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Archive - Aug 2010

August 27th

Foreign tourists prefer Rhodes while Greeks prefer Peloponnese

27 August 2010 / 14:08:46  
Tourists are less in number this year but tourist agents are optimistic. Rhodes is preferred vacation destination for French and English tourists, all inclusive hotels on Peloponnese are Greeks' favourites, Crete's guests prefer to stay with friends and relatives. Those are some of the conclusions of the Athens News Agency research.


Back to the future...or to the past?- What is the message of the planets retrogression?

27 August 2010 / 12:08:13  
Each planet (except the Sun and the Moon), moving along its orbit, has periods in which its path is unusual when viewed from the earth – it turns its direction – and the planet appears to reverse. These periods are called retrograde.


Dundee United and AEK equal in force

27 August 2010 / 08:08:09  
The match the teams played on Karaiskaki stadium in Athens ended 1:1. With this result AEK succeeded to achieve its goal and qualified for the league rounds.


August 26th

Pilot died in collision of two military F-16 fighters

26 August 2010 / 15:08:29  
The incident occurred south of the island of Crete during a drill for enemy interception at low altitude. The condition of the second pilot is critical.


Glücksburg wedding in all its brilliance

26 August 2010 / 14:08:51  
Blockbuster was the wedding of Nikolaos Glücksburg and Tatiana Blatnik who made a Hollywood performance for the residents of the Spetses Island.


Another 375 000 closed companies and 305 000 unemployed till the end of 2011

26 August 2010 / 12:08:04  
Тhe report of the Institute of Employment Studies contains pessimistic outlook for small and medium-sized enterprises for the third and fourth quarter. Any increase in VAT will be detrimental for the small and medium-sized companies in Greece. Half of the companies in Attica said they most likely will go bankrupt.


USA taught Greece a basketball lesson in Athens

26 August 2010 / 08:08:26  
Both teams have faced 10 times in their history. The American team won in 8 of the games and Greece was the winner of 2 games.