Sunday, January 16, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines Sunday

    Political and economic news, speculation over early elections and rumoured prosecution against a former PASOK minister mostly dominated the headlines in Sunday's papers.

   
APOCALYPSES: "Burn Akis (former PASOK minister Tsohatzopoulos) now -- Order by George Papandreou for communications 'sacrifice'."

   

    AVGHI: "Unified front: Interview by (leftist leader) Alexis Tsipras".

   

    AVRIANI: "They're preparing new five-year super memorandum".

   

    CHORA: "Siege situation: Troika urgently coming to Athens for inspections".

   

    ΕLEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Government planning election blackmail".

   

    ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Operation 'handcuffs'."

   

    ELEFTHERI ORA: "Papandreou against priesthood".

   

    EPOCHI: "Fear within PM's office".

   

    ETHNOS: "Opinion poll message - Austerity measures for public utilities, enterprises and labour sector a 'necessary evil."

   

    Free Sunday: "Inklings of social explosion".

   

    KATHIMERINI: "ΕU decides; Greece hopes. Possible comprehensive solution to European debt crisis brings back snap election scenarios".

   

    PARON (weekly): "Catharsis a la carte with Siemens kickbacks with bipartisan agreement."

   

    PROTO THEMA (weekly): "Opinion poll: Strong message -- 73 percent say yes to fence (to keep illegal immigrants out); 80 percent say (government vice-president Theodoros) Pangalos unacceptable".

   

    REAL News (weekly): "They're investigating Akis (Tsohatzopoulos) in US, Cyprus"

   

    RIZOSPASTIS: "Popular disobedience to unpopular policy".

   

    VIMA (weekly): "European rescue plan against bankruptcy in exchange for German plan for fiscal discipline".

   

    VRADYNI: "Public sector: New reductions -- Ministries with the biggest losses".

   


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