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