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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-10-24Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Athens Newspaper HeadlinesThe Friday edition of Athens' dailies at a glanceMinister of State and government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos' resignation, and Friday's debate in parliament on a main-opposition PASOK motion for setting up a House preliminary investigation committee into the Vatopedi Monastery land transactions scandal, from which the ruling New Democracy (ND) party will abstain, dominated the front-pages of Athens' newspapers on Friday. ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "At last! End of Roussopoulos - And now, reshuffle?" APOGEVMATINI: "Plan to boost civil servants' Welfare Fund". AVGHI: "The government walks out - Roussopoulos resignation a blow for Karamanlis". AVRIANI: "PASOK should return the kickbacks it received from Siemens and then demand inquiries and preliminary investigation committees - Karamanlis, bring their looting to light before the crooks eat you alive". CHORA: "Martyr for Ephraim (Vatopedi Monastery abbot) - The Vatopedi scandal downed the Minister of State". ELEFTHERI ORA: "As the government, in fear and panic, decided abstention from the preliminary investigation committee procedures, Roussopoulos resigns". ELEFTHEROS: "He waited for them to escape, before resigning - An entire party defected from the preliminary investigation committee for Roussopoulos' sake". ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "The 'mailman' always strikes twice - Roussopoulos resigned in order to ease the introversion - Face-to-face now with the premilinary investigation committee, and possible return to the government after December 15". ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Irregular retreat - Unprecedented: The ruling party abstains from parliament". ESTIA: "Consecutive political mistakes - Now intimation of cover-up is created". ETHNOS: "Admission of defeat and guilt - Unprecedented avoidance of battle by Karamanlis and disdain of parliament". KATHIMERINI: "ND opts for abstention, in fear of 'leaks' (of its MPs in the vote on the PASOK motion)". LOGOS: "The Vatopedi 'child' (Roussopoulos) out of the government - End of era for Roussopoulos - ND decides abstention from debate on preliminary investigation committee motion". NIKI: "Irregular retreat by the guilty - Roussopoulos bails out, ND abstaining from the debate". PARASKEVI+13 (weekly): "Roussopoulos' 'exodus' unties Karamanlis' hands". PARASKINIO (weekly): "Finally - Karamanlis ousted Roussopoulos". RIZOSPASTIS: "The experience of Socialism is a precious treasure - Strong KKE - 18th Congress of counter-attack". TA NEA: "They're on the way out - The Karamanlis system collapsing - Roussopulos: The prime minister's right-hand-man obliged to resign". TO VIMA: "Alone in the Maximos Mansion (government headquarters) - Karamanlis without Roussopoulos - Who's turn next?" VRADYNI: "Resignation for de-escalation (of tension), following the tabling of the (Vatopedi) case file in parliament and the establishment of a parliamentary fact-finding commission" decided by all the parties in parliament in a vote Monday on the relevant motion tabled by the ruling ND party. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |