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tommy271

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Taxi Drivers Consider Blocking Epidaurus

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Ioanna Stergaki


Taxi drivers are going to continue their strike and tourists are going to continue confronting difficulties.
Taxi drivers think that the government was laughing at them and that no actual progress was made.
Strikers are considering blocking the streets leading to Epidaurus since there is a significant performance taking place today.
They do not plan to retreat unless their demands are satisfied. Blocking the port is being discussed as well. Their meeting today is going to be a brief one as the strike is definitely going to continue.


(greekreporter.com)
 

tommy271

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The secret of our success





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By Nick Malkoutzis


As far as cringeworthy moments go, it was right up there: Prime Minister George Papandreou being given a standing ovation by his Cabinet last Friday, just a few hours after the eurozone agreed on a new support package for Greece. That’s not to say that Papandreou -- or indeed Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos -- doesn’t deserve some credit for the energy and purpose he brought to those marathon negotiations, but with everything still at stake and so many questions about the deal unanswered, a triumphant welcome for a conquering hero hardly seems appropriate.

To be fair, Papandreou tried to play down his moment of glory last Friday -- and continued to do so over the ensuing days -- by arguing that securing the second package, worth 159 billion euros, had been a “success that belongs to all Greeks.” Nevertheless, painting the deal as a success at a time when the effects of the debt crisis are being felt far and wide and when the worst is still to come seems not just premature but immature. Greece is still tiptoeing along the precipice -- it’s no time to break out into song and dance.

In fact, it’s likely to be a long time before the word “success” can be spoken with confidence in the same sentence as “Greece.” You only need to take a look around to confirm how far we are from that moment.

As Papandreou and his Cabinet met last Friday, like most Greeks, I went about my normal business rather than stopping to celebrate our moment in euro history. I got into my French car to run some errands. I would happily drive a Greek vehicle but Greece has hardly ever had any car industry to speak of, apart from short productions runs of the three-wheeled Reliant Robin and the Citroen Pony. There’s the Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO) but it mostly manufactures military vehicles. Just as it does with cars, Greece imports most of its military equipment. For Greece, success would necessitate the manufacturing of something more than debt.

I parked my French car at a retail park next to Athens International Airport. The airport could be regarded as a sign of Greek success -- a modern, well-run facility that gives the impression you are arriving in a modern, well-run country. But Athens airport is far from a Greek success story. The European Union helped fund it and a German-led consortium was paid to build it. The same consortium owns close to half of the shares in the airport, which produced revenues of some 400 million euros last year. The Greek government, which has a 55 percent stake, is about to sell up as part of its privatization plan. In Greece, success is not always what it seems.

Leaving my car, I entered a well-known Swedish furniture store. My preference would have been to support the shops in my neighborhood but Greece is now awash with foreign stores or franchises that sprang up over the last decade thanks to the cheap credit lines extended to consumers. The truth is, though, that you’d be hard pushed to fund Greek products in Greek shops. Greece imports practically everything: from Korean TVs to Argentinean lemons. In fact, Greece spends roughly 3 euros on imports for every 1 euro it earns from imports. In anyone’s language, that’s no recipe for success.

With the shopping out of the way, I used the Attiki Odos to get home. Like the airport, the 65-kilometer highway, which runs along the periphery of Athens, was built for the 2004 Olympics. Like the airport, the Attiki Odos is also a sign of an efficient state that seems to be going places. Unlike the airport, it was built by Greek companies. But before we prepare to hail a Greek success story, perhaps we should consider that some of these firms have benefited over the years from a very cozy relationship with the media or from actually owning media outlets. It gave them a position of strength from which to “negotiate” with governments when tenders for public contracts were issued. In fact, there is an ongoing judicial investigation into whether Greek taxpayers were damaged by the contract for the project, which was delivered over budget. Success for some in Greece does not mean success for all.

After leaving the car at home, I got onto the metro to head for work. The Athens metro is another sign of a city and a country that can get things right if it tries. Punctual, clean, safe and cheap, it can rival any subway system in the world. But like other modes of public transport in Greece, it has suffered from the inefficiencies of the wider public sector, such as imbalances in wages, too little control over expenses and failure to collect enough revenues. The metro is one of the more financially healthy modes of public transport, but as government spending is cut it is beginning to suffer. Many stations, for instance, are missing ticket validation machines as a result of lack of personnel to maintain them and lack of funds to replace them. Success requires a structure that will support it.

The final leg of my journey was on the Kifissia-Piraeus electric railway (ISAP). When it began operating in 1863 as the world’s second underground metropolitan railway, it was a sign of success, that Athens was joining the elite of European capitals. Over the last couple of years, amid never-ending engineering works, it has been a symbol of abject failure; a line that leads to nowhere but more misery for its passengers. To top it all off, a key station, Monastiraki, has been unable to fully open for the last few months because a small group that worships the ancient gods has sued ISAP over plans to cover up an altar found beneath one of the lines. They, at least, can boast some success.

In response to the claims of a Greek success following the eurozone deal, perhaps the most useful observation that can be made is that, like a lot of things in life, success is relative.


ekathimerini.com , Friday Jul 29, 2011 (19:26)
 
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tommy271

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Big price cuts at hotels and holiday apartments



Drop in domestic tourism numbers prompts impressive bargains


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By Stathis Kousounis
More than ever before, Greece’s tourism is a two-speed industry. On the one hand, the number of foreign tourists visiting the country is showing a remarkable upward trajectory, while the number of Greeks visiting domestic destinations is plummeting to new lows, as citizens feel the pinch of the economic crisis.

The result of this slump in domestic tourism is that hotels and rooms at destinations customarily frequented by Greeks have kept their prices at off-peak levels, while the number of websites featuring special deals and holidays packages have mushroomed and are enjoying unprecedented popularity with holiday bargain-hunters.

