Prime minister George Papandreou on Thursday visited the Fire Brigade's Operations Center and the 6th fire brigade station, where he congratulated the corps on its "super-human efforts".He also praised the corps for its successful coordination in tackling fires, adding that efforts are being made
A team of EU and IMF inspectors winds contacts in Athens on Thursday by meeting Labour minister Andreas Loverdos and Bank of Greece (BoG) governor George Provopoulos in the afternoon, after which it will draw up its report on the basis of which a second tranche of the EU-IMF support package loan to Greece will be disbursed.
Striking truck owners and Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Dimitris Reppas were in talks for some four hours on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to reach a compromise that would defuse the tension and peacefully end a strike that has starved Greek markets of fuel. On Wednesday, the government responded to the open-ended strike by ordering a civil mobilisation to force truckers to return to work.
The government is offering tangible support to Greek households, allowing over-extended Greek households to reschedule their debts
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Defence Minister Evangelos Venizelos on Thursday announced a deal with the European Commission concerning the illegal state subsidies to Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramanga.
Passenger traffic in the Athens International Airport remained virtually unchanged compared with last year’s levels in the first half of 2010
Ten professional organisations on Thursday filed a petition with the Council of State against the government's austerity measures.
Stocks resumed their upward trend on Thursday, after Wednesday’s mild correction, with the composite index surpassing the 1,700 level.
The civil mobilization of truck owners and commandeering of their vehicles decided by Prime Minister George Papandreou
