Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-02-03

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

CONTENTS

[01] ASE opening: Rise

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines 

[01] ASE opening: Rise

Individual sector indices were mixed, with the biggest gains in Telecoms, up 2.27 percent; and Commerce, up 1.55 percent.

The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 3.73 ppercent; and Food & Beverage, down 1.17 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was up 0.86 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.43 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was up 0.89 percent.

Of the stocks traded, 42 were up, 44 were down, and 23 were unchanged.

Equity prices were rising at the opening of trade on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index up 0.60 percent at 1,674.04 points.

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[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

Economic and tax issues and the search for a comprehensive solution to the EU debt crisis were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Thursday.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Greek households paid 4.5 billion euros for para-Education in 2010".

AVGHI: "Rift between government, university rectors".

AVRIANI: "Quickly, back to the drachma - The euro has burned us, damn it".

ELEFTHEROS: "Five active 'volcanoes' terrify government".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Gray war over migrants' vote".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Explosion of taxes on real estate".

ESTIA: "Common sense has been lost by society".

ETHNOS: "Prosecution for tax dodgers".

IMERISSIA: "Merkel plan 'locked in' - Frenzy of deliberations in eurozone".

KATHIMERINI: "Timid steps in tackling lawlessness".

LOGOS: "Trench war over public transport".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Prosecution for major tax evasion remains".

NIKI: "The target now is the auxiliary pensions".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Nationalistic poison".

TA NEA: "Public sector: 23,000 agencies being merged, in bid to get rid of red tape".

VRADYNI: "Merkel accused of 'cannibalism'."

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