ALITHIA: “Tassos Papadopoulos’ tower of Babel”. In an indirect reference to the Tzionis saga, the paper said the Papadopoulos government will soon fall into such a state of anarchy that it might as well be simply go by the name of Babel. The DISY mouthpiece said all government officials seem to be going along on their own rules, walking their own path doing whatever they like in matters of the Cyprus problem as well as in governing this country. The entire government seems to be out of control.
MACHI: “One person a month dies from heroin”. Based on the statistics collected by the National Documentation and Information on Drugs Centre, it seems Cyprus has reached a point where one death a month is caused by heroin overdose while applications and requests to enter rehabilitation centres have increased by 100 per cent over the past two years.
POLITIS: “They were alive and breathing”. Coroner Philippos Koutsaftis announced his findings concerning the Helios Boeing 737 and said that all 121 passengers were alive and breathing at the moment it crashed into the ground on August 14 in Athens. He added that while alive, the state in which they were in is not known, cannot be known and will probably never be known but what is known is that they truly were alive and heart functions were normal. The findings state that the cause of death was the crash and nothing else.
SIMERINI: “Government in a mess”. The complete and total confusion that has overtaken the coalition government is clearly revealed behind the words of the statement given by the director of the President’s Diplomatic Office Tassos Tzionis. He stated that the continuous discussions concerning the Anan plan has lead to a state of entrapment with constant reactions from the AKEL party. President Papadopoulos responded to these reactions by insisting that there has been no change to the government’s policy concerning the Cyprus problem.
PHILELEFTHEROS: “New storm threatening the plan”. The statement given by the President’s Diplomatic Office manager Tassos Tzionis about AKEL’s reactions concerning the Cyprus problem has created a new concern. President Papadopoulos intervened on the matter giving his utmost support to his friend and colleague while at the same time maintaining peace between the government and the AKEL party. He stated that the policies that will be followed are the ones decided by the National Council which he happens to agree with.
HARAVGHI: “Some from within, some from without”. When you disagree with the government or won’t look at the positive side of its work, then you should separate your position from the government and then exercise your right to criticise. This was the clear message sent to Grens MP George Perdikis, who apologised for his criticisms last Saturday and then went on to a verbal attack against the government last Sunday.
