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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-04-14
CONTENTS
[01] Former PM Papandreou submits note to investigating committee probing
'Lagarde list' case
[02] UN envoy Nimetz delivers new proposal on fYRoM name issue
[03] Four Greek courts rule against law allowing gradual civil service
layoffs
[01] Former PM Papandreou submits note to investigating committee probing
'Lagarde list' case
AMNA - Former prime minister George Papandreou submitted a note to
the investigating committee probing the case of the "Lagarde list",
whose sessions began on Tuesday evening.
According to reports, Papandreou's note is composed of a few pages and
the spirit of its content revolves around the standing order, that he
says he had given to all his associates, in the direction of cracking
down on tax evasion.
The reports also said that the former prime minister mentions in his
note that he was "never briefed, nor did I request to be notified on the
content or on any other issue regarding the list", while at another point
he says: "I remind that I personally was recently a victim of the rumours
developed publicly, as well as of the uncontrolled scenario talk and
conspiracy talk that prevailed in relation to the so-called Lagarde list,
when, with surpise and anger, I faced the conscious in my view attempt
by some to involve my mother Margaret Papandreou in the case, for obvious
political expediencies. Justice will soon have a say in this case".
[02] UN envoy Nimetz delivers new proposal on fYRoM name issue
NEW YORK (ANA-MPA/P. Panagiotou) - The UN Secretary General's personal
envoy Matthew Nimetz announced on Tuesday, following his joint meeting at
the international organisation's headquarters with the representatives
of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), that
he delivered a new proposal to the two sides on the issue of the name.
As Nimetz said, his proposal will be examined by the governments of the
two countries and he is expected, after the Orthodox Easter, to either
visit the region or new meetings to be held in New York.
[03] Four Greek courts rule against law allowing gradual civil service
layoffs
ANA-MPA -- The layoff of civil servants through a stage-by-stage process
violates the Greek Constitution and the European Social Charter, four
courts in Greece decided recently.
Courts on Chios island, in Rethymno on Crete, Xanthi in the north and
Messolonghi in Western Greece issued seven rulings on Law 4092/2012,
according to which the number of public sector employees could be reduced
gradually by placing them on reduced pay over a period of time before
finally laying them off.
The measure calling for a 25 pct reduction in wages, the courts said,
infringes upon constitution articles that protect human dignity and the
right to work on livable wages and that prevent a bias against weaker
sectors of the population. The European Social Charter guarantees social
and economic human rights and requires signatories, of which Greece
is one, to submit annual reports on its implementation to the Council
of Europe.
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