Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 13-09-05

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CONTENTS

[01] PM Samaras meets with production sector reps from northern Greece

[02] Macedonia-Thrace Minister on Samaras-Northern Greece production reps talks

[03] KKE leader to PM: Greece should stay out of Syria war

[04] Opposition attacks gov't over Syria, in parliamentary session

[05] Gennimata called on him to "clarify whether (he is) advocating the exit of Greece from NATO."

[06] DM Avramopoulos holds meeting with Russian Federation ambassador

[07] Top-level defence officials hold meetings in Athens, Russia

[08] FinMin on defence industry issue

[09] FinMin: No possibility of tax reductions right now

[10] Troika technical team visits Health Ministry

[11] Health sector vacancies to be filled in 15-18 days, Health minister says

[12] Administrative Reform Minister Mitsotakis attends first session of anti-corruption committee

[13] Admin. Reform Minister meets with municipal staff union

[14] Samaras cuts number of ND's secretariats

[15] PASOK leader Venizelos's closing speech at ISTAME event

[16] Former PM Papandreou addresses ISTAME symposium

[17] PASOK must become 'lever of change', former PM Simitis says

[18] KKE on electoral law

[19] Country's lawyers to strike September 17-18

[20] Son of former Cyprus minister to be extradited to Greece

[21] Greek GDP shrinks by 4.6 pct in Q2

[22] Greek state pays 4.3 bln euros of overdue debt to private sector

[23] Greece gains five places in list of Global Competitiveness Report

[24] DESFA sale to SOCAR to be completed in about six months

[25] Foreign tourist arrivals at AIA record considerable increase

[26] Tourist arrivals on Rhodes 12.94 pct up in August

[27] US embassy official on illegal trade in Greece

[28] Food agency checking Japanese food imports

[29] Trade chamber issues call for meetings with Taiwanese delegation

[30] METKA completes energy power station project in Turkey

[31] Teletypos says share capital increase plan covered by 80.227 pct

[32] Greek stocks end flat on Wednesday

[33] Greek bond market closing report

[34] ADEX closing report

[35] Foreign Exchange rates - Thursday

[36] Woman killed by train in northern Greece

[37] Eastern Aegean outpost of Strongyli designated an archaeological site

[38] Dozens of foreigners arrested at port of Patra in past days

[39] Police confirm fraudulent scheme targeting farmers on Crete

[40] Fair on Thursday

[41] The Wednesday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance Politics

[01] PM Samaras meets with production sector reps from northern Greece

Ministers Yannis Stournaras, Costis Hatzidakis and Yiannis Vroutsis also participated in the meeting.

The production sector representatives outlined for the prime minister issues of their concern, with the primary issue being that of liquidity. Specifically, they raised the issue of guaranteed bank cheques to enable them to secure temporary liquidity for their businesses.

They also asked for an arrangement for past debts to the tax authority, while the PM agreed to a request of theirs that a police station be moved from Aristotelous Square.

[02] Macedonia-Thrace Minister on Samaras-Northern Greece production reps talks

"The prime minister listened very carefully to the thoughts and views of the production agencies of Northern Greece, he listened to their concerns and provided solutions wherever possible. The discussion was sincere, productive and mainly constructive, since the business chambers constitute informal advisers of the government and participate actively in both the national effort for the restarting of the Greek economy and the implementation of those policies that will bring Northern Greece back to a growth orbit and greatly help Macedonia and Thrace to obtain what they are entitled to," Karaoglou said, who participated in the meeting.

The minister added that "the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry, being a nucleus of government presence in Macedonia and Thrace, stands continuously by the side of all chambers that are active in the region of its responsibility and with realism, directness as well as responsibility is struggling to make Northern Greece a headquarters of growth, innovation and creativity".

He stressed that "the challenges that lie ahead of us are many and complex," however "continuing the hard work we shall have achieved the desired results soon".

[03] KKE leader to PM: Greece should stay out of Syria war

Koutsoumbas called the use of chemical weapons in Syria a provocation by powers other than Assad's regime and said that USA and its allies invocation of that excuse is a "fib".

KKE leader called on the Greek people to be alert and support the struggle against the government's and EU's antisocial measures, to put up a fight against the war, demanding that Greece not get involved and not offer whatever facilitation to the US, EU and NATO military forces.

