PPC

The Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens, Greece ruled on Friday night that the strike by Public Power Corporation (PPC) workers is illegal and abusive. Greek government ordered electricity workers back to their jobs on Saturday, by issuing a "civil mobilization...

The Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens, Greece ruled on Friday that the strike of Public Power Corporation (PPC) employees' union GENOP is illegal, also finding part of its claims abusive. The ruling comes following a motion by...

Opposition parties on Thursday agreed to a proposal by main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) party leader Alexis Tsipras to meet on Monday over the possibility of calling for a referendum against the Public Power Corporation's (PPC) privatization. Tsipras' initiative...

Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A. (HEDNO) repeated warnings that a strike by Public Power Corporation (PPC) workers on Thursday may necessitate rolling blackouts, if the power system is threatened with collapse. From the beginning of the strike action (midnight),...

The management of Greece's state-controlled power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) and the network transmission system operator are planning rotating blackouts in different areas starting from early on Thursday morning, when the strike action called by the PPC workers' union...

The employees of Greece's state-controlled power utility PPC have announced that they will proceed with rolling strikes starting from Wednesday, July 2 in response of the Greek government’s controversial privatisation plans.  Stamatis Relias, the head of PPC's biggest trade union GENOP-DEH, reported that the union...

There has been serious reaction to the Greek Government's attempt to sell 30% of the Greek PPC (DEY), especially from the opposition party, SYRIZA, as well as several unions. Meanwhile, Greek citizens and tourists face the possibility of blackouts...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition administration faces a stern test this week with the return of envoys from international lenders and is bracing for a battle with them over the part-privatization of the country's Public Power Corporation (PPC). The...

A draft bill to privatize the "small PPC" - a spinoff of the Public Power Corporation - will be tabled in Parliament on July 2, according to government sources on Monday. The decision came at a meeting at the government...

Fresh off a triumphant visit from Chinese peer Li Keqiang, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras now is going to turn his attention to domestic matters, including pushing through reforms he pledged to international lenders. Li and Samaras talked about developing...