ELD and GreeceUnfortunately, those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The current problems that Eldorado has with getting permits from the Greek government are just a repeat from the past. Eike Batista quite a number of years ago was supported by a large loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction to bring the Northern Greece properties into production. At the time the Greek government withheld permits because they claimed that the bones of either Archimedes or Aristotle were known to be buried on these properties. Batista after a number of years gave up. It was rumoured that he gave up because he could never find out who to pay off. There were too many claimants that claimed to have the right connections to get the permits. Only a very strong intervention by the European Govt. to threaten to stop the European subsidies to Greece will do the trick.
Maldoror