Sworn in …in Greece…today’s news…
People are asking ‘Is Greece ungovernable?’
Will the fresh elections reveal Greece’s fate in the euro zone they wonder.
Greece in turmoil
Headlines around the world yesterday were all about Greece (just for a change)!
Greece is to hold yet more coalition talks, they have been talking and talking for days with no agreement.
Reports of political uncertainty has sent markets all around the world plunging as there are fears of Greece possibly leaving the eurozone (again).
DEH reduced night-time electricity – Takes effect from 01 May
The Greek Electricity Board (DEH) reminds customers that make use of the residential tariff time charges (reduced night rate)
Greeks to Pay 25% Increases in Public Transport, Electricity and Water
That’s the country of economic miracles full of paradoxes. While the incomes decrease and wages undergo more and more cuts of 20-30%, prices keep going higher and higher.
Elections in Greece to be held on 6th May
The government will remain in office until the elections to ensure implementation of legislated reforms, Papademos told his Cabinet.
“We can’t waste a single day,” he said. “This electoral campaign is unlike others. Many issues cannot wait for handling until after the elections.”
48-hour seamen’s strike …..PNO STRIKES….Tuesday and Wednesday….
Trade unionists say they are not the ones to blame for deciding upon demonstrations during the Holy Week, but the government that brought the controversial bills for voting in parliament.
Amnesty raps Greece over migrant roundups
London-based organization says measures based on discriminatory criteria Greece’s government announced late Monday plans to hold illegal immigrants in indefinite detention if they are considered a risk to public health — drawing sharp criticism from the human rights group Amnesty International, which called the proposals «deeply alarming.”
The Drachma makes a “revolutionary” return in a village of Serres.
The small village, Piyi in Serres with 2,000 residents, had their own “revolution” on March 25th.
Following a public assembly of all the residents, who are mostly elderly, they decided to use the ‘drachma’!
This is the first Greek village which has implemented this practice.
Merkel: Eurozone must avoid Greek exit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Newsnight’s Gavin Esler that the Eurozone must hold together German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the BBC it would be a huge political mistake if debt-stricken Greece was allowed to leave the euro. In an exclusive interview, she said Germany would do everything it could to keep the [...]
BETTING COMPANY FOR SALE IN GREECE???AND HELLENIC PETROLEUM…
Greece will put two major listed companies, betting monopoly OPAP and refiner Hellenic Petroleum, up for sale by May to boost a much-delayed privatisation plan and help cut the country’s debt, its chief privatisation official told Reuters.
