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Archive - 2010

September 13th

Queues for petrol, traffic jams and a maximum price of petrol are the results of the strike that came as a thunderbolt

13 September 2010 / 17:09:50  
Queues from early morning lined up to the stations as car drivers were afraid that petrol will end in the coming days because of the strike of the owners of petrol tanks. Traffic jams on the ring road of Athens and other central boulevards also caused traffic problems as owners of trucks and tanks stopped their vehicles on the road, waiting to go on a protest march to the Parliament in the city center at noon.


The expert Troika with a view to the 2011 budget

13 September 2010 / 16:09:55  
The Financial Minister George Papakonstantinou leaves on a road show to meet potential international investors and convince the business circles of the old continent that Greece has gone along the way of economic stability.


Truck drivers blocked three spots in Athens

13 September 2010 / 08:09:07  
Gas stations owners: "We will carry gasoline by our own tanks, we won't allow citizens to become hostage to client politics"; the government has introduced maximum price of the unleaded fuel.


September 12th

A new strike of truck drivers starting from tomorrow

12 September 2010 / 18:09:28  
They are coming in the capital to throw their keys in the Ministry of transport; so far there is no problem with refueling in Athens.


Scientists are discussing the mechanism of the bankruptcy after the news for the new increase of the budget deficit

12 September 2010 / 13:09:42  
Prime Minister George Papandreou announced in Thessaloniki he will reduce the business taxes and to eliminate the bureaucracy standing in the way of the large investors. "Too little, too late", comment on this the entrepreneurs.


September 11th

Jazz under the stars

11 September 2010 / 17:09:20  
If the theory that humans are made of stars is true, then in Penthouse lounge bar on the roof of the 21st floor of the President Hotel in Athens we are closest to them. Here, in their light we can certainly feel the rush of energy and place the summer rug for a bit longer.


A man threw a shoe at Papandreou, but missed

11 September 2010 / 15:09:03  
60-years-old man throw a shoe at the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in Thessaloniki, where Papandreou opens the 75th International Fair.