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Archive - Feb 2011

February 5th

The hunger strikers will decide when to leave the building on Patision Blvd.

05 February 2011 / 13:02:56  
Protest and a symbolic occupation of the building of the Journalist Union in Athens held today the Initiative solidarity for the immigrants who are conducting a hunger strike, requesting that they be granted asylum in Greece.


New blockages at the border with Bulgaria

05 February 2011 / 12:02:59  
Agricultural association of Ceres Municipality first announced it was considering blocking the road that leads to the border with Bulgaria, Promahonas-Kulata. The angry farmers from Greek Macedonia and Thrace will also participate in the protest. The final decision will be announced after the meeting of the agricultural union held this weekend.


Investments in securities, corporate bonds and foreign currency transactions bring profit in 2011

05 February 2011 / 10:02:44  
Credit spreads on corporate bonds are much lower than the spreads of the government ones and the bankruptcy risk index of the private enterprises has dropped significantly in the period after the banking crisis in 2008.


February 4th

GRR HOT 15: the Brit fury Jessie J in GRR HOT 15

04 February 2011 / 17:02:54  
Hello, music fans It is the beginning of the shortest and the coldest month of the year and we are again with our favourite GRR HOT 15. To dance, sing and, of course, to see its surprises this time.


Torrential rains and heavy snowfalls in Greece

04 February 2011 / 15:02:49  
Torrential rains and heavy snowfalls in Greece made the weather heavy. Rivers of waters blocked many roads in central Athens. The rain that lasted for hours flooded streets and homes. There are snow-ploughs cleaning the roads and throwing salt throughout the road network in the country.


Mass merger of schools from September

04 February 2011 / 12:02:40  
Many primary and high schools across the country will be merged, although mayors, parents and pupils do not support the government plans for introducing the Kalikratis program in education. But the Ministry of Education has decided to merge hundreds of schools especially in the areas of Thessaloniki, Trikala, Epirus, the Peloponnese and Crete from the next school year.


Pharmacists’ strikes continue

04 February 2011 / 11:02:56  
Pharmacists demand the state to pay off its debts to pharmacies that have already amounted to nearly 500 million euro.