Among the deals that can be found, mostly at three-star hotels, are discounts that can reach up to 50 percent of the regular reservation price, as well as more inventive incentives such as pushing up the time when rooms need to be vacated from noon to 4 p.m. Some hotels will even throw in a bottle of wine with each reservation.

The prices and deals that are available on these websites fluctuate daily depending on demand, much like the stock market. The deals normally concern specific dates, both off and during peak season, and depend on the class of the accommodation. The best deals available at the moment are to be found the Ionian island of Zakynthos, where one pension is offering a studio apartment at a charge of 10 euros per night, on Samos in the northeastern Aegean, where similar accommodation goes for 11 euros, and small apartments going for 11 euros a night on Rhodes and 12.50 euros on Kos.

However, the availability of rooms included in special deals does tend to be limited, while potential patrons are advised to call in advance and confirm that what is being advertised is in fact what they will be getting.

A recent survey conducted by Kathimerini at 10 popular destinations for a four-night stay (July 25-29) in a double room in three-star accommodation revealed indicative prices and the kind of offers that are being made to boost domestic tourism.

On Rhodes, the price for this period starts at 220 euros, though hotels with few advanced reservations are offering discounts. In fact, one five-star hotel dropped the price of one of its rooms from 2,400 euros for the four-day period to 700 euros.

On Corfu, price reductions were recorded mainly at studio apartments and rooms to let, where prices for the four-day period begin at 170 euros in three-star accommodation, while in Hania on Crete the price starts at 220 euros.

Many hotels, furthermore, are also allowing for reservations to be made by phone without the use of a credit card.
In Halkidiki, northern Greece, prices that begin at 228 euros for the four-day period are made more attractive by the fact that many of the hotels making offers also have free Wi-Fi and swimming pools. On Kos, prices start at 210 euros, on Skiathos at 188, in Pilio at around 200 euros and on Santorini, a notoriously expensive destination, prices start at 269 euros for rooms and are even lower for studio apartments.

On Paros, prices for rooms begin at 200 euros, though you can find significantly cheaper accommodation at two-star hotels or studio apartments, while on Myconos prices remain comparatively high with a four-night stay at a three-star hotel starting at 440 euros.

A campaign to attract foreign visitors to Greece with special offers through travel agents and operators in combination with the social uprisings in North Africa have been key to boosting Greece’s tourism industry this year. Indicatively, arrivals at the country’s airports from overseas have increased by 9.5 percent over the past six months compared to the same period last year. However, scenes of violence broadcast worldwide from central Athens last month are believed to have put a significant dent in reservations, especially in the Greek capital. Recent strike action by taxi drivers, which has included blockades of airports and ports around Greece, has also contributed to dampening foreigners’ interest in coming to Greece for their holidays.






ekathimerini.com , Saturday Jul 30, 2011 (18:17)
 

Andre_Sant

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Mi pare di ricordare che Trichet ha predisposto un fondo speciale da 35 MLD da utilizzare per i bisogni di liquidità delle banche greche durante la fase di transizione in cui verranno swappati i titoli.


ciao, appunto è differente..
x grisu:
puoi dirmi il passaggio preciso relativo al discorso bce/sd ?
per me sarebbe davvero importante

grazie
ciao
 

robinson

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ore 2:54

(televideo)
Obama annuncia: "Raggiunto col Congresso un accordo sul tetto del debito USA. Evitato default e rimosse incertezze su economia"
Ancora parla di "accordo storico".
 

mago gambamerlo

Xx Phuket xX
Secondo voi cosa si intende x private sector ? investitore privato e quindi si dovrebbe rivolgere a tutti e non solo agl' istituzionali ?

Sul sito della PDMA c'è questa notizia del 27-07-2011 che mi pare sia passata inosservata.

The Ministry of Finance of the Hellenic Republic announced today the appointment of BNP-Paribas, Deutsche Bank and HSBC as joint dealer-managers for the implementation of the Private Sector Involvement (voluntary bond exchange, committed financing facility and debt buyback program) whose terms were agreed and communicated in the last European Summit.
The Ministry of Finance also announced the appointment of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as international legal adviser, and Lazard Frères as financial adviser, to the Hellenic Republic in connection with this transaction.

i nomi dei primi inviati al "banchetto" ...

Buona domenica a tutti.
 

tommy271

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Secondo voi cosa si intende x private sector ? investitore privato e quindi si dovrebbe rivolgere a tutti e non solo agl' istituzionali ?

In linea di massima, se vogliono concludere tutto entro l'inizio di settembre sarà molto difficile fare un'operazione con il retail.
Quindi per "private sector" potremmo ipotizzare banche, fondi, assicurazioni e grossi investitori.
 

tommy271

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Usa, Obama annuncia accordo su debito, tagli per 1.000 mld dlr

lunedì 1 agosto 2011 07:34






WASHINGTON, 1 agosto (Reuters) - Il presidente Usa Barack Obama ha annunciato nella notte italiana che i leader democratici e repubblicani hanno raggiunto un accordo per ridurre il deficit statunitense ed evitare il default.
L'accordo, ha detto il presidente, prevede il taglio di circa 1.000 miliardi di dollari nel corso dei prossimi dieci anni.
Secondo il presidente, questo accordo permette di evitare il defaulto dei pagamenti e garantire che gli Usa non rivivano una crisi analaga nei prossimi 8-12 mesi.
 

METHOS

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ore 2:54

(televideo)
Obama annuncia: "Raggiunto col Congresso un accordo sul tetto del debito USA. Evitato default e rimosse incertezze su economia"
Ancora parla di "accordo storico".

Quella del tetto del debito è una pantomima assurda. Non vale la pena starci dietro. Solo giochi di potere.
 
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