GOAL NEWS

HEROES

Yes! That’s the way we want you…

With ten men from the 38th minute, the Greek nationals held Japan (0-0) and with a win against Ivory Coast in Fortaleza they will be in the ‘16’.

As long as Japan does not beat Columbia as in that event we would need to win by 3 goals. The internationals played like lions following Katsouranis’s red card.

 

 

KATHIMERINI

A vote of confidence from China

A commitment to purchase Greek bonds – Agreements worth 6.5 billion euros

The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a strong message of confidence yesterday in the potential of the Greek economy over the long and short term during the first day of his official visit to Greece.

During his meeting with the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, his Chinese counterpart informed him that Beijing is ready to buy Greek debt in the next bond issuances from Athens. At the same time Li Keqiang reconfirmed Chinese interest in investments in infrastructure – the port of Piraeus, the Athens airport, railways – transport and energy.

Bilateral and economic agreements were signed yesterday worth 6.5 billion dollars. Many of those are agreements to fund shipping companies for the construction of ships in Chinese shipyards. Others concern the promotion of Greek products in the Chinese market such as wine, olive oil and marble. Finally two agreements in the energy sector were signed as well as regarding the cooperation of the Fosun Group with Lamda Development over the exploitation of the site of the former airport in Hellinikon. 

 

 

ETHNOS

Mafia over structural funds is cracked

They were doling out false bank guarantees to companies in order for them to receive European funds.

  • In the first phase of investigation the financial unit of the police is investigating 6 companies.
  • 1,600 phony guarantees from one case alone
  • The fraud to secure European funding is a multi-headed Hydra.


6 companies of financial consultants had set up a racket providing companies with forged letters of guarantee from foreign banks. They issued them in return for payment to companies that did not meet the preconditions required to join European structural fund programmes (NSRF).

 

 
 

EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON

Social Security:

There is a solution for social security funds

Without reductions in pensions and benefits, according to officials at social security organisations.

Memorandum policies have deprived the social security system of over 33 billion euros. The government is preparing to cover the giant ‘black hole’ which it itself created with a new ‘haircut’ for pensions and benefits. Labour representatives propose specific measures and actions, distant from Memorandum practices.

ELEFTHEROTYPIA

The substratum is ‘golden’

30 billion in mineral wealth

Greece is hiding mineral wealth worth 30 billion euros according to IGME (the Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration), not including oil and gas fields. That is what the Environment Minister Yiannis Maniatis told a university conference.