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What’s Up in Greece on Jan 9/12?
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Very Mix
Wages cuts in private sector and the health in state of emergency are up in Greece today as the shining sun cannot warm up the hearts of the depressed Greeks. However the issue that tops the agenda of the day is the case of former PASOK minister Kimon Koulouris who was set free after injuring a policeman. The motorcycled DIAS special guards units but also members from Athens Bar Association are outraged that the traffic police did not take Koulouris in custody, the former minister, he didn’t injured the policeman. Greek media speak of privileged treatment of Koulouris and two classes society towards the law.
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will have separate talks with the leaders of the political parties forming the coalition government ahead the visit of the IMF/EU/ECB Troika on January 15th 2011. Greek media claim that Papademos will confront Samaras (conservative Nea Dimokratia) and Karatzaferis (far-right LAOS) with the dilemma “Support or Default“. The support of Papandreou (Socialist PASOK) is granted, I suppose… Greece’s lenders insist on cutting at 15% wages in the private sector and abolishing the 13th wage. Trade unions threaten to launch strikes, should the government proceed to wages cuts and thus bypassing the parliament. The political parties are scared to death about the cost they would be with such a measure.
Major issues like th PSI, the second bailout, the opening of the closed professionsbetween Greece and the Troika are still open and things are moving with a turtle speed.
At least, one Picasso and allegedly one Monet paintings have been stolen from the Greek National Gallery in Athens on Monday morning. The robbery took place at 5 o’ clock in the morning, the alarm system was activated, one guard saw ‘someone running away’, but the paintings are gone and most likely more than these two. The national Gallery is closed ‘for technical reasons’, a press conference by the Museum director is due. KTG will report separately about what Greek media describe as the “robbery of the century”.
Health Minister Andreas Loverdos warned that should the country exits the euro zone, the living standard of Greeks would fall at 60%. A friend was telling me about the bugs (centipede and other unknown species) climbing the wall of the room of a state hospital where her father is hospitalized. This happened two days ago and while Greece is still in the euro zone… Loverdos is considered as one of Papandreou’s successors in PASOK party leadership.
The health sector is on state of emergency as doctors and pharmacists continue their mobilizations. IKA doctors will be on strike this week (9-13 Jan 2012), hospital doctors will treat only emergency cases and private doctors will stay away from their praxis offices until Jan 10/2012. At the same time the pharmacists do not hand out prescription medicine on insurance funds credit. They will have a meeting today to decide who they will proceed in the future.
One of the close aides of former PM George Papandreou has been named CEO at the power company DEH with a fat salary of €9,000 per month. This happens while DEH raised the electricity consumption prices by 15% and the Greeks suffer big income cuts.
Finally a good news! If the country will not default, if.. if… and more ifs…, there will be a direct metro line between the Athens airport and the port of Piraeus in 2017.
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Here is something may be very important for Greece. Windmill towers out of wood! That would mean that all these hills, forests and islands that otherwise will get destroyed only for the transportation of the concrete-steel-towers could be saved and it’s cheaper. Also it would mean jobs for many Greek carpenters, etc and not only for some specialists from abroad. And interesting is that these windmills can be constructed locally and also much higher as usual. Also it would mean to educate some thousands of young people to get carpenters…
It’s important to get information about the billions investments deals that were announced after German minister Roesler had visited Athens together with some 70 German managers! So that they don’t sell their out of date shit to Greece…
http://www.taz.de/Erneuerbare-Energien/!85193/
Very important and interesting shit. It’s possible to make wooden towers for windmills. That means one does not need to destroy mountains, forests and islands only for the transport of the windmills. Because one can construct them locally and it would also mean much more jobs for carpenters aso, also job-education for thousands of kids. Important would be to learn about the deal that was arranged between these 70 German managers and Greece while the German minister Philipp Roesler was visiting Athens. Not that they sell Greece their old shit…
http://www.taz.de/Erneuerbare-Energien/!85193/
I guess the deal was “turn Greeks into 500-euro labourers”.
ha, ha internet mistaken
That’s really interesting indeed. Locally produced and after 20 years most of these can be recycled into paper of even firewood, two name just 2 things. Thanks for the info iaourti!
Although like things are going now people might even cut these in their desperation for firewood…