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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-03-08Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM's meetings with party leaders ahead of eurozone summitPrime minister George Papandreou will hold a series of meetings with opposition party leaders on Tuesday ahead of his departure for Paris and then on to Brussels for Friday's crucial extraordinary summit of the 17-nation eurozone to work out an action plan to prevent future debt crises, and the March 25 EU summit.Papandreou is holding separate meetings with main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras, Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga, Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) leader George Karatzaferis and Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA parliamentary alliance) parliamentary group leader Alexis Tsipras throughout the day, followed by meetings with the non-parliamentary Democratic Alliance and Democratic Left parties' leaders Dora Bakoyannis and Fotis Kouvelis, respectively, in the late afternoon. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [02] Winter arrives in Greece with vengeanceWinter has arrived in Greece with a vengeance, with low temperatures, gale-force winds and snowfall throughout the country on Tuesday, including flurries in central Athens, with central and western Macedonia and the Peloponnese the hardest hit areas, especially on high ground.All ships have been banned from sailing from the ports of Piraeus, Lavrion and Rafina in Attica prefecture due to gale-force winds of up to 10 beaufort velocity in the seas, as well as the ferry crossing to nearby Salamis island from Perama. The sailing ban also affects the areas of Prinos-Kavala, Alexandroupolis-Samothraki, Arkitsa-Aedipsos, and Volos-Sporades Islands. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [03] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesThe Tuesday edition of Athens' dailies at a glanceEconomic issues and reactions to Moody's downgrading of Greece's credit rating were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Tuesday. ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The government in state of full dissolution..." AVRIANI: "The sooner we default, the better for the country". ELEFTHEROS: "What George's (Papandreou) participation (as member) in the Ghaddafi Foundation hides". ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Loophole for retirement 4-7 years earlier". ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "The lenders divided into two camps, Athens insists". ESTIA: "Beneath the circumstances". ETHNOS: "Which professions remain in the 'heavy and hazardous' work category". IMERISSIA: "Suspicious blow from Moody's". NAFTEMPORIKI: "The unexpected downgrading (of Greece's credit rating by Moody's) causes reactions". TA NEA: "Changes/breathers to the social security system". VRADYNI: "Downgrading, with the 'family silver' as the target". Ðïéá èÝìáôá êõñéáñ÷ïýí: ç õðïâÜèìéóç ôçò ðéóôïëçðôéêÞò éêáíüôçôáò ôçò ÅëëÜäáò áðü ôïí äéåèíÞ ïßêï Moody's, ïé áíôéäñÜóåéò ðïõ ðñïêáëåß êáé ïé åðéðôþóåéò êáé ïé áëëáãÝò ðïõ åðÝñ÷ïíôáé óôï áóöáëéóôéêü óýóôçìá. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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