Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-02-16

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

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[01] Gunmen strip police officers of weaponry

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Gunmen strip police officers of weaponry

According to initial reports by the police, the two officers from the Maroussi police station sent to the Tax Bureau office to investigate two suspects. The suspects took them by surprise however, immobilised them and grabbed their weaponry and bullet-proof vests, and fled the scene.

The circumstances of the incident are being investigated by police, while a manhunt has been launched to locate and arrest the perpetrators.

[02] Athens Newspaper Headlines

Prime minister George Papandreou's visit to Moscow and the Eurogroup (Monday) and Ecofin (Tuesday) meetings on the Greek economy were the main front-page items in Tuesday's dailies.

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "The hopes for the Greek economy lie in Moscow now - Prime minister's visit to the Kremlin".

APOGEVMATINI: "The Easter bonus and summer holiday bonus at risk - Unbearable pressure on Greek government by the Brussels directorate for abolition of the working people's '14th salary' (half-salary Easter and summer holiday bonuses)".

AVRIANI: "Simitis (PASOK former prime minister) should pay from his own pocket the 300 million euros his government gave in graft to Goldman Sachs".

CHORA: "How Simitis and (ND former prime minister) Karamanlis (the two preceding premiers, respectively) were concealing the debts (secret borrowing) in collaboration with the 'gold fingers' (US bank Goldman Sachs) - Uproar over the New York Times newspaper's revelations".

ELEFTHERI ORA: "We expect action, not words, from the Europeans because...the vampires of the markets thirst for blood".

ELEFTHEROS: "Revelations on Simitis' loans from the Americans - He took care to conceal them and did not record them".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "3 billion euros loss from toxic Goldman Sachs bond issued under Simitis government - Government's efforts to cover-up the affair - European Commission demands investigation after the uproar in the international press".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Mass fire over the new measures - Eurogroup's concerted operation to put pressure on Greece".

ESTIA: "Bankruptcy on the threshold - The government insists on wrong policy".

ETHNOS: "New taxes, with Brussels' seal - Shock measures from the Eurogroup if we do not achieve the targets of the Stability and Growth Program".

IMERISSIA: "Ultimatum for new measures - Dramatic behind-the-scenes at (Monday's) Eurogroup meeting".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "EU 'recipe' for additional measures in mid-March (when the results of the Stability and Growth Program will be reviewed)".

TA NEA: "30-days battle for the '14th salary' and VAT - All-night thriller in Brussels".

VRADYNI: "Brussels tightening the vise - Stifling pressure for additional austerity measures".

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