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Archive - Jul 2010

July 23rd

Professor George Bitros: Rescheduling of the Greek Debt is a Matter of Time

23 July 2010 / 14:07:48  
In an interview with Maria S. Topalova the well-known professor at the Economic University of Athens admits that the Euro should be back where it started - $ 0.80 and this will benefit not only Germany but also Bulgaria, Greece, Spain


Greece Proved to be a Mammoth after Counting Its State Employees

23 July 2010 / 10:07:35  
There are over 750,000 employees in the public sector who receive salaries from the state budget. 124,770 of them have registered Ministry of Education, which has the largest number of employees. The counting will most likely continue another three days to ensure that all those who receive salary from the state budget have registered.


July 22nd

Two Thirds of Wealthy Greeks did not Pay Their Taxes

22 July 2010 / 17:07:54  
70% of wealthy Greeks owe about € 6.74 million in taxes for 2009 and own property for hundreds of millions, stated from the Ministry of Finance during the official inauguration of the new President of the National Statistical Service of Greece.


When Extreme Sports are Safe

22 July 2010 / 15:07:12  
What professionals and fans advise.


Suspended Flights Because of Dispatcher Strike

22 July 2010 / 13:07:24  
24-hour strikes of air flights dispatchers start from midnight on Saturday before Sunday 24 July. They will block the Greek airports for an indefinite period of time.


More and More Immigrants without Papers

22 July 2010 / 11:07:04  
More and more immigrants who had residence papers fall out of the system and go underground, alerted the lawyer Vassilis Papasteriu at a press conference by a team of lawyers to support the rights of refugees and immigrants. He presented the cases of three girls, which he explained as typical for illegal immigrants in Greece. The cases are identical – they are of three girls that have been in the country many years to work, study or with their families and suddenly it appears that they no longer have the right to stay.


Three People Died in Head-on Collision between a Truck and a Tourist Bus

22 July 2010 / 11:07:31  
At least 20 people are injured, among them 5 children aged between 2 and 17 years.