[04] Opposition attacks gov't over Syria, in parliamentary session

Rapporteur for main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), Thodoris Dritsas, accused the Foreign and Defence Ministries of "joining the side of the willing in the military attack under preparation against Syria, without informing Parliament or the Greek people."

"I don't understand SYRIZA," Alternate Defence Minister Fofi Gennimata countered, "Two years ago they requested an intervention in Syria to deal with the regime and now they take the exact opposite stance."

The government, she said, "has a stable position - and this is the political solution to what is happening today, the tragedy in Syria. Our country has condemned the odious crime of chemical weapons, as the global community has also done. We are following all developments and the National Defence Ministry, which has made announcements, will brief the relevant parliamentary committee."

Speaking on behalf of SYRIZA, MP Christos Karagiannidis noted that his party had supported initiatives to defend democratic rights of the Syrian people, not a military invasion. He also called on Gennimata to "support her stance in Parliament with facts" instead of using "slander". The deputy also said he had estimated that Greece was paying to NATO annually 40 million euros, an amount that equalled the annual revenues the state is estimated to have from selling the state lottery. "In essence," he claimed, "we are privatising the state lottery to pay for NATO."

[05] Gennimata called on him to "clarify whether (he is) advocating the exit of Greece from NATO."

Adding to the criticism, Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avghi) deputy Dimitris Koukoutsis reiterated his party's stance about an "American-Zionist attack".

[06] DM Avramopoulos holds meeting with Russian Federation ambassador

Avramopoulos and the ambassador discussed issues of mutual interest pertaining to the duties of the Defence ministry, as well as issues concerning Greek-Russian relations, in light of the visit to Greece by Russian Federation Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in the first week of December.

Special reference was made to the issue of Syria.

[07] Top-level defence officials hold meetings in Athens, Russia

The purpose of the Qatari delegation visit to Greece is to settle details concerning the upcoming arrival of Qatar Military Collage students to Greek army training centres for the third consecutive year.

The Ministry also said that Hellenic Air Force Chief of Staff (HAFGS), Lieutenant General Evangelos Tournas, was on a visit to Moscow from August 31 until September 3 as the formal guest of the organising committee of the "Spasskaya Tower International Military Tattoo 2013", held under the auspices of the Russian president.

In the context of his visit, Tournas met with Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Lieutenant-General Viktor Bondarev, who gave him a guided tour of the International Aviation and Space Salon - MAKS 2013 and watched a demonstration of MiG-35, Su-35 and T-50 aircraft.

In a meeting with defence export company Rosoboronexport director general Anatoly Isaykin, the Greek Air Force Chief discussed issues of mutual interest, focusing on the S-300 weapons system.

He also visited the Greek National Tourism Organization (EOT) pavilion set up in Moscow's Red Square to promote Greek tourism.

[08] FinMin on defence industry issue

[09] FinMin: No possibility of tax reductions right now

"I am worried and will not relax, because we must keep the deadlines and follow the programme" Stournaras said.

Stournaras underlined that the country is on a good course and the figures prove it, adding however that the seven months of good returns in 2013 are not twelve months.

He noted that the debt's sustainability depends on the debts of the past, from the primary surpluses and the GDP rate change and expressed his estimation that in the midst of next year it will begin to de-escalate.

Particularly on the heating oil, the Finance Minister said that he plans to change the criteria for the heating benefits.

Concluding, Stournaras ruled out the possibility of new taxes being imposed.

[10] Troika technical team visits Health Ministry

The team was briefed on all issues including the reserve labour and new medication regulations - which will be announced in the next few days - and changes in the National Health Organisation (EOPYY), in order to make it more functional.

According to Health Ministry sources, the troika's technical team found progress on all issues.

[11] Health sector vacancies to be filled in 15-18 days, Health minister says

The three-member board of the Administrative Reform Ministry on Wednesday approved the relevant draft plan of the Health Ministry.

Georgiadis was once again firm that no lay-offs will be made of employees in the health sector, as there are some 100 vacancies in excess of the positions which must be filled compared to the staff placed under the suspension scheme.

The minister estimated that a saving of 32 million euros will be achieved annually as a result of the so-called mobility scheme in the health sector.

"Mobility has two objectives: The proper management of human resources and the reform of the health system", Georgiadis said, adding that the specific scheme "is not required by the troika [of Greece's international creditors] or the memorandum [i.e. rescue loan agreement], but because we do need it."

