Saturday, May 28, 2011
Athens Newspaper Headlines - Saturday
The failure of Greece's political leaders to reach agreement on the measures for exiting the economic crisis and renewed pressures from the EU and IMF to achieve a consensus dominated headlines in Athens newspapers on Saturday.
ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Fool's gold!...no result from the party leaders' council at the presidential mansion".
AVGHI: "[Prime Minister George] Papandreou's petty political games".
AVRIANI: "Political leaders' meeting more of George's communications bluster".
ELEFTHEROS: "Political leaders the servants of the speculators and those maligning the country."
ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Papandreou run-around with dangerous consequences"
ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Half agreement with ... more to come".
ESTIA: "Indescribable national irresponsibility".
ETHNOS: "One step forward, two steps back".
IMERISSIA: "Fatal and weak - [New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras] torpedoes political leaders' council.
KATHIMERINI: "Council that was beneath the occasion".
LOGOS: "Fiasco...with an official seal"
NAFTEMPORIKI: "Commission: 'Reach agreement, your time is running out'"
NIKI TIS DIMOKRATIAS: "They were beneath the occasion"
PRESS TIME: "Greece has woken up. How about you?"
RIZOSPASTIS: "No to the blackmail trap".
STO KARFI: "Dramatic changes in our lives. Pockets are emptying, squares are filling up".
TA NEA: "George's wager - after the fiasco of yesterday's political leaders' council".
VRADYNI: "The blackmail didn't fly"
ANA-MPA