Greek police arrested a 29-year-old man suspected to have sent parcel bombs to former prime minister Lucas Papademos but also to ex German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the International Monetary Fund. The man was arrested as he was leaving his basement apartment in Attikis square district of Athens at …
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Police learns of bomb explosion after anarchists claims responsibility
Greek police has learned from an anarchists’ website on Tuesday night that an explosive device went off behind the Evelpidon court building in Athens on Saturday. Police teams have found and are examining the bomb remnants. The bomb was reportedly placed at a guard’s post between Pedion to Areos Park …
Read More »Prosecutor brings six felony charges against parcel-bombs suspect
A prosecutor brought numerous felony charges against a 29-year-old man who was arrested by anti-terror police on Saturday in connection to the parcel bomb attack against former prime minister Lucas Papademos and the letter bombs sent to other EU officials earlier this year. The six charges involve forming and participating …
Read More »Ex Greek PM Papademos injured when he opens letter bomb
An explosion occurred in the car of former prime minister Lucas Papadimos short after 6:30 pm on Thursday in Athens. Papadimos was in the car together with two bodyguards. Two people were injured and taken to hospital. Not known if Papadimos among the injured. Reason for the explosion not known …
Read More »Berlin, Paris: Investigation underway whether more parcel bombs mailed from Greece
A letter bomb containing handmade explosives went off after being opened at the offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Paris on Thursday. A female employee at the IMF was injured on her arms and face when she opened the letter bomb. The incident set Europe on alert as …
Read More »“Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claims responsibility for explosives package to Schaeuble
Anarchist terror organization “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claimed responsibility for the package with explosives sent from Greece to the German Finance Ministry and Wolfgang Schaeuble. In a website for the anti-authoritarian movement, the organization said that the package was “part II of the plan Nemesis” and hailed more than …
Read More »UPD II Package with explosives sent to German FinMin Schaeuble; media “Sender is Greek”
An explosive device has been found in a suspicious package found in the German Finance Ministry earlier on Wednesday, German police said. The package was found at 10 am at the letters distribution department of the ministry. The routine X-rays check showed that there were cables inside the package. German …
Read More »Athenians flee as anarchists smash shops, while politicians and police blame each other
Footage from security cameras show a group of people smashing shop windows on Patision Avenue in downtown Athens on Friday morning. The group is wearing hoods and is armed with iron bars, hammers and stones. When the group arrives, passersby start to flee in panic. The group starts to smash …
Read More »Anarchists smash shop windows in solidarity with hunger-striker, police detains …tourists
A group of unknown assailants smashed the windows of several shops on Ermou street, the most commercial street in downtown Athens off Syntagma square and the Parliament. The attack took place short after 2 0′ clock on Wednesday morning, the group caused damage to more than ten shops in the …
Read More »Will the EU dare ban our Gyros and Kebab? #Free_Gyros
Hardly had the news that the European Union will ban Kebab and Gyros for food safety reasons, the hashtag #Free_Gryos became trendy in Greek Twitter where hundreds of Greeks added their own tzatziki sauce on the upcaming real or fake news ban. Εχουν βάλει συντηρητικά παντού, μολύνουν το περιβάλλον, βομβαρδίζουν …
Read More »Obscene tweet on Defense Minister Kammenos’ account shocks Greeks
A tweet that shocked social media users. Minutes after the Eurogroup deal on Thursday night, an obscene picture appeared on the Twitter account of Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos: a red tie with smiling and tired phalluses! The provocative tweet stood there for some six minutes. Many stunning users thought …
Read More »Greece will need debt relief, says Dijsselbloem at EU Parliament Plenary
Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem appeared at the Plenary of European Parliament for the first time after he stirred the Europeans of the South with insulting remarks. He made a kind of apology saying “I did not want to hurt anyone.” But as the Plenary topic was Greece, Dijsselbloem gave a …
Read More »Calls for resignation after Dijsselbloem says EU South spent aid in “drinks and women”
The hell broke out in the European Union , the eurozone, the Eugroup and the European Parliament. Acting Dutch finance minister and head of Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, has been obviously suffering from a nervous breakdown since the Dutch elections last week. Instead of staying home and cry, he gave an …
Read More »Eight suspicious parcels found in post office, two addressed to Djsselbloem and Moscovici
Eight more suspicious parcels, believed to contain explosives, were found and seized at the assorting center of the Greek Post Service (ELTA) in Kryoneri in northern Attica. The packages indicate as recipients officials in various European countries. First two names of recipients leaked to the press are the names of …
Read More »Referendum: Greek voters angry at media & creditors, scare-mongering campaign seems to backfire
The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21, will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …
Read More »How the ECB plunders Pension Funds and Deposits
Are you one of the few chosen ones with euro savings at the bank? Are you shocked every time you go get your “profit” from the interest rates to see a handful of coins landing in your purse? You complain to the bank and get the standard answer “There is …
Read More »EU Commission warns Greece “anti-poverty law is unilateral action”, as the Stukas appear in the sky
I thought that it was only Stupidity that had no limits. I was wrong. It is also Boldness. Especially in Brussels the center of Europe that has mutated into the major command center currently carrying the economic World War III. Lost in ghosts of the past, the European Commission issues …
Read More »PASOK leader: EU part of the Troika offered ‘velvet euro exit’ in August 2011
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos dropped a bomb on Friday: “The country’s lenders offered a velvet exit from the euro in 2011,” Venizelos told 4,000 stunned party delegates during a speech at PASOK’s convention in Athens. Venizelos said that the Troika proposal came after a severe disagreement and that the price …
Read More »50% Greek “Haircut” or German Rescue Plan with “Treuhand”?
While the scenarios over the weekend claim a Greek haircut of 50% and the most odious preconditions with more austerity measures and the Troika be seated in Athens for a decade, Greek Finance Minister EvangelosVenizelos meets with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Washington. Tomorrow he will hold meetings with IMF-Chief Christine …
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