[12] Administrative Reform Minister Mitsotakis attends first session of anti-corruption committee

In the committee meeting, chaired by national coordinator against corruption, former Supreme Court prosecutor, Ioannis Tentes, the minister stressed that the prime cause of corruption, namely, the complex and numerous public administration procedures, should be eradicated.

Mitsotakis underlined that unnecessary signatures or licenses and complex procedures could foster corruption, noting that efforts focus on the simplification of procedures.

He noted that many administrative procedures have been simplified in the past decade and additional interventions continue to be made toward this end.

[13] Admin. Reform Minister meets with municipal staff union

On their part, the POE-OTA personnel trade unionists highlighted the serious problems faced by the sector and their concern for likely layoffs.

The union was represented in the meeting by its president and general secretary, Themis Balassopoulos and Yiannis Tsounis respectively, school guards by Manolis Hatzakis and the Municipal Police Union by its president and alternate president Apostolos Kossivas and Thanassis Tatsis respectively.

Balassopoulos said afterward that the "mobility scheme" for the municipal police is being suspended, based on the briefing made by the minister who said that the 12,500 civil servants affected by "mobility" will be evaluated when all organizations report their vacancies that need to be filled.

Union general secretary Tsounis told ANA-MPA that obviously, there is no "mobility scheme" issue but only a "redundancy issue" affecting everybody. "Based on the evaluation criteria and the ministerial decisions on the positions that will be available - when and if the procedures in question are completed - some (employees) will be transferred and the rest will be fired".

Municipal Police Union president Kossivas said that pressures will be exerted for the issuance of a joint ministerial decision (KYA) on the positions that will be available to the 3,456 municipal police affected by the "mobility scheme".

School guards' representative Hatzakis appeared pessimistic referring to the fate if his colleagues saying that "in 8 months we'll all be fired".

[14] Samaras cuts number of ND's secretariats

By the same decision, new heads of the eight party departments were announced.

[15] PASOK leader Venizelos's closing speech at ISTAME event

Venizelos delineated the relationship between PASOK and the liberal New Democracy party, and strongly criticized the main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA), suggesting essentially that there cannot be any contact and discussion with a party whose leadership based its existence on slander, undermining the annulment of PASOK's historical path.

Venizelos underlined the most painful aspect of the crisis for the PASOK party was its clash with a large part of its own social and electoral base.

He emphasized that "the forthcoming European elections are - on a pan-European level - the time, momentum and opportunity to showcase the comprehensive alternative by European Socialists and Democrats for a different Europe, a different role of the European Parliament, and a different President of the European Commission."

[16] Former PM Papandreou addresses ISTAME symposium

"We resisted all pressures in the most nightmarish conditions," Papandreou said referring to his tenure in office as prime minister from October 2009 to November 2011, "self-confident that we achieved all that nobody outside Greece could expect from us."

The former premier also defended his options and his government's achievements in 2009-11, strongly criticising at the same time the New Democracy (ND) party.

"The PASOK that Greece and Greeks need cannot but have a leading role in the country's effort toward progress and change... and in the formation of coalition governments for political stability having however a clearly progressive direction," Papandreou further noted.

"No blank cheques. PASOK should unite all progressive forces of the country against right-wing and left-wing conservatism... Our goal is progressive reforms with a humane face," he added.

"We ought not to follow any right-wing or left-wing conservatism," Papandreou underlined while he declared himself "still present" to serve his principles.

[17] PASOK must become 'lever of change', former PM Simitis says

"There are many general progressive groups which wish to cooperate...a new start is needed now in which everyone can participate and there shall be no first, second, third class tickets. Free discussion is needed... with open procedures...a phase is needed like in 1974 without leaders, hierarchies and waiting lists," he noted.

Simitis further said that a broad cooperation with relaxed rules should be attempted in the beginning, gradually becoming more explicit.

"I am not interested in overflowing egoisms of permanently disagreeing petty leaders," he stressed.

[18] KKE on electoral law

The government plans, the KKE added, "aim at weakening the people's will which can be expressed in the form of a condemnation of policies which - on central and local government level - contribute to the management of the system crisis to the detriment of the people regardless of whether it is promoted (the crisis management) by the political parties in the government or the main opposition party".

According to KKE, such policies entrap the people in a new bipolarism in politics.

