Vecernje Novosti, Serbia: Georgios Papandreou – PM winner

Belgrade. Until recently he used to be just ‘son and grandson of great politicians’ but now Georgios Papandreou is ‘the winner in the Brussels battle’, the steersman of the Greek ship, which is still far from a safe quay, Serbian Vecernje Novosti newspaper writes, adding that it is absurd to call the person who is prime minister of the most indebted country in the EU a winner.

“Six months ago Papandreou took the hot potato, inheriting the irresponsible and corrupted rightist government. Suffering defeats, one after another, it finally seemed as if he is one step closer to victory, or at least to the real chance of thinking about it.

Despite German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German financial newspapers, Brussels sent the news for acceptable mechanism for European aid for Greece. It is not perfect credit but anyway beggars cannot be choosers. The International Monetary Fund, which is ready to pay for the euro area entry through Greece, is not rushing too much and soon the total sum of EUR 45 billion will be poured into the empty state funds.

Meanwhile, Greek police is neutralizing the Revolutionary Struggle terrorist organization in the country.Trade unions’ leaders realized the significance of the moment and the need to help the prime minister and the strikes were stopped.
The tourist season is drawing near and will bring fresh money to fill in at least part of the budget gaps.

In Istanbul, Turkish Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas is foreseeing ‘new age’ of the Greek-Turkish relations.A solution to the two decades old name dispute between Athens and Skopje is also coming into view.In Cyprus, where Papanreou is on a visit at the moment, we hear about ‘the unity and progress of the two communities’ more and more often,” the Vecernje Novosti writes.