Friday, March 18, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines

The nuclear threat in Japan and economic issues were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies   

    ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The crisis also raised the price of the 'envelopes' (go fast 'gifts' to employees at public services, hospitals)".

   

    AVGHI: "Deficit out of control, skyrockets to 10.3 percent in 2010 against initial target of 8.1 percent".

   

    AVRIANI: "The myth of the Japanese miracle collapses".

   

    DIMOKRATIA: "New harsh taxes".

   

    ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Corruption reigning in hospitals, Tax Bureau offices".

   

    ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Electronic vise for those who owe to the state".

   

    ESTIA: "Incompetent collectors (of state revenues)".

   

    ETHNOS: "Voluntary exodus (early retirement) for 75,000 civil servants".

   

    IMERISSIA: "First package (of state property privatisations) with DEPA, lottery and Athens International Airport".

   

    KATHIMERINI: "Nuclear terror over Tokyo".

   

    LOGOS: "The first targets of the denationalisations".

   

    NAFTEMPORIKI: "Exploitation of state properties via banks".

   

    RIZOSPASTIS: "The people must reverse the Memorandum of the monopolies".

   

    TA NEA: "School mergers - The changes for the teachers".

   

    VRADYNI: "Debts, business shut-downs and unemployment hit red".