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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-01-07
CONTENTS
[01] Greek government works hard for positive outcome on Cyprus,
gov't sources
[02] We will not accept IMF's unreasonable demands, Labour Min Achtsioglou
says
[01] Greek government works hard for positive outcome on Cyprus,
gov't sources
The government and more particularly the Greek Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras are working hard to achieve a positive outcome on the Cyprus
issue, according to government sources on Saturday.
"The Greek government and the prime minister are working hard and will
continue to do so ahead of the Geneva conference in order to achieve
a positive outcome in the negotiations on the Cyprus issue. The Greek
government is ready to respond positively and to be represented at the
highest level in Geneva, if so decided by the Turkish side," the same
sources said.
[02] We will not accept IMF's unreasonable demands, Labour Min Achtsioglou
says
Labour Minister Effi Achtsioglou on Saturday in an interview with
Real News newspaper sent a clear message that the government will not
accept unreasonable demands from the IMF on labour relations outside
the European regularity, such as legislating austerity measures for
the period after the completion of the programme in 2018.
She underlined that she will insist on keeping the threshold for mass
layoffs stable while she left open the way that the IMF will participate
in the Greek programme.
The Greek Labour Minister also said that it is impossible to meet the
0.5 percent primary surplus in 2016 and estimated that the automatic
contingent mechanism will not be activated.
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