Sunday, February 13, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines

Athens' Sunday newspapers at a glance
The fall-out from Friday's press conference by
representatives of the EC-ECB-IMF 'troika' following their latest inspection of Greek finances and memorandum-mandated reforms and restructuring mostly dominated the front-page items in Athens' Sunday newspapers.

   

    APOCALYPSES: "Wages, 20-percent discount and tax breaks end: Troika".

   

    AVGHI: "(Snap) Elections now mandatory".

   

    AVRIANI: "Troika exposed government and entire creaking political system".

   

    CHORA: "They're selling-off everything".

   

    ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Party of corruption and kickbacks."

   

    ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Operation OPAP (the state-controlled football and lottery pools): 'Silence the media'."

   

    EPOCHI: "(Troika to government) Sell Maximos Mansion (government house)"

   

    ETHNOS: "Clash with troika (and government) over privatisation programme".

   

    KATHIMERINI: "Troika pressure sparks tensions".

   

    LOGOS: "Privatisations at any cost and adherence to (EC-ECB-IMF) memorandum".

   

    NIKI: "Country being mortgaged in order to pay off debt".

   

    PARON (weekly): "Greece ... up for sale".

   

    PROTO THEMA (weekly): "We paid 50 percent more for new submarines than the Turks (for the same type of subs)".

   

    REALNEWS (weekly): "We found Akis' (Tsohatzopoulos, the former PASOK minister) treasurer".

   

    RIZOSPASTIS: "Abandon PASOK, ND -- Alliance with KKE," is the main headline of the communist party's newspaper.

   

    TO VIMA: "PM against troika; Provocation by EC rep: Sell everything, power company, Helliniko site, beaches".

   

    VRADYNI: "Labour system collapsing".




source: ANA-MPA