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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-22Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Caretaker PM meeting with ministersAMNA--Caretaker prime minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos will chair a meeting of ministers on Tuesday ahead of the EU Summit that opens in Brussels on Wednesday.Former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and caretaker Finance Minister Giorgos Zannias, Development minister Yiannis Stournaras, Minister of State Antonis Argyros and other close associates of Pikrammenos will attend the meeting at the Maximos mansion (premier's office).áìíá Also, President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias will receive the caretaker prime minister at 14:00 (11:00 GMT) on Tuesday. [02] Tsipras: Memorandum leads Greece to financial collapsePARIS (AMNA/O.Tsipira) - Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) parliamentary group president Alexis Tsipras said here on Monday that the "policy of harsh austerity imposed by the Memorandum leads Greece to financial collapse and to a possible exit from the eurozone."Addressing a press conference, Tsipras also said that a "contradiction exists with those who support that the Memorandum and the eurozone can go together." The SYRIZA leader noted that the eurozone is a chain composed of seventeen links "and if one link brakes the whole chain will be destroyed."amna "Therefore, those who believe that they can destroy Greece and the Greek people but keeping eurozone untouched, are completely irrational. Because we believe that we are obliged, vis-avis History, to safeguard the coherence of the European Union, and because we believe in the idea of the European integration, we are struggling for the social coherence in Europe," Tsipras added. amna Responding to a relevant question, he said that if his party wins the June 17 elections, SYRIZA will fight for the formation of a left wing government. Tsipras in Paris on Monday, will visit Berlin on Tuesday for bilateral contacts with the leaderships of the French and German left. [03] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesThe Tuesday edition of Athens' dailies at a glanceSYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras' visit to Paris, the electoral cooperation between Antonis Samaras' New Democracy (ND) and Dora Bakoyannis' Democratic Alliance parties, and Wednesday's informal EU summit were the main front-page items in Athens' dailies on Tuesday. ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Samaras-Dora patriotic front". AVGHI: "Clear victory for Greece and Europe" AVRIANI: "Tsipras harsh attack on (German chancellor Angela) Merkel". DIMOKRATIA: "ND rank and file in a tizzy". ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Responsible front of hope for Greece (Samaras-Bakoyannis collaboration)". ESTIA: "Severe blow to tourism". ETHNOS: "Tsipras seminar in politics also to... (new French President Francois) Hollande". IMERISSIA: "Burning fronts on revenues and banks". KATHIMERINI: "The Center-Right rallying together". LOGOS: "Shock from the first income tax returns". NAFTEMPORIKI: "The eurobond on the table at the EU summit." NIKI: "The truth about the bank deposits and ceiling on withdrawals". RIZOSPASTIS: "KKE leader Papariga: We are not bound by the commitments to the EU". TA NEA: "Tsipras gaffe with attack on Hollande". VRADYNI: "Illegitimate 'consulting firms' defrauding over-indebted citizens with supposed out-of-court settlements". [04] AMNA participating in Athens media-wide work stoppage on TuesdayAMNA--A media-wide work-stoppage will be held in Athens on Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to 15:30 p.m., called by the Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA) to enable members to attend a crucial general assembly.AMNA staff will be taking part in the work-stoppage. During the stoppage, news items and information will not be broadcast by the AMNA (ANA-MPA) and the AMNA website will not be updated. News flow resumes after 15:30 p.m. Tuesday. [05] Ierapetra coasts receive EUCC golden prizeAMNA--The coasts of Ierapetra, Lassithi prefecture, on Crete received the golden prize awarded by the Coastal & Marine Union – EUCC QualityCoast programme in a special event at Torres Verdas in Portugal, it was announced on Monday.Ierapetra Mayor Sifis Anastassakis received the QualityCoast policy award underlining that its coasts are among Europe's top 10 regions ever receiving the distinction which constitutes a certification of their high environmental quality, the rich cultural heritage and the preservation of local traditions. An international jury evaluated roughly 1,000 international tourist destinations from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean.amna Ierapetra received the golden prize coming second to the Azores that were awarded the platinum prize. amna With the QualityCoast programme, the Coastal & Marine Union - EUCC aims to establish a world wide network of coastal communities that share similar values on sustainable development, nature and biodiversity, cultural heritage and identity, and social responsibility, at the same time maintaining high standards in the quality of their tourism. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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