the town of Langadas, where he inaugurated the party's local offices.

Tsipras will be addressing a party banquet in the city of Kilkis on Saturday night and a rally at the "Ivanofio" indoor stadium at 12 noon on Sunday.

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Tsipras' Tour in Macedonia
06 Apr 2008 18:51:00

By Katerina Ioannidou


Working people and youth’s mobilizations will make harder the government’s life and SYN will work using all its powers to build a social front which will confront the governmental policy, SYN president Alexis Tsipras stressed in his speech in a political rally in "Ivanofeio" sports center in Thessaloniki. Mr. Tsipras expressed severe criticism to the government for its policy in the social reforms.






Tsipras Attacks the Government Severely

SYN president Mr. Alexis Tsipras expressed severe criticism against the government from "Ivanofeio", Thessaloniki where he delivered a speech. Mr. Tsipras said no once more to top agreements with the forces of the two big parties of Greece.

"The Prime Minister is pronouncing a general bargain sale due to collapse. He sales ports, airports, train whatever flies and whatever swims. He is selling OTE two and three times, he is driving Olympic Airways to collapse he is pushing DEH to the embrace of private interests", he said. He stressed that SYN is targeting at creating conditions of change, turn over of concessive two parties’ existence. "We do not want to take into advantage the citizens’ worries in order to possess power, to obtain political seats and parliamentary positions. We are not interested in top agreements with the forces of the two big parties of Greece. But we are interested in and we fight to get on with people who may have voted in favor of PASOK or New Democracy who they now see a new hope to be given birth by the left side of the political life of this country" he stressed. SYN president called on the government to make clear to the Greek people if it has offered exchanges for the veto it imposed in FYROM’s invitation to enter NATO, if it has stepped back in issues of national dominance in the basis of Sudan, if it has accepted to send more army in borders and if it has made commendatory statements regarding the US anti missile shield.

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in the basis of Sudan

Re Sofaki, for fuck's sake.. go brush up on your geography.. this is damn stupid !!!