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[tommy271]

Gov't: Migrants' supporters hypocritical


(ANA-MPA) -- The government on Thursday lambasted the most vocal supporters of the 250-plus hunger striking migrants -- mostly North Africans -- demanding their legalisation, with a spokesman referring directly to unbridled "hypocrisy".

"Hypocrisy has its limits much more when human lives are at stake," spokesman Giorgos Petalotis said, referring to "those who are supposedly in solidarity" with the illegal migrants still on hunger strike at the Hypatia street building in downtown Athens.

Petalotis said the government "calls on all those who allegedly support the struggle of the migrants to realise that they have no right to play with the lives of these people and the country's fate internationally."

He underlined that the government respects the migrants' right go on a hunger strike, while nevertheless emphasising that "we will not allow those exploiting these people to prevent them from receiving food and water".

The government proceeded even further, charging that there is evidence showing that specific physicians tending to the hunger strikers, as well as supporters, prevented them from receiving food and water when they (migrants) requested it.

"The hypocrisy of those allegedly in solidarity with the hunger strikers has crossed all limits ... we should see who these people are."

He also said that hospital authorities will be ordered to proceed with the "self-evident", referring to specific accusations made by Attiki Health Inspector Aris Mousionis in a radio interview, according to which, hunger strikers admitted to hospitals were prevented by their escorts from receiving food.

(ana.gr)

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Permane caotica la situazione sul fronte dell'immigrazione clandestina.
La Grecia rimane sempre il primo punto di "sbarco" rispetto agli approdi di Italia e Spagna.
La precaria congiuntura interna, rende difficile qualsiasi opera di solidarietà.

 

[tommy271]

I TITOLI DEI GIORNALI:

A high-profile disagreement between ministers over the issue of 250-plus hunger striking illegal migrants demanding unconditional legalisation, meetings between the prime minister and political leaders, as well as hiring policies in the wider public sector mostly dominated the headlines on Friday in Athens' dailies.



ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "Protesters outside home of former PM Simitis".

AVGI: "Papandreou's Russian roulette...".

AVRIANI: "Simitis, liar, bring the money back: protesters"

DIMOKRATIA: "The triad that wants to ... save Greece".

ETHNOS: "Clash between ministers due to migrants issue".

ELEFTHEROS: "Greek leaders snuffing out candle of governance".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Topsy-turvy tussle over hunger striking migrants".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "War between ministers over migrants".

ESTIA: "Lunacy over objective property tax criteria".

KATHIMERINI: "Fallout due to illegal migrants".

IMERISSIA: "Interest rate hike a warning".

NAFTEMPORIKI: "Triche hint points to interest rate hike in April".

NIKI: "Hirings in public sector".

RIZOSPASTIS: "Drums of war against Libya, with Greece's participation".

ΤΑ ΝΕΑ: "Siemens spectre impedes metro".

VRADYNI: "Hirings in public sector smell of elections".

(ana.gr)

 

[tommy271]

Public hirings reined in but pace of reforms is slow

Government to take on just 6,500 people this year but transfer of staff between departments yet to start

About 6,500 places in the public sector have been identified by the government as those that will be filled this year as part of Greece’s commitment to keep its civil service hirings down to the bare minimum.

However, efforts to meet other targets, such as the transfer of personnel to different departments, are lagging far behind the targets set by the country’s lenders.

Sources said that the Interior and Finance ministries have agreed that despite requests from other government departments for 16,000 new hires, a maximum of only 6,527 people would be taken on and that they would cover key positions in the state sector, such as doctors, nurses, teachers, policemen and tax officials.

Last year, more than 53,000 civil servants retired, which means that under the five-out-one-in rule the government has agreed with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, it would be able to hire about 10,000 people this year. However, some 4,000 places would be taken up by transfers within departments.

About 2,700 employees will leave the debt-ridden Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE). Another 1,400 will be moved out of the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA).

Despite a law being passed in December allowing these transfers to take place, the process of moving personnel has not started, much to the concern of the EU and the IMF. The government has also failed to agree on new collective contracts with the OSE staff. The two measures combined are expected to bring the wage bill at the company down by about 50 percent.

This is likely to be one of the topics when Prime Minister George Papandreou meets with opposition party leaders next week. It was announced that the talks would take place on Tuesday, as a precursor to a eurozone leaders’ meeting on Friday and the EU leaders’ summit on March 24 and 25.

Papandreou will meet with the leaders of each of the four parliamentary opposition parties separately. The premier is keen to create some kind of consensus before heads for the meetings.

An effort by Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou to find common ground with the opposition parties met with little success as New Democracy rejected his offer for talks, saying that it was a “publicity stunt.” Papaconstantinou met with representatives of Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS), Democratic Left and Democratic Alliance earlier this week.

ekathimerini.com , Thursday March 3, 2011 (22:28)

 

[tommy271]

IMF: Athens said default is not an option

By Tom Ellis




Greece has ruled out the possibilities of default or debt restructuring, a top-level official of the International Monetary Fund said in Washington on Thursday.

Caroline Atkinson, director of the IMF’s External Relations Department, said in a regular press briefing that “the Greek government has made it clear that default is not an option,” and reiterated Athens’s assurances that there will be no restructuring of its debt.

The IMF official stressed that the policy to handle the difficult financial juncture and the high debt that the Greek economy got into last spring was based on two axes: Reforms that would open up the economy and create the best possible environment for growth and new jobs, and the improvement of public finances.

