Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-14

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The Union for the Mediterranean inaugural summit in Paris, which was attended by prime minister Costas Karamanlis, the indictment returned on the 2006 acquisition of the Athens-listed electronics retail chain Germanos S.A. by mobile phone operator Cosmote (subsidiary of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization-OTE), and the Siemens scandal dominated the front pages of Athens' newspapers on Monday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "New working positions (in private sector) for 22,079 unemployed women" under subsidized employment program planned and being materialised by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, budgeted at 133,000 euros for each of the 130 SMEs and large companies participating in the 'Affirmative Action for Women' program.

APOGEVMATINI: "Vindication for graduates of colleges collaborating with European universities (KES, liberal studies centers) - The expectations for regulation of their professional rights becoming reality".

AVRIANI: "PASOK to table charges against judges and prosecutors - It's terrorizing Justice in order to block indictments".

CHORA: "TETRA scandal: Athens was at the mercy of terrorists in 2004 (Athens Olympic Games) thanks to Simitis (then PASOK prime minister)", adding that a confidential document from the minutes of a meeting of all agencies involved had noted that the installation of the TETRA subsystem of the C4I Olympic Games 2004 security system could not be completed before the Games, which resulted in "radio silence" among the Greek Police, Fire Department and all the security corps, and noting that "this unbelievable situation was faced by ND (the ensuing government of New Democracy which took over the helm of the country just five months before the 2004 Games) officials who took over the task of completing the Olympic Games security system".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "The people believe that both the two mainstream parties (ruling New Democracy and main opposition PASOK) have received kickbacks, and consequently catharsis will not take place".

ELEFTHEROS: "Pangalos (high-profile PASOK MP and former minister) 'uncovers' the KKE (Communist Party of Greece) - Perissos (KKE headquarters) played a part in Cosmote's acquisition of the Germanos company", adding that the acquisition issue was taking on new dimensions, with all indications showing that the KKE will become embroiled in the war raging between the government and PASOK.

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Social taxes for 'those who have' - Alogoskoufis (economy and finance minister) intimates, in interview with ET, at package of package of tax measures on the horizon based on capital".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Hostage of the 'Germans' (Siemens and Germanos affairs) - Government paralyzed, without plan, simply watches on".

ESTIA: "The global economic crisis - Rapid growth in China and India the cause", adding that while the Greek mass media were dealing almost exclusively with the Siemens kickbacks, illegal financing of political parties and ministers' trips -- which it said were naturally also serious matters -- the major issue occupying the rest of the planet was the global economic crisis, which comes first.

ETHNOS: "Mass exodus of teachers into retirement - The appointments program for the coming school year thrown into turmoil".

TA NEA: "Charges against Vourloumis (OTE president and CEO) Panayiotis Vourloumis on 2nd felony as well - They kept it secret for a year", adding that the second indictment concerns "overpriced technical support contracts" signed by OTE in 2005 with Siemens and other companies.

VRADYNI: "Initiatives for exodus from the crisis - Four moves by Karamanlis for reversal of the (political) climate".

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