[19] Country's lawyers to strike September 17-18

At the meeting an assessment was made regarding the new Lawyers Code that will be tabled for discussion and ratification, as well as issues in connection with the situation prevailing in justice.

On the question of the new code, a relative announcement by the Coordinating Committee stressed it wanted the reinstitution of the rights of salaried colleagues to minimum fees and of the way salary withholdings were calculated.

[20] Son of former Cyprus minister to be extradited to Greece

The Regional Court of Nicosia decided the extradition to Greece of Michalis Michailides - son of former Interior Minister Dinos Michailides, who is under extradition process over charges related to the money laundering and armaments kickback trial of former Defence Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos in Athens.

Both father and son have a European arrest warrant issued on them. Dinos Michailides' extradition was appealed at the regional court but upheld by the Supreme Court, and will be extradited shortly.

In his son's case, his lawyers are considering whether to follow the same path and file appeal with the regional court. Both are accused of moneylaundering from September 10, 1997 to July 20, 2001.

Financial News

[21] Greek GDP shrinks by 4.6 pct in Q2

The Greek economy shrank by 4.6 pct in the second quarter of 2013, compared with the corresponding period last year, Eurostat said in its revised estimate on Wednesday.

The EU executive's statistics arm, in a report released here, said that the eurozone economy remained in recession in the second quarter of 2013 (-0.5 pct), while the EU economy recorded a zero GDP change in the same period.

On a quarterly basis, Eurozone's GDP rose 0.3 pct while in the EU the GDP rose by 0.4 pct. There were no quarterly figures for Greece and another four member-states.

[22] Greek state pays 4.3 bln euros of overdue debt to private sector

Speaking to reporters, Staikouras said that the government's aim was to repay a total of 8.0 billion euros of its overdue debt to the private sector by the end of the year. He said that overdue debt payments totalled 566 million euros in August; public sector agencies have received 71 pct of the budget, he added.

The minister noted that the repayment process of overdue debt to the private sector was under way, while at the same time the government was working towards harmonising funding with final payments to avoid the creation of a new generation of overdue debts and to boost liquidity in the real economy, a prerequisite for the recovery of the economy.

[23] Greece gains five places in list of Global Competitiveness Report

Greece's rating was 3.93, based on a scale from 1-7, reflecting its performance in 12 indexes: institutions, infrastructure, macro-economic environment, health and education, higher education and vocational training, efficiency in product markets, efficiency in labor market, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business expertize and innovation.

Greece moved higher in the international listing in the sectors of health and education (35th place), infrastructure (38th), technological readiness (39th), higher education and vocational training (41st) and market size (47th). It ranked below average in the sectors of business expertize (83rd) and innovation (87th), institutions (103rd) and product market efficiency (108th), while it ranked low in the sectors of macro-economic environment (147th), financial market development (138th) and labor market efficiency (127th).

Access to funding (22 pct), bureaucracy (21.2 pct), tax arrangements (14.5 pct), lack of policy stability (12 pct), tax rates (9.8 pct), corruption (6.9 pct) and labor market restrictions (5.2 pct) were coted as the most problematic factors in business activity. Switzerland, Singapore and Finland were the top three countries in the WEF list of competitiveness. Germany ranked fourth (from sixth), followed by the US, Sweden, Hong Kong, Holland, Japan and the UK.

[24] DESFA sale to SOCAR to be completed in about six months

The issue was discussed during a meeting between the management of DESFA and a representation of the Azeri company which is visiting the company for the first time after winning a tender for the purchase of a 66 pct equity stake in DESFA. Socar's delegation was also briefed over natural gas consumption in Greece and over an agreement -to be signed in October- between DESFA with Georgian Gas Transportation Company Ltd offering know-how to the Georgian operator as part of a community programme Inogate. Under the programe, DESFA will transfer know-how in the fields of construction supervision and pipeline protection.

Socar's officials are expected to visit DESFA's facilities on Wednesday.

[25] Foreign tourist arrivals at AIA record considerable increase

However, the total number of air passengers using AIA dropped 1.3 pct compared with the same period in 2012 due a decline in the number of Greek passengers as a result of the economic crisis.

According to AIA, foreign passengers reached 1.7 million (an increase of 6.5 pct compared with last year). In addition, the number of foreign passengers who chose Athens as their main destination increased 11.6 pct.

