Saturday, June 11, 2011

Athens Newspaper Headlines - Saturday

The economic measures outlined in the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy programme and the prime minister's appeal to the political parties for consensus mostly dominated the headlines in Saturday's dailies.


   

    ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Sweeping taxes-levies for all".

   

    AVGHI: "Everything to stay in power - Cynical [Prime Minister George Papandreou] in address".

   

    AVRIANI: "Now he's asking for shared guilt".

   

    DIMOKRATIA: "Gaddafi to George: 10 billion dollars for me to go. The ...'peace plan' to facilitate a departure from Libya".

   

    ELEFTHERI ORA: "Citizen's Card obligatory".

   

    ELEFTHEROS: "Performance by George in Parliament - he impersonated Nikos Xanthopoulos" (reference to well-known 60s film actor famous for his work in melodrama)

   

    ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Medium-Term Programme: 40 measures by 2015"

   

    ESTIA: "Unrelenting tax raid"

   

    ETHNOS: "Six Richter social earthquake - The bill for the 'black term' for all Greeks".

   

    IMERISSIA: "The life of Greeks is changing - poorer under the threat of default".

   

    KATHIMERINI: "Reduction of wages, positions in the public sector".

   

    LOGOS: "Appeal for cooperation".

   

    NAFTEMPORIKI: "The 'day after' brings new, hidden payments"

   

    NIKI TIS DIMOKRATIAS: "10,000 fewer entrants in universities/technical colleges".

   

    PRESS TIME: "They are threatening not to vote for it - the rebels of the Memorandum"

   

    RIZOSPASTIS: "Alert to save the people, not capitalism".

   

    STO KARFI: "30 billion here and now - Obama support to Papandreou"

   

    TA NEA: "The price list of the tax raid".

   

    VRADYNI: "Reduction of pensions by up to 30 percent".















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