Monday, May 30, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines - Monday





















The Troika's (EC, IMF, ECB) pressure for immediate measures in Public Utilities and Organisations (DEKO), and Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou's optimism on disbursement of the fifth tranche of the EU-IMF loan were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Monday.



   ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Greeks withdrew 1.5 billion euros from their bank accounts in one day".


   ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Secret and open flirt".


   ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Government drove the people crazy and they hastened to withdraw 1 billion euros from their bank accounts".


   ESTIA: "Prime Minister George Papandreou's contradictions".


   ETHNOS: "Troika: Shut down a DEKO now".


   IMERISSIA: "Everything will be determined in the next 7 days - Hopes for the 5th installment".


   NAFTEMPORIKI: "Euro pressure escalates over the disbursement of the fifth installment".


   TA NEA: "The great feast of democracy".


   VRADYNI: "Social security funds freeze pension applications".








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