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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-04-25
CONTENTS
[01] PM: ND led country to over-borrowing
[02] Samaras: PASOK drove Greece to IMF
[03] FinMin: Rescue package in May
[04] 15k in 'Athens Fun Run'
[01] PM: ND led country to over-borrowing
(ANA-MPA) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Saturday
promised that his government will "make every effort so that people not
responsible for the economic (ANA-MPA) crisis won't pay", speaking to
supporters on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, a day after announcing
Athens' request for activation of a euro-area-IMF economic support
mechanism.
[02] Samaras: PASOK drove Greece to IMF
(ANA-MPA) -- With accusations against ruling PASOK for lying and
deliberately driving the country into the arms of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis
Samaras on Sunday said the ruling party was "fully responsible for what
happened and what will happen from now on". He was speaking in
Kalamata, southern Greece during an ND conference on health. (ANA-MPA)
"We handed over to PASOK a deficit crisis and PASOK is now handing
Greece over to the IMF with a borrowing crisis," he said, noting that
PASOK had not been forced into this course of action as it claimed but
had chosen it and made it unavoidable through its actions.
(ANA-MPA)
[03] FinMin: Rescue package in May
WASHINGTON (ANA-MPA / A. Ellis) -- Negotiations on the framework of a
rescue package for Greece are likely to be concluded by early May,
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said here on Sunday. He
was speaking during a press conference held at the headquarters of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) after his meeting with IMF Managing
Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Papaconstantinou stressed that the framework will be a three-year
programme for the stabilisation of the Greek economy based on the
strictest terms, which will be implemented. (ANA-MPA)
Caption: Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou speaks during a
press conference at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington,
DC, on 25 April 2010. ANA-MPA/EPA/CHARLIE ARCHAMBAULT
[04] 15k in 'Athens Fun Run'
(ANA-MPA) -- Roughly 15,000 Athenians of all ages took part in the 27th
Athens Fun Run that was held in the city on Sunday, as part of the
Athens City Games 2010. (ANA-MPA)
A classic sporting event organised by the City of Athens and the City
of Athens Youth and Sport Organisation (ONA), the race has two routes:
(ANA-MPA) the 8-kilometre route for the general public starting at the
Panathenian Stadium and a shorter 3.5-kilometre route for the disabled
beginning at Syntagma Square. (ANA-MPA)
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