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Archive - Oct 2011

October 21st

Over eight thousand municipal employees mobilized to carry 120,000 tons of waste out of Athens

21 October 2011 / 16:10:10  
From mid-September, not only civil unrest and protests have been shaking Athens but also tons of waste has covered it and its removal would take at least three weeks.


Only uncontrolled bankruptcy could threaten the pension insurances of Greeks

21 October 2011 / 14:10:29  
The CEO of the insurance company Eurolife EFG and Chairman of the Life, Health, Pensions & Bancassurance Committee at the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies, Alexandros Sarrigeorgiou thinks that the Bulgarian market is small but has good prospects.


The Parliament passed the bill, the government has won a little more time

20 October 2011 / 22:10:57  
The government managed to pass the bill that incited Greece against it, but remained with 153 deputies.


October 20th

Greece is like a rushing train the driver of which has had a heart attack

20 October 2011 / 20:10:40  
Changes are painful, but inevitable. But to endure the pain we need hope, which today's leaders are not giving us, says Professor Haridimos Tsoukas in an interview with Anastasia Balezdrova.


The Troika insists that the sixth tranche should be paid

20 October 2011 / 17:10:57  
The message of the control mission makes it clear that the dynamics of the foreign debt are reaching dangerous levels, the recession is deepening and without financial assistance, the country would "explode" in an uncontrolled bankruptcy, which could drag down the entire euro area.


One victim and dozens of injured during the protests in front of the Greek parliament

20 October 2011 / 15:10:07  
The anger of the weak flooded Athens again. The police allowed the people to fight one another, watching the beginning of the unrest behind the barricade that protects the entrance to the National Assembly.


Violence during Athens protests is not surprising the world media any more

19 October 2011 / 22:10:29  
International media, together with GRReproter were on the scene to track how far tensions around the 48-hour nationwide strike would escalate.