NEWS IN ENGLISH 17/01/2015
Leader of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras visited Arta, Ioannina and Agrinion during his campaign for the elections.He received an especially warm and massive welcome in his place of origin Arta.
“We are not asking for a blank check from the Greek people. We are asking to have the absolute majority in Parliament so as to have our hands untied in the crucial negotiations. If SYRIZA can make it, Greece will make it”, said Alexis Tsipras stressing that “we are stretching the hand out to any citizen, whether politically right or left, as the New Day needs us all united, claiming what Greece deserves and what the Greek people deserve”.
The policies of SYRIZA will destroy the middle class”, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pointed out in an interview to the weekend issue of newspaper “Ta Nea” and stressed he was opposed to a European Conference on the debt, on the grounds that “it will mess things up for Greece”.
The middle class has already been overpowered by the policies of Mr. Samaras, said Alexis Tsipras in his speech in Ioannina, answering the Prime Minister’s allegations. He added that SYRIZA is coming to support the middle class and lower incomes.
According to a poll by Kapa Research for the Sunday newspaper “To Vima”, SYRIZA is 3.1% ahead of New Democracy. In intended vote SYRIZA has 31.2%, New Democracy 28.1%, To Potami 5.4%, the Communist Party 4.9%, Golden Dawn 4.7%, Independent Greeks 2.7% and KIDISO 2.7%.
Another poll by Metron Analysis for the newspaper Parapolitika gives a lead of 4.6%to Syriza.
Leader of PASOK Evangelos Venizelos called upon the progressive and democratic voters to support his party, arguing that “they may fear SYRIZA could possibly destabilize the country, but also cannot identify with New Democracy” during his speech yesterday in the “Papastratio” hall in Agrinio. Today he will speak in a political event in Giannena.
Secretary General of the Greek Communist Party attacked New Democracy and SYRIZA on their proposals for tax reforms. “It doesn’t matter how they are going to name the new taxes, which new taxes will take the place of the old ones. What matters is that they both swear in the name of balanced budgets that the E.U. demands from all of the member states.
“We are the guarantees of Tomorrow”, stated Panos Kammenos on behalf of the Independent Greeks in a speech in Katerini. He said the propaganda against the “lost vote” doesn’t work any more and added that “a vote is lost if it is for New Democracy and PASOK which are finished”.
“Together with the Greek people, for the right to do away with austerity!” is the slogan of the rally which is to take place in Brussels today.
“Troica, that’s enough!” will be chanted by protesters in a demonstration in solidarity to the Greek people on Monday in Paris.
The unions of workers in the Thessalonica Underground have asked to meet the Prime Minister as well as other political leaders who are planning to visit Thessalonica in order to inform them on the problems of the project and their proposals.
The program of the self-managed station ERT 3 is broadcast in southern Attica since Friday and in the rest of Athens from Saturday evening, in the frequencies 34 and 58.
Free ERT, sustained for 19 months by its employees, is back since its technicians have managed to cover 68% of the country. The signal of ERT is broadcast in Rethymno, Chania, Patra, Thessalia and Lamia. Meanwhile the program is transmitted via satellite Intelsat 19 in Australia and New Zealand.
It is reported that an unidentified number of suspects have been arrested in connection to the police investigation for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, who was born in Belgium to Moroccan parents and is thought to be behind the jihadi cell planning attacks in Belgium.
Belgian media had mentioned that the alleged jihadi cell leader made several phone calls from Greece received by an prison inmate in Liege during the days near New Year’s Eve.
WORLD NEWS
In Ukraine Donetsk International Airport was the scene of intense fighting as separatists attempted to gain control and to dislodge Ukrainian troops. Clashes have escalated in recent days, with three Ukrainian soldiers killed and 18 wounded.
Head of the office of Yemen President Abd Rabbuh Manṣūr Hādī was abducted by unknown gunmen. President Hādī had been proposed for Prime Minister, however his appointment was rejected because of the opposition by shiitist partisans.
WEATHER
Scattered clouds which will gradually increase leading to local showers in western, central and northern Greece and occasional storms in the northern Ionian sea, are forecast for Sunday 18th of January.
