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

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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 planned hikes in Public Power Corporation (PPC) electricity rates, taxes and the economy were the main front-page items in Athens' newspapers on Friday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Electric shock from Public Power Corporation (PPC) - 13.7 percent increase in rates for lower and medium income households!".

APOGEVMATINI: "They built legally (with licences), but risk facing fines - Insecurity for thousands of residents of residential communities".

AVGHI: "Electrified rates".

AVRIANI: "New package of harsh measures intimated at by Strauss-Kahn (IMF managing director) after the revision of the deficit..."

ELEFTHERI ORA: "According to new Turkish map, Thrace, Eastern Macedonia, the islands of Samos, Rhodes and Crete, and Cyprus belong to...the neighbors".

ELEFTHEROS: "A prime minister who does not know what's going on, and plays the part of fireman when he is permanently the fire-starter".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Strauss-Kahn belies Papandreou (prime minister) - Mr. INF leaves open the prospect of new measures".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "It was run over by the train -- Hellenic Rail Organisation (OSE) being shrunk, itineraries and jobs being abolished".

ESTIA: "Taxes increasing, (state) revenues declining - Petrol (state revenues from VAT and fuel taxes) saved the 2010 Budget".

ETHNOS: " 'Burning' rate increases from PPC for millions of consumers".

IMERISSIA: "Flexible settlement for overdue debts".

KATHIMERINI: "Clear message from Troika for new measures - Strauss-Kahn: Greece is on the right path".

LOGOS: "'Burning' increases in PPC rates - GENOP-DEH (PPC employees' union): More increases to come".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Facilitation for settlement of overdue debts".

NIKI: "PPC rates 'on fire' once again".

RIZOSPASTIS: "PASOK-ND must lose (in November's local government elections), and the KKE (Communist Party of Greece) backed candidates must be backed".

TA NEA: "Public sector: 25 years of work (by the end of 2010) the 'key' to retirement with a pension not greatly affected by the new social security provisions".

TO VIMA: "50,000 civil servants 'lost in the...transfers' - Kallikratis local government reform plan, mergers and abolition of services".

VRADYNI: "Electric shock from new, harsh measures - Burning increases in PPC rates, and looting of 'those who don't have'."

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