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Archive - Jun 2011

June 7th

The Greek banks - poker or chess

07 June 2011 / 16:06:10  
The local banking system is not the reason for the severe economic crisis in the country, but the Greek bankers are the ones to lead the people to the promised land of financial prosperity.


Suspected outbreak of the deadly E.coli bacteria on the Greek island of Paxi

07 June 2011 / 14:06:55  
Two of the samples showed the presence of the deadly strain of bacterium in the body of a 53-year-old tourist from Germany. The final results of the tests are expected within 48 hours.


Papandreou is speaking of a referendum

07 June 2011 / 13:06:17  
The medium term recovery plan needs 180 votes in Parliament. The Prime Minister does not seek the minimum number of votes but the support of the entire political system to share with him the responsibility for the coming measures.


June 6th

The crisis in Greek media deepens

06 June 2011 / 20:06:01  
Despite the apparent dominance of rhetoric against reforms, exactly the left newspapers as well as the so-called "popular" or tabloid ones are those that register serious loss of sales, as opposed to the editions supporting the reforms.


2.5 million Greeks will be paying higher property taxes for old houses

06 June 2011 / 16:06:58  
. Earlier this week it became clear that the government decided to revise the law for the taxation of real estate voted last year by reducing the tax exempt value of the buildings from 400,000 euros to 100,000 euros.


June 5th

Benaki Museum presents: Mobile in NY

05 June 2011 / 17:06:57  
A photography exhibition different from any other. Sealed moments from New York, as it is today. This may not be so original.


PASOK and New Democracy in a battle for public opinion

05 June 2011 / 16:06:15  
Video report on the work of the government in the last 20 months has been uploaded to the site of the Greek Government, in a particularly critical moment, given the upcoming vote on the medium-term program and the turmoil that it caused both in the government and the parliamentary group PASOK.