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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-12-23Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Two 4.3R quakes jolt LemnosTwo earthquakes, both measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, were recorded at 3:35 a.m. (01.35 GMT) and 3:40 a.m. on Thursday in a sea region off the NE Aegean island of Lemnos.No damages were reported. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [02] Interior Min. on economic policyANA-MPA/Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis, addressing Parliament on Wednesday during the debate on the 2011 state budget, outlined government policy over the next three years, stressing that the dilemma "submission to the bankrupt postwar growth model, to the bankrupt post-junta state or conflict has been answered by the ruling party finally, without preconditions and clearly."ana-mpaRagoussis made it clear that the government has taken its decisions: it prefers to be the first government that will sacrifice its future, assuming its patriotic duty, so as not to sacrifice the future and the interest of the Greek people. "We shall not be yet another government that, in order not to sacrifice its own future, will sacrifice the future of the country," the minister concluded. More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form [03] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesThe Thursday edition of Athens' dailies at a glanceRatification, by the government majority in Parliament, of the 2011 state budget and decreases in listed state-controlled enterprises' payrolls, as ordered by the finance minister, mostly dominated the headlines on Thursday in Athens' newspapers. ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras in Parliament: Take measures now". AVGHI: "Government in social, political isolation". AVRIANI: "Mr. PM Papandreou, send Nikos Sifounakis (the deputy transports, infrastructures and networks minister) home". ELEFTHEROS: "Papandreou is unbelievable! He doesn't understand that he's the prime minister". ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Two letters set political scene on fire". ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Traps in power utility's new rates". ESTIA: "Society deregulated". ETHNOS: "4,000 the highest salary in public utilities and agencies". IMERISSIA: "Objective property values for 4,458 communities". KATHIMERINI: "Cuts in listed state-run enterprises". LOGOS: "State budget untrustworthy". NAFTEMPORIKI: "Opposition parties against new state budget". RIZOSPASTIS: "State budget a tool for anti-popular exit from crisis". TA NEA: "Government in a minefield". VRADYNI: "Christmas present ... with new cuts in salaries". More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |