EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON

SYRIZA maintains its lead according to Public Issue poll for “Ef Syn”

  • A small rise for New Democract and PASOK

  • Larger rise for Independent Greeks

  • SYRIZA leads in voter anticipation of election winner

  • Golden Dawn loses significant support

SYRIZA’s steady lead in the polls has been confirmed by the second part of a study by Public Issue being released today by Efimerida Ton Syntakton. The opposition party is ahead by 1.5% in voter preferences while, when asked which party they expected would win the elections, 55% of voters independent of their political leanings responded that they believed SYRIZA would win ‘if elections were held tomorrow’.  
A majority of voters do not believe that early elections are necessary (52%) although the number of voters agreeing with the statement ‘early elections are probably required’ has increased since January (now 47%).
 

February Public Issue poll of voter intentions results:


SYRIZA – 30
ND – 28.5
PASOK – 7.0
Independent Greeks – 6
Golden Dawn – 8.5
KKE – 7.5

 

 
 
 

 
   

AVGI

Government in the dock over the Lagarde List

The Finance Ministry of the Samaras – Venizelos government is exposed by the Financial Crimes Prosecutor P. Athanasiou over the years of cover-ups over the Lagarde List and other instances of tax evasion

The prosecutor for financial crimes ordered yesterday an urgent preliminary inquiry to determine whether the crimes of tax evasion and money laundering have been committed in cases that have been open for years – such as the ‘Lagarde List’ as well as instances of money transfers to foreign banks abroad [by politicians] – thus exposing those who have held leadership positions at the Finance Ministry since 2010 as well as the negligent coalition partners Samaras – Venizelos. Yesterday’s move by the financial crimes prosecutor is the third intervention by the Justice System in cases where political cover ups have been alleged, following the Hellenic Postbank cronay loan scandal and the outrageous case of ELSTAT.

 
 

ELEFTHEROTYPIA

George Clooney launches a new round of battles over the Parthenon Marbles

In-fighting has broken out in the PASOK – New Democracy coalition government over the comments made by George Clooney at a press conference during the Berlin Film Festival in favour of the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Meanwhile the film star repeated a similar call yesterday, and in the British capital no less, provoking an immediate response from the British officials.

 

NAFTEMPORIKI

Hοw the expanse of the former airport at Hellinikon will be developed

‘N’ reveals the contract that will be signed by the winner of the tender

Hotel, homes, a park and casino to be built

The countdown has begun over the sale of the former airport at Hellinikon and the 10 billion  euro development of the site with the approval of the controversial contract by the council of ministers  imminent and interested parties submitting by the 27th of February their binding offers. “N” reveals today the basic conditions that will be included in the contract according to which the winner of the tender will be largely determined by the purchase price of 100% of ‘Elliniko S.A.’ which will own about 70% of the site in the form of land use rights for 99 years and 30% of it outright on which homes for sale will be built. The tender winner will develop the site over three five year periods and will be obliged to build a 2,000 stremma [500 acre] park. It is expected that development of the site will begin from the coastal front with the construction of hotels, a casino, shops and houses.

 

 
 

KERDOS

A climate of agreement with the troika over the surplus

The secrets of the surplus: the 811 million euros of January and the 3.9 bln of 2013

A climate of optimism that an agreement will be reached soon with the troika as well as hopes that Greece will be able to restore its credit line soon from the markets and even prior to May’s European elections have been created in the government’s financial committee by the achievement of a budget surplus of 811 million euros in January. It effectively amounts to a doubling of last year’s results which has been achieved despite a smaller increase in revenue than projected as well as increased spending by the General Secretariat for Investment. In any event however the result is deemed particularly positively by the financial committee at a time when the level of the 2013 budget surplus is being finalised. The latest information is that it will increase by 1.5 billion euros (!) or to almost 3.9 billion euros (!) according to Eurostat’s methodology.