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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-02-09
CONTENTS
[01] The effort to combat corruption has borne fruit, Digital Policy
Min Pappas says
[02] EuroWorkingGroup to examine progress made in prior actions
[01] The effort to combat corruption has borne fruit, Digital Policy
Min Pappas says
The effort to combat corruption, namely the interdependence of the
banking and political system with the media, has borne fruit, Minister
for Digital Policy and Telecommunications Nikos Pappas said on Thursday
in an event organised by SYRIZA party.
"This interdependence created a non-viable reality," Pappas said citing
the example of TV channels with 1.5 billion euro debt and bad labour
relations.
Regarding the negotiations, he said that a discussion is being carried out
whether the government wants the IMF to participate in the programme. "The
IMF participates in the Greek programme because the other partners asked
for that and not the Greek government."
[02] EuroWorkingGroup to examine progress made in prior actions
The EuroWorkingGroup on Thursday will examine the progress made in the
negotiations for the conclusion of the Greek programme review ahead
of the Eurogroup on February 20 as well as the initiatives taken at
EU level.
According to officials, the representatives of the EU Finance Ministers
will discuss the progress made in meeting the prior actions. Greece will
be represented by Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis.
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