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Archive - Apr 2011

April 6th

Sushi bars in Athens are empty for fear of radiation

06 April 2011 / 20:04:45  
Greek owners of sushi bars registered 20% drop in turnover after the accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant and try to convince their customers that the products they use are not imported from Japan.


The green economy will create brand new investment opportunities

06 April 2011 / 19:04:59  
"We believe that the development of innovative green projects will create great opportunities for investment in the future," clearly stated the Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change Tina Birbili. She spoke at the innovation forum, organized by the Economist magazine.


Hellenic Petroleum: We are paid 17 salaries a year, but our work is dangerous and responsible

06 April 2011 / 18:04:10  
The company workers went on strike from the 3rd of April demanding the appointment of new staff for the new units at the refinery in Thessaloniki and their salaries and benefits to be kept.


The European leaders add oil to the Greek fire instead of putting it out

06 April 2011 / 14:04:50  
The banks in Europe are in panic, mainly because their portfolios are full of toxic derivatives from the private sector and government bonds of countries from the periphery of the Euro zone, which are actually useless, states Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economic Theory at the Athens University.


The ban on smoking in public places remained only on paper

05 April 2011 / 21:04:17  
Eight months have passed since the introduction of another ban on smoking in public places in Greece. The country was supposed to say goodbye to cigarette smoke a year earlier, on the 1st of July, 2009, but despite the law the Greeks did abandon the bad habit.


April 5th

The radioactive waste of Kozloduy NPP disturbs the neighbours of Bulgaria

05 April 2011 / 19:04:40  
A Greek research associate argues that radioactive waste in Kozloduy NPP is not handled in the safest possible way.


Tax benefits to be cancelled and social payments to be minimized to melt the deficit

05 April 2011 / 17:04:38  
Wikileaks: the drama is that Germany has been steadily tightening the belt of its national economy over the past 10 years, while Greece has been paying the 14th salary.