Friday, February 25, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines

Further wage cuts and austerity measures demanded under the updated
Memorandum for the loans to Greece and events in Libya were the main front-page items in Athens dailies on Friday.

   
The Friday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance

   

    ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Libya plunged in 'blood bath' by Gaddafi".

   

    AVGHI: "A noose of 50+27 billion euro by 2015".

   

    AVRIANI: "State attempted to 'snatch' country's strongest private bank by extortion".

   

    DIMOKRATIA: "Search for Gaddafi's treasure in Athens".

   

    ELEFTHEROS: "Merkel literally 'shredded' George".

   

    ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "New cuts in public sector to benefits and basic pensions".

   

    ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "A 'No. 4 axe' to wages, pensions, health care. The memorandum's targets for the next three months".

   

    ESTIA: "We are reduced to Euro-beggars".

   

    ETHNOS: "Ten 'commandments' for the 25 billion in 'Memorandum No. 4'".

   

    IMERISSIA: "Threat of a oil depression. Fears of an explosion of inflation in Greece"

   

    KATHIMERINI: "Additional measures of 1.8 billion euro during 2011".

   

    NAFTEMPORIKI: "EU Commission demanding the planning of a new harsh policy"

   

    NIKI: "European Commission doesn't back up 'czar' over 50 billion" (articles claims Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou was forced to admit the failure of the memorandum on Thursday.

   

    LOGOS: "Additional measures to satisfy the 'Troika'".

   

    PARASKEVI+13 (weekly): "Government policy 'torn down'"

   

    RIZOSPASTIS: "Sea of striking masses. All the country with PAME"

   

    TA NEA: "Austerity extended. Memorandum 4 marks continued austerity until 2015 at least".

   

    VRADYNI: "'We failed' but the fault lies with ...Hatzipetris". (reference to Greek saying, which means to seek to lay blame for problems on unspecified others, rather than named individuals.

   
source: ANA-MPA