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How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
17 Million Tourists To Visit Greece This Summer
According to data published by the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises, from January to May, Greek tourism has been running with a 6.05% increase in air arrivals compared to last year. In absolute numbers, in the first five months this year 2,441,276 tourists arrived, while in 2012 there were 2,302,107 tourist arrivals. There has been a significant increase to all Greek destinations. There ...
Veteran Diplomat Stathatos Passed Away
Stephanos Stathatos passed away on June 18 at the age of 91. The death of the honorary ambassador is a significant loss for the Diplomatic Service of Greece. Stephanos Stathatos, was a distinguished career diplomat, with special training and a high sense of duty, who made a significant contribution to shaping Greece's foreign policy. He served in Cairo, Washington and in NATO and the UN ...
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EU Tells Samaras To Turn On ERT
The European Commission has told Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to abide by an order from the country’s highest court which ruled he should immediately restore the national broadcaster ERT he ordered shut down on June 11 and remained off the air despite the decision. "The European Commission takes into consideration the decision of the Council of State about ERT," stated ...
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Greek broadcaster ERT back on the air but still set to shrink
Thousands of demonstrators gather outside the Greek public television and radio broadcaster ERT headquarters in Athens northern suburb, after Greece's government announced on June 11, 2013 the immediate closure of ERT in a move that reportedly affects about 2,700 jobs. Hundreds rushed to the main premises of ERT in the northern Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi to show their support, shortly ...
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Shockwaves continue after Greece pulls plug on public TV
An employee of the Greece state broadcaster ERT gives instructions in front of monitors in the control room at the television station's headquarters in Athens, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT rages on despite a court ruling that the prime minister's decision to pull the plug ...
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Greece set to seal natgas deal with Azerbaijani company
Greece is set to agree the sale of its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR, a senior official directly involved in the talks said on Tuesday, APA reports quoting Reuters. SOCAR has improved its offer to buy a 66 percent stake in the company to 400 million euros ($536 million), a price that Greece's privatization agency HRADF finds satisfying, the ...
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Mass jobs losses as Greek state broadcaster ordered to reopen
Late Monday, a ruling by Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State, cancelled the June 11 decision of the government to immediately close the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), with the loss of 2,700 jobs.The provisional ruling is an attempt on behalf of the Greek ruling class to manage a crisis that has threatened to spiral out of control. It stated the decree last ...
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