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Archive - May 2011

May 20th

Exhibition of flowers and herbs on Kodziya Square

20 May 2011 / 17:05:53  
The exhibition of flowers, which started today on the Athens Kodziya Square to the City Hall, presents and offers more than 600 species of flowers and aromatic plants. Prices are very decent, the lowest being 0.50 euros for petunias and between 2 and 5 euros for different types of flowers and herbs. The exhibition will take place until June 5th, and plenty of shows for children will be held during the Week of Environment from May 28th to June 5th to acquaint them with recycling and environment protection.


GRReporter readers do not perceive Andonis Samaras as the next Greek Prime Minister

20 May 2011 / 16:05:52  
For the first time the votes in the three versions of GRReporter are almost identical. The vast majority of readers believe that Andonis Samaras is another populist and demagogue in Greek politics. few are those who see in his face a figure that would unite the Greek right wing.


The small bakeries’ fight with the semi-finished goods

20 May 2011 / 15:05:23  
Informal activities in the bread business threaten to replace the warm hand-made bread from the neighbourhood bakery with frozen bakery products that will be reheated just before the sale. The consumers ask what happened to the call "Buy what is made in Greece."


Municipal authorities and Athenians will show tourists “their Athens”

20 May 2011 / 08:05:18  
The new tourism strategy for Athens for the period 2011-2012 was presented by the Mayor George Kaminis. He stated that the tourism development of the Greek capital "is a basic strategic priority".


The nine options for the development of the Greek economy, according to Merrill Lynch

19 May 2011 / 21:05:21  
The controversial role of Greece in shaking the foundations of the European Monetary Union is the core reason for the events, and many economists fear that the country could become the European Lehman Brothers.


May 19th

Four bad and one good news from the insurance funds

19 May 2011 / 19:05:20  
After the cost of insurance funds for medicines has only increased over the last ten years then a significant reduction of around 10% was registered in 2010 and over 20% for the first quarter of 2011. This is the only good news that came from the report presented by the chairman of the federation of employees in social policy organisations Thanasis Tsakanikas during the 27th regular congress of the organization.


The financial support created the illusion that the reforms are not necessary

19 May 2011 / 15:05:29  
Someone should tell the Greek people the truth about the state of the local economy, insisted the chairman of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises Dimitris Daskalopoulos. "We failed as country a year ago."