Thursday, February 10, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines

The Thursday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance

Economic issues and the repercussions of austerity on the market were the main front-page items
in Athens' dailies on Thursday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Huge sums being spent, in midst of deep economic crisis, to maintain an entire 'army' of former and current 'fathers of the nation'."

AVGHI: "Papandreou blackmailing for consensus, toying with (early general) elections".



AVRIANI: "The age at which you may retire".



DIMOKRATIA: "Government fears uprising on February 23, the day of the general nationwide labor strike and rallies".



ELEFTHEROS: "Papandreou made the 'Death of a Salesman' a reality".



ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "They're setting up (early general) elections (in the spring of 2011) to conceal the New Memorandum".



ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Scissoring of 980 tax exemptions".



ESTIA: "The current Constitution is outdated".



ETHNOS: "Passport for retirement with 11,000 euros".



IMERISSIA: "Athens Stock Exchange 'sees' new record highs - Foreign investors consider solution of debt a given fact".



KATHIMERINI: "Papandreou seeking consensus for 'New Memorandum' up to 2015".



LOGOS: "Loverdos charges 'parliament of the guilds' after opposition attack over the controversial health bill".



NAFTEMPORIKI: "19 billion euros being sought in 'battle of the deficit'."



NIKI: "320,000 jobs in jeopardy".



RIZOSPASTIS: "The people should default on payments - KKE leader Aleka Papariga's press conference on recent special EU summit".



TA NEA: "End to cash in transactions (of over 3,000 euros)".



VRADYNI: "The marking sending out SOS".


source: AMA-MPA