Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-04-02

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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 Greek economy, public-sector pay cuts, support for banks, pension reform, OSE and faulty German submarines sold to Greece dominated the headlines on Friday in Athens' newspapers.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The submarines that list send PASOK officials to trial - [Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos] to terminate 2000 and 2002 contracts".

APOGEVMATINI: "Calvary for wage earners - 'Give back the benefits you received after January 1, 2010,' the finance ministry tells civil servants".

AVGHI: "Oh, my sweet spread!" [refers to the continuing high interest-rate spreads charged on Greek government bonds, paraphrasing well-known line 'Oh, my sweet spring!' in the Orthodox Good Friday hymn.

AVRIANI: "Sell off real estate and bonds to find the money because if you overspend you won't get a penny from the state budget - ultimatum from [Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou] to social insurance funds, hospitals and state organisations".

ELEFTHEROS: "Two former PASOK ministers to face the public prosecutor over the German submarines that list".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Shock salary cuts for 900,000 public-sector employees. The 'bill' for the measures has arrived with a circular ordering cuts in pay and benefits".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "The losses for public-sector workers - Cuts of 1,858 million euros by the end of April".

ESTIA: "The difficulties demand national uplift".

ETHNOS: "Who loses out from the changes in pensions - six reversals in the insurance status of the public sector".

KATHIMERINI: "Public sector seeking partners, starting with the [Greek Railways Organisation (OSE)] ".

LOGOS: "[Bond-rate] spreads an extended thriller - Cost of borrowing skyrockets".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Calvary of anti-popular measures amid escalating antagonisms".

STO KARFI: "New Democracy trailing 18 points behind! Dora has taken to arms - Opinion polls as gallows."

TA NEA: "The good, the average and the....failed - marks from [Government Deputy Premier Theodoros Pangalos] for the ministers".

TO VIMA: "15-billion-euro 'kiss of life' for banks - the guarantee package for borrowing from the ECB activated".

VRADYNI: "Submarine...scandals - Venizelos to demand information from Germany about Ferrostaal".

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