Greek Courts Postpone Backlog of 1 million Cases
Monday, 17 December 2012 Nothing seems to work in Grecia!Go-slow action by Greek judges and prosecutors since September has resulted in more than one million cases being postponed, adding to a...
View ArticleCrisis: Greece; State company wages to be cut by 25%
18 December, 14:36 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 18 – As of January 1, none of some 120,000 civil servants working at public enterprises, known as DEKOs, will earn more than 2,200 euros per month due to...
View ArticleCrisis: Greece; jobless rate to hover around 30% by 2014
19 December, 13:18 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 19 – Unemployment in Greece will climb to 29.3% in 2013 and 31% in 2014, the German institute of macroeconomic forecasts IfW Kiel predicted on...
View ArticleCrisis: Greece; Any transaction in excess of 500 euros only be allowed via...
Crisis: Greece; cash payments ceiling to drop to 500 euros 31 December, 13:39 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 31 – In Greece any transaction in excess of 500 euros will soon only be allowed via credit...
View ArticleGreece: gov’t orders dock workers to get back on the job
After islands were cut off from mainland for the sixth day 05 February, 19:39 Unusual inactivity at Greece’s biggest harbour in Piraeus, as no ship or ferry-boat left Unusual inactivity at Greece’s...
View ArticleGreece: 27% unemployed in Nov 2012, new record high
Up from 26.6% in October 14 February, 12:44 A woman knitting caps on a pavement in central Athens [ARCHIVE MATERIAL 20111212 ] (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, 14 FEB – Unemployment levels in Greece reached...
View ArticleCrisis: Greece; over 8 in 10 are unable to repay loans
86% in trouble with mortgage and consumer credit payments 27 February, 16:14 A woman carries bags of goods as she enters the metro station at the main Omonia square in Athens, Greece (ANSAmed) –...
View ArticleGreece: ‘Lagarde List’; ex premier Papandreou to be summoned
06 March, 11:35 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, MARCH 6 – The Greek Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) is examining details of the bank accounts of the three relatives of former Finance Minister Giorgos...
View ArticleCrisis: Greece; traffic 40% less on country’s highways
Due to expensive tolls and gas, ongoing road projects 29 May, 13:37 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, MAY 29 – From the beginning of the financial crisis in Greece, traffic on the highways of the country has...
View ArticleGreece: former Defense minister found guilty of money laundering
07 October, 13:01 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, OCTOBER 7 – Judges at the criminal appeals court in Athens have found former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos guilty of money laundering. His sentence is...
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