Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-05-30

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CONTENTS

[01] Droutsas in Ukraine

[02] SYN leader bashes gov't

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Droutsas in Ukraine

Droutsas is scheduled to hold a private meeting with Ukraine foreign minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, after which the two ministers will be joined by their delegations and the Greece-Ukraine Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation will be signed.ana-mpa

The Greek foreign minister is also scheduled to meet separately with Ukrainian prime minister Mykola Azarov and parliament president Volodymyr Lytvyn, as well as with representatives of the Greek community in the Ukraine.

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[02] SYN leader bashes gov't

In both his addresses on Saturday and Sunday, Tsipras accused the government of danger-mongering, lying and extorting the people, and charged that prime minister George Papandreou and finance minister George Papaconstantinou were saying different things during the meeting of political party leaders chaired by President Papoulias on Friday and different things afterwards.ana-mpa

On a proposal for setting up a government of technocrats, Tsipras said that it was not enough that the government has turned over the economy to the bankers, it was now preparing to turn over the people's mandate as well.ana-mpa

Tsipras called Papandreou a panic-stricken prime minister who cannot and does not want to straighten his back and negotiate, adding that the same holds true for the "pathetic Mr. Papaconstantinou".

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[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The Troika's (EC, IMF, ECB) pressure for immediate measures in Public Utilities and Organisations (DEKO), and Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou's optimism on disbursement of the fifth tranche of the EU-IMF loan were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Monday

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Greeks withdrew 1.5 billion euros from their bank accounts in one day".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Secret and open flirt".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Government drove the people crazy and they hastened to withdraw 1 billion euros from their bank accounts".

ESTIA: "Prime Minister George Papandreou's contradictions".

ETHNOS: "Troika: Shut down a DEKO now".

IMERISSIA: "Everything will be determined in the next 7 days - Hopes for the 5th installment".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Euro pressure escalates over the disbursement of the fifth installment".

TA NEA: "The great feast of democracy".

VRADYNI: "Social security funds freeze pension applications".

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