ATHENS: Millions of Greeks walked off their jobs Wednesday in a show of defiance against a pension overhaul. The national strike – the third since December – capped nearly a month of labor unrest that has brought power blackouts, heaps of uncollected garbage and transport disruption. Tourists bound for Greece for the Easter holidays faced […]
The solution to the problem of Olympic Airlines will come within 2008, said Transport Minister Costis Hatzidakis, adding that the government is in open communication with the European Commission to find a universally accepted solution. The Inner Cabinet meeting yesterday also discussed the possibility of reconstructing certain regional airports through public-private partnerships, as well as […]
ATHENS (AFP) — Greek unions Wednesday launched a one-day general strike against pension reform — the third since December — that paralysed public services and badly disrupted transport across the country. Over 60 international and domestic flights by national carrier Olympic Airlines had to be sidelined because of a four-hour stoppage by air traffic controllers […]
A debate on pension reforms began in parliament yesterday, with the proposed changes already having triggered widespread strikes and the government hoping that the passage of the bill this week will mitigate protest action. ”We are moving ahead with a major reform and footing the political cost,” Labour Minister Fani Palli-Petralia told parliament late yesterday. […]
ATHENS, Greece – Striking Greek garbage collectors pelted riot police with trash on Wednesday during labor protests that disrupted flights and caused continued power outages across the country. The scuffles took place outside the Labor Ministry in Athens as 5,000 demonstrators marched to Parliament in the latest of a string of protests against a planned […]
Greece’s ailing state carrier Olympic Airlines said yesterday it will lease two Boeing 737-400 planes ahead of the busy summer season to replace two other aircraft. “The agreement with (US-based firm Sundown Alexandria) foresees the leasing of two aircraft for 24 months for a monthly fee of $209,000 each,” Olympic said in a statement. It […]
Flights from Athens delayed due to shortage of seasonal staff at airline Hundreds of passengers suffered as several Olympic Airlines (OA) flights from Athens were severely delayed yesterday due to an apparent lack of seasonal staff who supplement the full-time flight attendants. OA employs some 700 stewards and stewardesses and 150 seasonal attendants under normal […]