Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines -Tuesday



















 Monday's Cabinet meeting and decisions on the privatisations, new taxes and Prime Minister George Papandreou's meetings on Tuesday with the political leaders, dominated the headlines on Tuesday in Athens' newspapers.



   ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "All for sale immediately: TT-PostBank, Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (OLP), Public Power Corporation (PPC), Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE)".


   AVGHI: "For sale: Call Troika for further information".


   AVRIANI: "Greece for sale".


   ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Papandreou's swan song: Pension of squalor and total sell-off ".


   
   ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "The looting of a nation".


   ETHNOS: "Shock and awe in the Greek people's lives".


   IMERISSIA: "Sweeping privatisations".


   KATHIMERINI: "Harsh decisions at the last minute (refers to speculation of early elections)".


   NAFTEMPORIKI: "Perpetuating tax storm and sell-off of state properties".


   ΤΑ ΝΕΑ: "New measures, same recipe...Taxes, surcharges, cutbacks in salaries and pensions".


   RIZOSPASTIS: "Communist party's 'red line' is Greece and the people's salvation".


   VRADYNI: "Blood and land for the 5th installment".
















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