The most impressive increase was recorded in the tourist arrivals from the United Arab Emirates (69 pct) and from non-EU countries (22 pct) with the Swiss recording an increase of 41 pct and the Turks 27 pct.

Markets, such as, Russia and Ukraine continue to show an upward trend. The number of tourists from Belgium, Holland and Sweden recorded a double digit increase despite a marginal 2 pct decline in EU arrivals.

A notable recovery is recorded in transatlantic markets, Australia (19 pct), Canada (45 pct), United States (9 pct).

Also, all international flights were up to 83 pct booked throughout the summer season of May-August 2013.

[26] Tourist arrivals on Rhodes 12.94 pct up in August

Tourist arrivals, using charter flights, totaled 388,820 in August, up from 344,276 in 2012. British tourists remained at the top although arrivals from the UK fell by 3.0 pct in August, followed closely by the Russians (+61.69 pct), while arrivals from Germany recovered strongly recording two-digit growth rates.

Tourist officials said arrivals continued rising during the first days of September. Officials in Rhodes are seeking ways to extend a tourist season in Southern Aegean, through offering incentives both to airline companies and sea cruise companies and to hotel enterprises.

[27] US embassy official on illegal trade in Greece

As a representative of American business interests, Schubert said the embassy was committed to the consultation on the issue, both in terms of finance and in terms of ethical practice.

[28] Food agency checking Japanese food imports

According to an announcement, hundreds of relevant checks have been carried out during the import processing for various products, based on existing national and EU legislation.

"The radiology inspections showed that the normal levels were not exceeded, and all products were found to comply with the existing legislation," the announcement said.

EFET, in the framework of its duties concerning the above checks, is also cooperating with other services of the Rural Development Ministry, as well as with the laboratories of the National Research Centre of Dimokritos and the state's General State Chemical Laboratory.

The agency is also in contact with both the Greek Atomic Energy Committee and the European Commission. Greece is providing a briefing for the European Commission on a three-month basis now (initially this briefing was on a weekly basis) concerning the results of checks carried out.

[29] Trade chamber issues call for meetings with Taiwanese delegation

The Taiwanese businesses are active in the textiles, cosmetics, jewellery, sports equipment, motorcycle parts, children's goods and other sectors.

Interested businesses must register with the Chamber's International Relations Section by September 12. For more information, contact [email protected], fax 210 3382 378, or tel. 210 3382 242, 3382 466. The meetings will be conducted in English.

[30] METKA completes energy power station project in Turkey

The turn-key EPC contract was signed in 2010 and was completed by METKA in cooperation with METKA's subsidiary in Turkey, Power Projects Ltd.

The project envisaged building an electricity power station with a total power of 870 MW using natural gas as fuel.

[31] Teletypos says share capital increase plan covered by 80.227 pct

A total of 63 shareholders participated in a rights' issue scheme raising 12,129,542 euros, accounting to 40,431,809 new common nominal shares. Lambrakis Press and Pegasus Publications, both shareholders of Teletypos, fully covered their rights.

A board meeting will decide on the way to distributing all remaining shares, totaling 9,964,691.

[32] Greek stocks end flat on Wednesday

Coca Cola HBC (2.87 pct), Eurobank Properties (2.34 pct), METKA (2.32 pct) and OTE (2.08 pct) were top gainers among blue chip stocks, while National Bank (4.52 pct), Athens Water (4.27 pct), Korinth Pipeworks (1.96 pct) and Motor Oil (1.93 pct) were top losers.

The Food (2.81 pct), Telecoms (2.08 pct) and Personal Products (1.37 pct) sectors scored the biggest percentage gains of the day, while Banks (2.37 pct), Utilities (1.28 pct) and Health (1.27 pct) suffered losses. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 66 to 53 with another 30 issues unchanged. Kepenos Mills (19.10 pct), Spider (18.92 pct) and Yalco (18.87 pct) were top gainers, while Medicon (19.93 pct), Parnassos (14.44 pct) and Maillis (12.33 pct) were top losers.

Sector indices ended as follows:

Industrials: +0.46%

Commercial: +0.03%

Construction: +1.22%

Oil & Gas: -0.06%

Personal & Household: +1.37%

Raw Materials: +0.62%

Travel & Leisure: -1.12%

Technology: -0.52%

Telecoms: +2.08%

Banks: -2.37%

Food & Beverages: +2.81%

Health: -1.27%

Utilities: -1.28%

Financial Services: -0.60%

The stocks with the highest turnover were Piraeus Bank, OTE, OPAP, National Bank and Alpha Bank.

