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Erdogan & wife, Mikis Theodorakis, Papandreou & wife Lost in Agreements – PM Erdogan visits Athens With an aura of a Khan of broader Middle East and a strong delegation of 18 ministers and 300 businessmen Prime Minister of Turkey, Tayip Erdogan, arrived in Greece in an effort to boοst …

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photos: troktiko.blogspot.com A powerful bomb exploded outside Athens’ largest prison, injuring slightly a female passer-by and causing extensive damage. The explosive device was  hidden in a  travel bag placed inside  a garbage container very close to the prison wall, outside the women’s section. The top security Athens prison is in …

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photo source: ΚατσαRollers facebook – Protest May 5, 2010 Cacerolada a la Grecia – Greek Casserole Bang the Pot Against the Crisis! Pot-Protests in Greece The principle of cacarollers is simple: “Take an old pot and a scoop, sit down and start banging the scoop over the pot”. The instructions …

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s Greek Minister for Employment & Social Security reads in the monring newspaper how to get along with 600 Euros per month. Andreas Loverdos is concerned… With the new austerity measures in force, low earners and pensioners bleed, while deputies at the Greek Parliament enjoy double and threesome income. A …

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The International Monetary Fund  approved a three-year, €30 billion  loan to help pull Greece out fromo the bottom of the economic barrel. The IMF loan is part of a €110 billion package that includes conditions requiring Greeks to tighten their  belts, earn less, pay high taxes and buy expensive . FIST AID TIPS …

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Maria P., 75, has just completed an angiogram and an ECG test at a private hospital in Athens. Angio and ECG are part of some eight to ten medical tests she has to undergo in order to find the reason for her “thing”. “I get a… thing” she says, “and …

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yahoo I was surfing in yahoo last night when I saw my old bud “Lukanikos” — ehm… how I should translate… “ Saucagee” ?- jumping after a thrown firebomb. “Heyyyy, buddy” I barked loud, “Watch out!” But then I realized it was only a picture … and I was blushed …

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Paraskevi Zoulia                          Aggeliki Papathanasiou Nontas Tsakalis photos sources: several blogs “Sundays will never be the same” wrote in internet Kostas T. , a friend of Nontas. Notas, Paraskevi and  pregnant Aggeliki are the tragic victims of the fatal arson of Marfin Bank on 5/05/10. According to forensic evidence the three …

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Shock, Anger and Grief Mourning families, mourning friends, mourning colleagues, mourning folks. A whole nation grieves the painful and tragic death of the three bank employees. A whole nation cannot recover from the shock from  the cowardly murder of three employees of Marfin Bank. Epameinondas Tsakalis, 36, Paraskevi Zoulia, 35, …

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Schocking Picture Three bank workers lost their life and four were injured in the fire at the MARFIN EGNATIA Bank after protesters hurled molotov cocktail bombs amid a huge demonstation against harsh cuts in salaries and pensions and tax increases. Pictures and Videos shot by demonstrators highlight the dramatic moments …

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