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Archive - Jun 2011

June 17th

Acropolis Rally 2011 started

17 June 2011 / 13:06:06  
42 crews started in the Acropolis Rally 2011, which will be held between June 16 and 19. World's best pilots of the World Rally Championship gathered for the first time in Greece with new cars of new specifications, ready to compete in 18 special routes with a total length of 348.80 km. Among the participants are the seven times world champions for the last years Sebastien Loeb with his navigator Daniel Elena and their Citroen DS3 WRC. There are 18 WRC cars and the participants in the SWRC category are 10!


Papandreou rearranged the same pawns in the cabinet

17 June 2011 / 11:06:54  
Instead of introducing technocrats and new faces in the cabinet as expected, Papandreou disappointed the Greeks and simply rearranged the older players.


PASOK deputies tried to sink the government

16 June 2011 / 22:06:08  
Two MPs from the ruling party submitted their resignations, while others spoke of "a complete lack of control." The government crisis was managed at the last moment, but opposition continues to insist on elections.


June 16th

The discontented stay on Syntagma

16 June 2011 / 20:06:34  
People of all ages and jobs do not leave the most central place of the Greek capital. They want a change, they want an explanation of how Greece ended up here, they want a better life without corruption, lying politicians and empty promises.


Professor Athanasios Veremis: Antonis Samaras’ actions are not for the good of Greece

16 June 2011 / 18:06:33  
The ruling PASOK party is divided into two camps at least. Some of them want a change and the others, along with "hard" trade unionism, are ready to drag the country to the bottom, said the Professor in an interview with Anastasia Balezdrova.


The economic and political collapse of Greece crashed the stock market and raised the spread

16 June 2011 / 14:06:02  
The Greek government bonds interest rate reached the skies and the CDS insurances are close to about 2,000 bp.


Students made Facebook easily accessible for visually impaired people

16 June 2011 / 13:06:05  
The innovation was inspired by the 12-year-old Vassilis who is visually impaired but wants to be part of the popular social network like his peers.