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Archive for February, 2011
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Greece: To Smoke or Not To Smoke…
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: Greece, protest actions, smoking ban
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Feb
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Athens: Public Transport Strikes, Feb 21-25
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Society
tagged: Athens, February 21 22 23 25 2011, Greece, public transport, strikes, work stoppages
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Feb
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(UPD-Video) Djibril Cisse to leave Greece after turbulent soccer match (pcts)
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Sports
tagged: attacked, djibril cisse, February 19 2011, Greece, hooligans, mtach, Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, simao, soccer
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Feb
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Strauss-Kahn’s bombshell: Greece asked IMF’s aid already in December 2009
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy, Politics
tagged: aid, bailout, december 2009, George Papandreou, governance, governance crisis, Greece, IMF, intervesion, ministry circilar, semi-outdoors spaces
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Feb
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National Bank -Alpha Bank Merger: Some got angry…
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: Alpha Bank, Athens Stock Exchange, background, Greek Banks, merger proposal, mergers, National Bank of Greece, reactions, rejected, stakes, stock prices
19
Feb
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Lakis Gavalas: The Fall of Greece’s Fashion King
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy, Lifestyle
tagged: economic crisis, gashion, Greece, lak, lakis gavalas, tax evasion
19
Feb
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Recession: Greeks unable to pay home utilities
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: citizens, DEH, economic cris, elecricity, Greece, recession, Society, telephone, utilities, water
18
Feb
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“Honest” Stray Dog returns Lost Wallet to Owner
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in animals
tagged: Bubu, dog, Greece, Greek dog, hero dog, honest, human interest, human story, Lamia, lost, owner, return, stray, wallet
18
Feb
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National Bank – Alpha Bank: the Merger, that wasn’t meant to be
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: Alpha Bank, Greek Banks, merger proposal, mergers, National Bank of Greece, rejected
18
Feb
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Finance Ministry to freeze accounts in German Submarines Case
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics
tagged: bribes, Ferrostaal, Greece, greek submarines, HDW, Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, kathimerini, MIE, Papanikolis u-boot, Proto Thema, purchase, realnews, realnews.gr, scandals, Skaramangas shipyard Dolmaton, submarines, Thyssen
18
Feb
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Athens Hotels Prices down at 7%
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Tourism
tagged: Athens, February 2011, Greece, hotels, prices
18
Feb
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IMF reveals: €50 bn assets sale plan designed by Greece
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: austerity measures, bailout, bob traa, davild hawley, dispute, employees, forbids, George Papaconstantinou, Greece, greek government, IMF, IMF/EU, persona non grata, Poul Thomsen, press conference, press release, privatization 50 bn, reaction, Troika
18
Feb
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Greek Public Power Corp. funds its own Labor Union with 30m euros
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: DEH, funds funding, GENOP, Greece, labor union, Public Power Corporation, trade union
18
Feb
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Greece: Toll bars on Highways to be lifted, Feb 20
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Society
tagged: action, bars, citizens' movement, civic disobedience, February 20 2011, fees, Greece, highways, highways fees, I don't pay movement, oxidiodia.gr, toll free Sunday, toll wars, tolls
17
Feb
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(Upd) Athens: You Think Public Transport Strikes are Over?
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Society
tagged: 23 25 2011, Athens, February 18 21, Greece, public transport, strikes, work stoppages
17
Feb
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Athens: 2h Blackout in Bars and Cafes to Protest Smoking Ban
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: action, bars, blackout, cafes, Greece, protest, smoking ban
16
Feb
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Greek Businessman sues Kevin Costner for $10 m over oil spill technology
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Lifestyle
tagged: greek-american, kevin costner, lawsuit, ocean therapy, oil spill device, spyridon contogouris, stephen baldwin
16
Feb
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Greek FinMin bans Greece’s lenders from holding Press Conferences
Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Economy
tagged: austerity measures, bailout, bob traa, employees, forbids, George Papaconstantinou, Greece, greek government, IMF, IMF/EU, persona non grata, Poul Thomsen, press conference, press release, privatization 50 bn, reaction, Troika
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Alexis Grigoropoulos: What happened on December 6, 2008? (shooting video)
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ND Samaras Appointed To Lead Gov’ Talks – What’s Next? Scenarios
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