Temperatures in Attica reaching 15 degrees Celsius and in Thessalonica 10 degrees.
“We are not asking for a blank check from the Greek people. We are asking to have the absolute majority in Parliament so as to have our hands untied in the crucial negotiations. If SYRIZA can make it, Greece will make it”, said Alexis Tsipras stressing that “we are stretching the hand out to any citizen, whether politically right or left, as the New Day needs us all united, claiming what Greece deserves and what the Greek people deserve”.
The policies of SYRIZA will destroy the middle class”, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pointed out in an interview to the weekend issue of newspaper “Ta Nea” and stressed he was opposed to a European Conference on the debt, on the grounds that “it will mess things up for Greece”.
The middle class has already been overpowered by the policies of Mr. Samaras, said Alexis Tsipras in his speech in Ioannina, answering the Prime Minister’s allegations. He added that SYRIZA is coming to support the middle class and lower incomes.
According to a poll by Kapa Research for the Sunday newspaper “To Vima”, SYRIZA is 3.1% ahead of New Democracy. In intended vote SYRIZA has 31.2%, New Democracy 28.1%, To Potami 5.4%, the Communist Party 4.9%, Golden Dawn 4.7%, Independent Greeks 2.7% and KIDISO 2.7%.
Another poll by Metron Analysis for the newspaper Parapolitika gives a lead of 4.6%to Syriza.
Leader of PASOK Evangelos Venizelos called upon the progressive and democratic voters to support his party, arguing that “they may fear SYRIZA could possibly destabilize the country, but also cannot identify with New Democracy” during his speech yesterday in the “Papastratio” hall in Agrinio. Today he will speak in a political event in Giannena.
Secretary General of the Greek Communist Party attacked New Democracy and SYRIZA on their proposals for tax reforms. “It doesn’t matter how they are going to name the new taxes, which new taxes will take the place of the old ones. What matters is that they both swear in the name of balanced budgets that the E.U. demands from all of the member states.
“We are the guarantees of Tomorrow”, stated Panos Kammenos on behalf of the Independent Greeks in a speech in Katerini. He said the propaganda against the “lost vote” doesn’t work any more and added that “a vote is lost if it is for New Democracy and PASOK which are finished”.
“Together with the Greek people, for the right to do away with austerity!” is the slogan of the rally which is to take place in Brussels today.
“Troica, that’s enough!” will be chanted by protesters in a demonstration in solidarity to the Greek people on Monday in Paris.
The unions of workers in the Thessalonica Underground have asked to meet the Prime Minister as well as other political leaders who are planning to visit Thessalonica in order to inform them on the problems of the project and their proposals.
The program of the self-managed station ERT 3 is broadcast in southern Attica since Friday and in the rest of Athens from Saturday evening, in the frequencies 34 and 58.
Free ERT, sustained for 19 months by its employees, is back since its technicians have managed to cover 68% of the country. The signal of ERT is broadcast in Rethymno, Chania, Patra, Thessalia and Lamia. Meanwhile the program is transmitted via satellite Intelsat 19 in Australia and New Zealand.
It is reported that an unidentified number of suspects have been arrested in connection to the police investigation for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, who was born in Belgium to Moroccan parents and is thought to be behind the jihadi cell planning attacks in Belgium.
Belgian media had mentioned that the alleged jihadi cell leader made several phone calls from Greece received by an prison inmate in Liege during the days near New Year’s Eve.
WORLD NEWS
In Ukraine Donetsk International Airport was the scene of intense fighting as separatists attempted to gain control and to dislodge Ukrainian troops. Clashes have escalated in recent days, with three Ukrainian soldiers killed and 18 wounded.
Head of the office of Yemen President Abd Rabbuh Manṣūr Hādī was abducted by unknown gunmen. President Hādī had been proposed for Prime Minister, however his appointment was rejected because of the opposition by shiitist partisans.
WEATHER
Scattered clouds which will gradually increase leading to local showers in western, central and northern Greece and occasional storms in the northern Ionian sea, are forecast for Sunday 18th of January.
Temperatures in Attica reaching 15 degrees Celsius and in Thessalonica 10 degrees.