Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-01-14

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

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[01] Winter sales begin on Tues.

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Winter sales begin on Tues.

KEPKA stresses that retailers are obliged to take back and change goods bought in the sales that are faulty, unless the consumer was aware that the item was offered at a discount because of the specific defect.

It also stresses that shops are obliged to display the prices before and after the sales discount and the percentage of the discount for the items on sale.

Consumers are advised to be wary of shop-front displays advertising discounts because they don't always apply to all the goods on sale. KEPKA additionally advises a visit to shops to scout out prices before the sales begin in order to make sure that the items on sale are really a bargain.

For more information and to report problems or "fake" discounts, consumers can contact KEPKA at the number 2310 233-333 between 9:00 and 14:30 for members and 12:30-14:30 for non-members.

Shop owners are also warned that any promotional activities in the period before the sales are punishable by law, including the advertising of special offers through flyers or letters. They must also ensure that both the old and new prices for the items on sale are clearly displayed and that the discounts advertised are correct. Retailers may incur heavy administrative fines for misleading sale signs, which are paid first and can only be contested afterward.

Caption: ANA-MPA file photo during winter sales in dowtown Athens shops.

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The developments in Zachopoulos affair dominated headlines on Monday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Unbelievable mess - Zachopoulos affair serial continues - Civil war among mass media that accuse each other".

APOGEVMATINI: "Prosecutor opens Evi Tsekou's (the 35year old woman implicated in the Zachopoulos affair) secret records - Crucial week for Zachopoulos affair".

AVRIANI: "Public outrage and disgust over Zachopoulos DVD serial - Everybody knows but nobody dares to tell the truth".

CHORA: "PM demands that light be shed on the Zachopoulos affair".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "Reveal the mailman's name so as to put things in order".

ELEFTHEROS: "The political life in the hands of an extortion gang - DVDs, CDs and tapes turn the country into a madhouse".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Everybody against everyone - Karamanlis visit to India under shadow of Zachopoulos affair - Turmoil, frustration and leaks".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Decadance - Peephole politics - The truth must come into light and responsibilities must be assumed".

ESTIA: "Pathetic comedown of public life - Citizen are deeply dissapointed".

ETHNOS: "In search of the 'golden scissors' (the person who did the montage (editing) of the Zachopoulos DVD - Prime Minister's press office director Yiannis Andrianos to reveal the name of the 'mailman' ".

TA NEA: "PM's office director to the examining magistrate- The vise closes around the government".

VRADYNI: "New state of affairs in Defence Ministry social security funds- Armed forces funds' unification plan".

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