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Archive - 2011

September 28th

Athens centre inaccessible due to road chaos, strikes and protest blockades

28 September 2011 / 19:09:40  
Employees in the urban transport have decided to suspend their strike from tomorrow until the end of the week. Taxi owners decided to fight to the end against the liberalization of their profession.


Triumph of independent cinema at the Thessaloniki Film Festival this autumn

28 September 2011 / 17:09:26  
The 52nd annual Thessaloniki Film Festival will take place from November 4 to 13 and the focus is currently on three talented foreign directors: Robert Smith, Sarah Driver and Ole Christian Madsen.


Athens got the biggest airport photovoltaic park in the world

28 September 2011 / 16:09:13  
Its capacity is 8 mWh, it will produce up to 9 per cent of the energy one of the three largest European airports uses and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 10,000 tons.


With the Socialists’ votes, the Greek Parliament approved the poll tax on real estate

28 September 2011 / 13:09:21  
The new poll tax will be paid with electricity bills but even it will not help fill the gap in the budget, economists warn of a new tax tsunami.


Greek private insurers seek greater market share

27 September 2011 / 22:09:17  
As an emerging democracy, Greece only now started to make plans to strengthen the three pillars of pension insurance, which has been left largely to the state for decades.


September 27th

Turkish research vessel exploring the eastern Mediterranean for natural gas

27 September 2011 / 20:09:14  
MEPs are following with concern the rising tension between Cyprus and Turkey.


"Poor" wife of a former minister spent € 1.5 million for cars

27 September 2011 / 16:09:09  
According to her income tax return, Akis Tsohadzopoulos' wife has no income, but has gained one million euro from property sale.