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Archive - Jun 2011

June 15th

Strikes, mid-term program and scenarios for early elections on the day of the full lunar eclipse

15 June 2011 / 12:06:58  
A karmic day for Greece seems to be June 15, the Discontented gathered around the Parliament at dawn, lawmakers began discussing the new economic program of the government and the Prime Minister Papandreou meets the President Papoulias.


Time of violence for Bobolas’ media empire

14 June 2011 / 21:06:52  
They strike from Ethnos in support of a dismissed fellow journalist. The economic Imerisia can not make out why the job of onemperson should put at risk the jobs of many others. Anastasia Balezdrova attended the meeting of the journalists from Bobolas' media empire.


June 14th

The interest rate on the Greek six-month bills jumped again

14 June 2011 / 17:06:26  
The Public Debt Management Agency registered a significant decline in the interest of foreign investors and Greece’s credit rating collapsed bellow that of Argentina and Jamaica.


Greek exporters are optimists despite recession

14 June 2011 / 16:06:49  
After GRReporter presented the theory of the Harvard Professor of Economic Development Ricardo Hausmann to you, which states that the only way to economic growth in Greece is through exports, we decided to find out if the Greek export companies agree with this view.


Students are turning from private to public schools because of high fees

14 June 2011 / 14:06:53  
Students are turning from private to public education in the last year, as the fees of private schools increased between 60% -200% for five years but because of the economic crisis too. The decline in the number of students is expected to reach about 15% next year and this will affect mostly small and medium-sized private schools. To find out the parents’ attitude private schools have already started to make a preliminary lists with the next year students so that they can plan their own activities and determine how many teachers they will need.


A Greek made the world's first chip of graphene

14 June 2011 / 13:06:23  
Graphene does not possess the natural qualities of the materials which comprise traditional semiconductors and it can not fulfill the functions of a conventional transistor at least so far. But the semiconductors producing industry in Europe, Asia and the USA set its great hopes on the graphene because, as Phaedon Avouris stated, the introduction of relatively inexpensive chains of graphene could reduce the prices of many electronic devices in the future.


The rap artist, who "sees" music

14 June 2011 / 11:06:54  
"Music is more than what you hear" is the motto of the young rap artist, who feels the rhythm through the strong bass sounds.