Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-10-05

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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

Two new opinion polls, political developments, the international fiscal crisis and the FYROM name issue were the main front-page items in Athens' newspapers on Sunday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "85,000 contract employees to be tenured".

APOGEVMATINI: "Kiss of life for the global economy", referring to US treasury secretary Henry Paulson's 700 million dollar bailout plan for the banking sector that was passed into law on Friday, adding Greek economy and finance minister George Alogoskoufis' assurances that banking deposits in Greece were secure.

AVGHI: "Mini 'crash' for the (social security) Funds - They've lost one-fifth of their assets".

AVRIANI: "Attack against Alogoskoufis by the leaders of the European states" after his "decisive initiative to announce (governmental) guarantee of (the public's) deposits (in banks)".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "Government averts (early general) elections by announcing benefits".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Early elections a game of Russian roulette: PASOK 29.4 percent, ND 29.3 percent (according to recent opinion poll)".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Crisis (in world economy), but not like that of 1929".

ETHNOS: "PM: I will call general elections when I want to".

KATHIMERINI: "The country in the grip of uncertainty, in the midst of international economic crisis".

LOGOS: "Karamanlis messages with many recipients", referring to the premier's address to the conference of the ND youth group ONNED's central committee.

NIKI: "They're grabbing another 6 billion euros from our pockets", in new "tax raid against salary and pension earners" in the draft 2009 budget.

PARON: "Nimetz (UN secretary general's special mediator on the FYROM name issue) preparing 'heavily anti-Greek' proposal, giving everything to Skopje".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Strong KKE (Communist Party of Greece) - Positions for the 18th party Congress".

TO VIMA: "Karamanlis' secret agenda for elections", adding that the prime minister was attempting, with initiatives, to win time until December 22 when the new budget will be voted in parliament, with the plan including a government reshuffle immediately after Christmas, and early general elections in the Spring if, by then, he has succeeded in reversing the political climate.

VRADYNI: "New regime in private sector pensions".

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