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Greek Solutions : Is the ‘Exarchia-Lira’ an Alternative to Euro?

June 14, 2011 3

Is the Euro too expensive for you? You don’t trust the return of the Drachma? A currency solution is under way and thus one independent from international markets and national mints. The so-called “Exarchia-Lira”! Exarchia is a district of Athens, known to enjoy an ‘autonomous’ status, with intellectuals, lefts and anarchists. According to …

Greeks send Bailiffs to MPs over the IMF-Memorandum

June 14, 2011 Comments Off on Greeks send Bailiffs to MPs over the IMF-Memorandum

Extrajudicial lawsuits sent to members of the Greek Parliament seems to be one of the many ways of civic pressure to persuade lawmakers not to vote the Mid-Term Austerity Memorandum. Citizens from Chania (Crete), Pyrgos(Peloponnese) and the civic movement 300Greeks have sent extrajudicial lawsuits to several lawmakers from governing party …

Does the IMF blackmail again on Greece’s 5th tranche?

June 13, 2011 Comments Off on Does the IMF blackmail again on Greece’s 5th tranche?

They play with our nerves and empty our pockets. The sooner they go, the better for Greeks. Then it seems Greeks and Greece are two different entities. Greeks don’t want to be saved by the IMF. Because they believe that they maybe saved, give to IMF and European lenders their …

Mid-Term Package – Voting Schedule

June 13, 2011 Comments Off on Mid-Term Package – Voting Schedule

Prime Minister George Papandreou is adamant on passing the Mid-Term Austerity Package through the Greek Parliament. According to latest information, the Package will be submitted to the Economics Commission of Parliament on June 15 for a so-called ‘fist reading’. Most probably the commission will conclude its works on June 17, unless …

Athens Protests Syntagma, June 12 – Live Blogging

June 12, 2011 2

Thousands Greeks are flocking to Syntagma Square to protest in front of the Parliament. Greeks have been protesting the strict austerity measures for 19 days now. However this Sunday’s it looks as the crowd is as big as it was last week. Last Sunday 300,000 to 500,000 people had flooded the centre of …

Guest Post: Greece – Anyone Here Feeling Rescued?

June 10, 2011 3

I love to receive interesting posts by KTG-readers. Different ideas and opinions enrich a blog anyway. An article on Greek economy and rescue efforts, written in a way that everybody can understand, is a must now a days for those who want to know the What and Why and Why Not as …

Greek Fin Min Announced the Austerity Measures

June 10, 2011 1

Greece Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou announced in a press conference on Friday the additional austerity measures that will drive to despair millions of Greeks. Fast Track austerity or Fast Track poverty. Read some of the measures that will hit the pockets of the average Greek or even Foreigner who pays …

Menegaki’s diet…

June 10, 2011 Comments Off on Menegaki’s diet…

Do you know Eleni Menegaki? She is a juicy, blond TV-persona, celebrated for years as the ‘Queen of morning TV-shows’. She has three children and an attractive lover, after her divorce from her children’s father. Now the secret of her perfect body has been revealed in a women’s magazine – or something like …

Disoriented in Greece

June 10, 2011 Comments Off on Disoriented in Greece

I am disoriented today. I feel the heavy load of the additional austerity measures over my shoulders. I have been hanging on the phone and e-mail box the whole morning. Friends call and we exchange views on the measures. Despair. Hopelessness. Internet friends send e-mails asking about Greece’s economic future. What can I …

Greek Cabinet Approves XXLL Austerity Measures

June 10, 2011 2

Greek cabinet approved on Thursday a package of austerity measures, the so called ‘II. Memorandum of Understanding” or else “Budget Plan 2011-2015” or else “Mid-Term Stability program” dictated by the IMF/EU/ECB Troika. Call it whatever you want, the package contains measures that will kill small and medium enterprises, drive mad families, starve …

UPDATE: Greece -General Strike-Flights, Ferries – June 15

June 9, 2011 Comments Off on UPDATE: Greece -General Strike-Flights, Ferries – June 15

uPDATE 06/14: Air traffic controllers cancelled their strike for June 15, 2011. All flights from/to Greece will operate as usual! The union of seamen also declared to participate on the general strike. No ferries or other ships will sail from major Greek ports. Check with your travel agent for updates!

Is the “Euro-Drachma” a solution for Greece?

June 9, 2011 7

Is the “Euro-Drachma” a solution for the Greek crisis? No, not, a coin featuring Euro on one side and Drachma on the other side, as an internet user posted in a Greek economic forum. But the Euro-Drachma would be the currency to be used for the internal trade within Greece, …