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Archive - Jan 2009

January 14th

Distance learning for children of Pserimos Island

14 January 2009 / 21:01:55  
The citizens of Pserimos Island are 25 during the winter and seven out of them are children. Every day the children travel 40 minutes to get to the closest island Kalimnos, in order to go to school.


Visitors in museums and archeological monuments are decreasing drastically

14 January 2009 / 16:01:17  
The modernization of the cultural heritage program of the Ministry of Culture did not attract more tourists; rather, it pushed them away.


The Big Greek industrialists are thinking of leaving the country

14 January 2009 / 13:01:33  
The ransom for the kidnapped two days ago Pericles panagopoulos increased to 100 million Euros. His family is negotiating with the abductors and is keeping the police aside.


January 13th

Journalists are occupiers as well

13 January 2009 / 19:01:56  
A small group of journalists occupied the offices of their union building in the center of Athens.


Internet support from the economic diplomacy

13 January 2009 / 18:01:25  
The Greek Foreign Ministry developed two websites, in order to support businesses, which are focused abroad. The information will be published in Greek, so competitive foreign contractors cannot use it.


The Greek government puts out bonds for 2 billion Euros

13 January 2009 / 14:01:51  
From them 900 million Euros are bonds with a term of 11 weeks, another 900 million are bonds for 26 weeks, and the rest for 52 weeks.


40 million Euros ransom for the kidnapped shipping tycoon

13 January 2009 / 09:01:49  
74 year old Pericles Panagopoulos has bone cancer and his relatives are worried that without midicines he will not survive. His colleagues remember that he has been receiving phone threats since last fall.