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Archive - 2012

July 27th

The strike in Greek Steelworks SA is fizzling out

27 July 2012 / 19:07:23  
Greek Steelworks SA is already operating with a reduced staff of 100 people. They are working in four shifts of 25 people who are preparing the plant to operate at 100%.


Nobel Prize winner proposes a new, more massive cut in Greek debt

27 July 2012 / 18:07:47  
The condition for it is a zero budget deficit, says Columbia University's Professor Robert Mundell, who said that the chances of Greece leaving the eurozone, are less than 25 per cent


Corruption in public administration is deepening

27 July 2012 / 16:07:01  
Chaos and corruption reign all around the Greek public sector, according to a report of the Public Administration Inspector General Leandros Rakidzis. The most common offences are related to bribery and malpractice. The main characters are mostly civil servants or senior tax inspectors with many years of experience.


Greek athlete Dimitris Hondrokoukis with a positive doping test

26 July 2012 / 22:07:21  
If the athlete had said that it wasn't she who had written the comment, would they have justified her, as they did with Kostas Kenderis and Katerina Tanou, who said they had had a car accident and their doping control tests before the games in Athens in 2004 never took place, asked sports journalist Akis Sakisloglou for GRReporter.


July 26th

The Troika and Barroso want actions, not promises from Greece

26 July 2012 / 17:07:04  
Time has come for real changes in Greece and there is no turning back. These are the conclusions that can be drawn after the first meeting of the supervisory Troika leaders from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission with Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras.


Rich, famous and defendants have flooded the Greek islands

26 July 2012 / 16:07:53  
Summer has come and, in crisis or not, Greece remains a favourite place for relaxation for both natives and foreigners. A galaxy of Hollywood stars, celebrities and businessmen have rushed to the Mediterranean islands to forget about their everyday worries for a moment. Among them is also the former banker and a current defendant in 15 cases for fraud, money laundering and other criminal acts, Lavrentis Lavrentiadis.


Robbers mark the sites of potential burglaries

26 July 2012 / 15:07:26  
According to Thessaloniki municipal TV reporting, the "code" of robbers is international. This way they inform each other whether there is money in the house, if it has been recently robbed as well as what the risk of being caught is.