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Archive - 2012

July 17th

Taxi drivers are worried that the tourist sector will threaten their livelihood

17 July 2012 / 19:07:20  
A new wave of concern is rising after the Trade Union of taxi drivers sent a warning letter to the government, that it is expecting the state administration not to liberalize their sector, otherwise they will take new strike actions.


First yellow card for the Greek ministers

17 July 2012 / 17:07:59  
Greece has to save 11.5 billion euro for 2013-2014 from the ministries' budget expenses. The public institutions’ leaders not only didn’t manage to present the expected levels of savings before Yiannis Stournaras, but some of them didn’t even have specific proposals as to where the cuts should come from.


A tubercular employee has worked in a central restaurant in Athens

17 July 2012 / 11:07:12  
9 more colleagues of his have been subjected to additional tests, after the positive result from the tuberculin sensitivity test.


July 16th

New prices in telecommunications are coming

16 July 2012 / 20:07:16  
The European Commission is ready to allow big telecommunication companies to raise the prices for access to their networks. The aim is leading companies in the sector in Europe to ensure more stable and higher financial flow, after they are ready to invest or have already invested in the most modern telecommunication infrastructures.


In the most difficult year for Greek tourism, the wardens decided one-sidedly to close the Acropolis because of the heat

16 July 2012 / 19:07:55  
Their trade-union organization decreed that this is the best for the personnel and the tourists. They, however, didn’t share the wardens' health concerns and said for GRReporter, that they want to decide for themselves when the Acropolis can be visited


The European Commissioner for Human Rights will investigate Golden Dawn

16 July 2012 / 16:07:54  
"We are observing the situation in Greece very carefully and we are gathering information", says Muižnieks, who has currently been in the position since April this year and expresses his concern about the growing aggression in Greece towards immigrants.


The real salary of the deputies exceeds 20,000 euro

16 July 2012 / 13:07:52  
Parliament responds with silence to the question from the senior magistrates, who, according to the Constitution, should receive the same sum