Atkinson did not hesitate to express her optimism in public about the implementation of the memorandum signed by Greece and its creditors, saying that the IMF “expects the program to succeed.” She did point out that there are different approaches to success, adding that even though the program is tough, the Greek government is fully committed to it.

Contacts between IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and other European leaders, as well as the close cooperation between the IMF, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, have resulted in a successful program for Greece, Atkinson said. She also expressed confidence the European Union and the eurozone dealing with existing challenges in an effective way at the European summit scheduled to take place later this month.

Asked whether the troika’s revelation of the government’s plan to utilize state assets to collect 50 billion euros by 2015 has strained relations between the IMF and Athens, Atkinson said that the Fund maintains a close and strong relationship with the Greek government and respects its policies.


ekathimerini.com , Thursday March 3, 2011 (20:44)

 

[Baro]

La 2014 attualmente sembra una ottima opportunità di investimento; il suggerimento di Ferdo, comunque è condivisibile, si acquisterebbe ad un prezzo inferiore a 70, e tutti ne sappiamo il motivo...
Magari Baro, ha già in portafoglio titoli, il 2019 e anche obbligazioni GGB a lunga scadenza, e con la 2014, oltre a diversificare, acquista un titolo che può definirsi a breve.
Certo se il 2014 va in porto, chi lo prende adesso, rimane "Gaudente".........

Dicevo la 2014 perchè sui decennali anche di altre emittenti sono già molto esposto...Ma con l'aria che tira non so se riesco a convincere mia moglie, lei avrebbe già disinvestito da tempo sui pigs

 

[Baro]

Vi lascio poche ore e stamattina mi sono letto diverse pagine, segno che stiamo entrando nel vivo o no ? La situazione si fa sempre più interessante, credo che un buon regista potrebbe prendere spunto dal nostro thd per fare un bel film triller ma con lieto fine....

 

[Metriko]

Volevo porre una domanda

quando la Grecia deve restituire il prestito alla bce-fmi in che anno ?

grazie e complimenti per i continui aggiornamenti , lavoro encomiabile.

 

[tommy271]

Geithner Highlights EU's Political Hurdles In Debt Crisis



By Ian Talley
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner didn't exactly exude optimism when asked Thursday to assess Europe's chances of resolving its sovereign-debt crisis.

Responding to a request from Senator Jeanne Shaheen, (D., N.H.) at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee to say if Europe's response to the crisis is sufficient, Geithner stressed Europe's plans are "very difficult politically, very difficult technically."

Underlining the risks, he appeared to be trying to manage expectations.

"When you dig yourself that deep a hole, there is no path ahead that doesn't require a long multi-year program," he said. "There's no easy way out."

Markets have pushed up the price of government borrowing in the euro zone, fearing political differences will continue to prevent a decisive solution to the long-term debt and budget crisis by the end of March, when officials have targeted a final deal to be done. But instead of a "grand compromise," many expect officials will rather simply buy time with a temporary deal to boost the firepower of the current emergency bailout package. That could disappoint markets, sending borrowing prices even higher, potentially forcing some countries such as Portugal to ask for a bailout and perpetuate the sovereign-debt crisis.

Euro-zone officials have promised a comprehensive deal, which could well see an expansion of the region's temporary and permanent bailout facilities alongside a series of economic reforms aimed at integrating governance among the 17 nations using the single currency. In recent weeks, the push for reform has deepened, with France and Germany proposing a "competitiveness pact" that includes the adoption of legal limits on debt levels, a common corporate tax base, higher retirement ages and the scrapping of wage-indexation programs.

The pact is facing pushback from some euro-zone governments, but senior European officials say the depth of the reforms being considered should allay concerns that the region lacks the political will to exit its current crisis. Officials have raised market expectations through their promises. But many of the pacts' reforms are highly politically controversial measures that won't make a significant impact on the region's near-term struggles to pay its debts and create a more balanced economy within the euro zone.

Geithner told the Senate panel the steps Europe needs to take to fix its budget, competitiveness and financial issues are "enormously difficult, incredibly tough things to fix."

The secretary's response to another question about whether there are any lessons to be learned by the U.S. from the European problem also provided insight into his views on how the crisis across the Atlantic is being resolved.

"We need to put in place commitments [to cut debt and deficits] now that allow us to lock in reforms over time. You can't defer them indefinitely and the longer you defer them, the risk is that investors around the world and the American people will say, 'we're not confident that Washington has the political will to fix those things.'

"The more you put it off, the more you risk future growth," Geithner said.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also earlier this week warned lawmakers of the hazards of putting off resolving the U.S. debt and deficit problems too long: the cost of borrowing may be pushed so high as to create an upwardly spiralling debt trap, undermining the national economy.

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Il punto di vista del "terzo" incomodo.
Non sarebbe male una pressione dei politici USA sulla Merkel ...

 

[tommy271]

Volevo porre una domanda

quando la Grecia deve restituire il prestito alla bce-fmi in che anno ?

grazie e complimenti per i continui aggiornamenti , lavoro encomiabile.

In teoria, con tranche periodiche, a partire dal 2014.
Ma è quasi impossibile per la Grecia, dato che si troverebbe a sborsare annualmente 70 MLD circa tra bond in scadenza + il debito della troika dagli attuali 30/35 MLD.

Dato che questo è assodato, quasi certamente verrà alleggerito il carico e distribuito sino al 2020 (circa).
L'attuale discussione è centrata sulla riduzione del tasso di interesse da applicare (molto interessata la parte irlandese).

 

[Jessica.]

rosso... anche oggi.
Secondo me il mercato sconta l'indecisione.. e scommette su un "nulla di fatto" a fine marzo.