Saturday, February 5, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines

    The Saturday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance

    The results of the European Council on Friday, a new civil service wage scale and plans to reduce private-sector pay were the main front-page items in Athens' newspapers on Saturday.

    ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "All the changes to the wage scale for civil servants".

    AVGHI: "Agreement a bomb in the EU's foundations". (story on European Council
decisions)

    AVRIANI: "Pensions at 67 for everyone".

   

    DEMOKRATIA: "New 'bomb' for migrants' vote"

   

    ELEFTHEROS: "Annual German 'poll tax' of 7,000 euro for each Greek".

   

    ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "15 percent haircut to pay in private sector".

   

    ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "What am I paying, what am I paying. The map of the contractors' paradise built by governments". (runs story on no-pay movement and notes that roads cost 12 times more in Greece than Spain, which has a similar geography).

   

    ESTIA: "Where the Merkel proposals lead".

   

    ETHNOS: "Winners and losers from the new wage scale".

   

    IMERISSIA: "A big step for the EU - a deep breath for Greece".

   

    KATHIMERINI: "New support package for Greece - the strict terms set by the EU".

   

    LOGOS: "Clash between [Health Minister Andreas Loverdos] and IKA doctors peaks".

   

    NAFTEMPORIKI: "First European step toward a common economic policy".

   

    NIKI: "You can forget pay cuts in the private sector - GSEE message to three recipients: troika, government and employers".

   

    RIZOSPASTIS: "Cheapening of labourers and business in energy". [on EU Council decisions]

   

    STO KARFI: "Immigration issue a 'volcano'".

   

    TA NEA: "Merkel - This is how I will save you"

   

    VRADYNI: "Toll [no-pay] movement to be made penal offence".


source: ana-mpa