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Archive - Apr 2011

April 8th

There is no demand for yachting in Greece any longer

08 April 2011 / 12:04:49  
The owners of yachts for rent are leaving Greece to bring their business to Turkey and Croatia. As a result, the revenues of the Greek ports have been reduced by about 6 million and and the yachts that left them reached almost 20%.


The state perceives the business as a necessary evil, which deserves to be subjected to additional taxes

07 April 2011 / 21:04:31  
The private sector in Greece desperately calls for a stable tax system, low corporate tax and urgent privatisation, the role of the banks as lenders will be very limited in 2011 and 2012.


April 7th

Resistance to the compulsory organ donation

07 April 2011 / 18:04:09  
The compulsory organ donation was resisted by lawyers and human rights defenders during the first meeting, which discussed the new bill on organ donation and transplantation of human organs.


The global crisis ‘ate’ the social rights of working people, say the international trade unions

07 April 2011 / 16:04:49  
The changes in the global economy, the general economic stagnation, the reduction of social benefits and the deterioration of working conditions are the main topics discussed at the 16th World Trade Union Congress of held in Athens.


Why are the media in Greece on strike?

07 April 2011 / 15:04:04  
The Greek media will fall into silence for four days. Today, kiosks sell Sunday newspapers, and the information flow stops until 6 o’clock on Monday morning.


Papakonstantinou promises 1% deficit in 2015 and Soros expects rapid debt restructuring

06 April 2011 / 23:04:17  
And while the government representatives are trying to convince the people and the opposition that Greece is on the right track, rumors of debt restructuring are gaining force.


A TV technician died during an anarchist protest outside the house of an investigator

06 April 2011 / 21:04:41  
Kostas Baltas is one of the two investigators of the two extreme armed groups Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei and Revolutionary Struggle.