Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-12-18

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

CONTENTS

[01] Coalition gov't leaders' meeting on Tuesday

[02] Mass transit stoppages, strike on Wednesday and Thursday

[03] The Tuesday edition of Athens' dailies

[01] Coalition gov't leaders' meeting on Tuesday

The leaders' meeting is expected to focus on the next steps for growth, an issue that will possibly be a turning point for an updated programme agreement of the three partners.

The meeting will be held at the Maximos mansion (government headquarters).

[02] Mass transit stoppages, strike on Wednesday and Thursday

The Athens metro, ISAP electric train and tram will not operate on Thursday due to the strike, while on Wednesday they will hold a work stoppage from the beginning of the morning shift to 9:00 a.m.

The Hellenic Railway (OSE) and Proastiakos suburban railway will also come to a standstill on Wednesday and Thursday, due to a 48-hour strike called by their employees.amna

The employees say that several restructurings in urban transport has had a toll of up to 48 percent of their revenues, and in the event that they are fully incorporated into the single salary scale, they will suffer further cuts.

[03] The Tuesday edition of Athens' dailies

The Greek Supreme Court's (Areios Pagos) refusal to issue a temporary suspension on a lower court ruling blocking the collection of an extraordinary property surtax via electricity bills, which the government has challenged, and the freezing of bank foreclosures of primary residences until the end of 2013, mostly dominated the headlines on Tuesday in Athens' newspapers.

AVGHI: "EU 'sees' fragile Greek government".

DIMOKRATIA: "Halt to surtax".

EFIMERIDA TON SYNATAKTON: "The authority triangle".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Freeze on foreclosures of primary residences until the end of 2013".

ETHNOS: "European Commission Task Force head Horst Reichenbach's report sounds bell for tax evasion in Greece".

IMERISSIA: "Businessmen asked for steady rules".

KATHIMERINI: "The four hurdles that scare the EU".

LOGOS: "Areios Pagos froze the surcharge".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Commission foresees new measures if the programme fails".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Energy policy for the people and not for the monopolies".

TA NEA: "Proton Bank's former governor Lavrentis Lavrentiadis' colpo grosso".

VRADYNI: "Manpower Employment Organisation (OAED) and state's largest social security fund (IKA) collapsing due to unemployment and salaries' cutbacks".

6DAYS: "They...put the freeze on Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras".

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