Selected shares from the FTSE/ASE-20 index closed in euros as follows:

Alpha Bank: 0.51

Public Power Corp (PPC): 7.36

Coca Cola HBC: 21.85

Hellenic Petroleum: 7.11

National Bank of Greece: 2.96

Eurobank Properties : 6.56

OPAP: 7.45

OTE: 7.35

Piraeus Bank: 1.14

Titan: 15.00

[33] Greek bond market closing report

In interbank markets, interest rates were largely unchanged. The 12-month rate was 0.55 pct, the nine-month rate was 0.45 pct, the six-month rate was 0.34 pct, the three-month rate was 0.225 pct and the one-month rate was 0.129 pct.

[34] ADEX closing report

Volume in futures contracts on equities totaled 11,369 contracts worth 4.544 million euros, with investment interest focusing on Alpha Bank's contracts (2,120), followed by National Bank (1,935), Piraeus Bank (1,692), OTE (1,383), PPC (806), OPAP (783), Mytilineos (158), Ellaktor (100), GEK (101), Motor Oil (91) and Intralot (85).

[35] Foreign Exchange rates - Thursday

U.S. dollar 1.336

Pound sterling 0.856

Danish kroner 7.570

Swedish kroner 8.847

Japanese yen 133.03

Swiss franc 1.253

Norwegian kroner 8.123

Canadian dollar 1.402

Australian dollar 1.458

General News

[36] Woman killed by train in northern Greece

The incident occured early on Wednesday morning, 200 metres from the station.

The train was running on the Athens-Thessaloniki-Alexandroupolis route, and although the train operator had reduced speed on his approach to the station, he was unable to stop in time.

[37] Eastern Aegean outpost of Strongyli designated an archaeological site

The Council based its decision on antiquities found on the islet, mainly the remains of a fortress of the Hellenistic era with an outer enclosure and a system of water cisterns. Its square tower was used in a signalling network of torches linking Strongyli with the islet of Ro and the island of Kastellorizo and used by the island of Rhodes to control sea passages. The tower was used in the Byzantine and Ottoman times.

Strongyli has no permanent residents besides a Greek army base. Until Cyprus' membership, it was the easternmost border of the European Union.

[38] Dozens of foreigners arrested at port of Patra in past days

However, despite the fact that arrests of foreigners attempting to travel with forged documents are almost a daily occurrence, it appears that migrant trafficking rings are insisting on using this specific method.

Police and Harbour Corps officers believe that rings providing foreigners with forged travel documents are evidently finding many interested persons, obtaining a great deal of money from this specific illegal activity.

[39] Police confirm fraudulent scheme targeting farmers on Crete

Local market representatives have filed complaints alleging that they have been the victims of fraud by unidentified culprits who order large quantities of various products (fruits and vegetables such as grapes and tomatoes as well as olive oil and meat) destined for foreign countries and fail to pay the agreed price.

So far, police investigation has shown that the culprits are members of criminal gangs based mainly in Balkan countries who, assisted by local collaborators in Greece, make large profits by defrauding farm cooperatives, businesses and private individuals.

A police investigation is in progress and citizens are warned to be extra cautious in their transactions, notifying authorities if they come across suspicious behaviour.

Weather Forecast

[40] Fair on Thursday

[41] The Wednesday edition of Athens' dailies at a glance

DIMOKRATIA: Massacre in LARCO (General Mining and Metallurgical Company), ELVO (Hellenic Vehicle Industry), EAS (Hellenic Defence Systems)!

EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON: ELVO, EAS, LARCO on ERT's (former national broadcaster) tracks.

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: 'Colpo Grosso' in local administration elections!

ESTIA: Greek industry destroyed.

ETHNOS: Troika's (EC, ECB, IMF) provocative e-mail.

KATHIMERINI: Troika rejects plan on EAS.

IMERISSIA: Upward reaction- Euphoria over foreign investors' huge interest

LOGOS: Sudden death for EAS, ELVO, and LARCO - Troika rejects government's proposal.

NAFTEMPORIKI: Defence industries' 'shut down' immediately.

RIZOSPASTIS: New attack against pensions and lump sums.

TA NEA: Lawyers get their guns.

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