Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-02-18

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

CONTENTS

[01] KKE's 18th Congress

[02] ASE opening: Big decline

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] KKE's 18th Congress

Papariga, in many of her recent statements, termed the 18th congress as "one of the most important in the party's history" because KKE "has steadily increased its influence in Greek society and also because it will discuss and decide on a deeply debated, during the pre-congress party deliberations, text proposed by the central committee regarding the struggle for Socialism."

The text also refers in depth to the Soviet socialism and analyses the reasons for its fall.

Delegates from 90 communist, workers' parties and national liberation movements from 72 countries will attend the congress, the biggest number of delegations ever registered in the latest KKE congresess.

The foreign delegations will also participate in an international solidarity rally on Tuesday in Athens and other events in the Attica region, Larissa, central Greece and Halkida.

Caption: ANA-MPA file photo

[02] ASE opening: Big decline

Individual sector indices were moving mostly downward , with the biggest losses in Industrial Products, down 2.02 percent; Insurance, down 1.82 percent; Banks, down 1.75 percent; and Food & Beverage, down 1.19 percent.

The biggest gains were in Chemicals, up 0.70 percent; Mass Media, up 0.67 percent; and Financial Services, up 0.53 percent.

The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.96 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.34 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.35 percent.

Of the stocks moved, 20 were up, 56 were down, and 28 were unchanged.

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

The EU's demand for immediate measures for reduction of the deficit and the plunge on Tuesday on the Athens Stock Exchange dominated the headlines on Wednesday in Athens' newspapers

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: �International Transparency's report indicates Greece as a country of scams".

APOGEVMATINI: "11,735 hirings in the public sector".

AVGHI: "Second wave of crisis - EU insists on the disastrous course".

AVRIANI: "Kids, cut the crap - The major problems were not solved with fireworks".

CHORA: "Almunia's (European Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs) proposals leave us breathless - He called for measures to reduce the deficit".

ELEFTHEROS: "They did it! They have increased the corruption".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: " 'Toxic' virus in 25 European banks - Red alert in their subsidiaries in eastern Europe".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Cracks on the "Eastern Front"- Threat for European and Greek economy".

ESTIA: "The way out from the financial crisis".

ETHNOS: "Mass 'escape' to retirement".

KATHIMERINI: "In search of a way to support the Eurozone's weaker countries".

LOGOS: "EU calls on the government to take immediate measures to contain the state deficit".

NIKI: "The government was lying about the deficit - EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia uncovers the government's 'alchemies'."

RIZOSPASTIS: "The Communist party of Greece's (KKE) 18th Congress begins on Wednesday".

TA NEA: "The 10 Commandments of the excessive deficit procedure - EU gives us a cold shower".

TO VIMA: "Ten crucial days for austerity and elections".

VRADYNI: "Painful recommendations - Greece waging battle on the timetable of the stability plan".

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