June 21, 2010
Unions to shut down Pireas on Wed June 23
Saw this via the Living in Greece blog: Despite the bag publicity and protests from businesses that depend upon tourism, the unions that work the port are going to close Pireas from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday (news at ent.gr, read via Babelfish translation to english here)
"China is hunting for bargains in some unlikely corners of the world. Earlier this week, it opened its checkbook to make 14 commercial investments inside Greece, which is struggling to avoid defaulting on its mounting debt. China's vice premier Zhang Dejiang signed off on each contract, securing deals in major industries such as telecommunications, real estate and shipping during his four-day visit to Greece, which began on Monday.
Greece's Golden Visa program
