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Workers at blue buses will launch a work stoppage from 11 am until 5 pm on Thursday, February 14th 2013. They will hold a general meeting of their union to decide on protest actions.

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Paul Krugman doesn’t just think austerity is bad economic policy; the Nobel Prize-winning economist says it’s just plain wrong. “We’ve basically had an unethical experimentation on human beings going on across the world right now,” Krugman told HuffPost Live on Friday. “All these countries are pursuing austerity policies, and in …

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I love these flat faced guys in grey suits, long political party records and smart advises. General secretary of Finance Ministry Giorgos Mergos shocked Greeks on Tuesday, when he claimed the minimum wage was still too high when compared with other countries. Obviously considering 586 euro gross per month and …

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Head of EU Task Force Horst Reichenbach, German consul Wolfgang Hoelsche-Obermaier and two friends (or colleagues) enjoyed a wonderful evening in Thessaloniki’s most famous food temple area Ladadika. In fact they enjoyed a fast track,  small food orgy as they managed to stuff themselves vertical, horizontal and diagonal through the Greek cuisine: fish …

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Supermarket chain Carrefour/Marinopoulos removed two products from its deep fridges on suspicion they contain horse meat. The products “Lasagna Bolognese” Carefour, 1kilo and “Cannelloni Bolognese” Carrefour, 600 gr have been manufacturing internationally on behalf of Carrefour by French Comigel. ” French food firm Comigel manufactures the Findus lasagnes found to contain …

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Last week, Greece’s National Radio and Television Council (ESR) suggested to television stations to refrain from displaying images of homeless and other people in need, showing the misery of Greeks. Such images and camera shots could be broadcast only after consent of the persons involved. Real News owner Nikos Chatzinikolaou described …

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I don’t know if they drink or smoke something, they up there in the government seats, or they just want to serve certain interests, most of all those of their voters and devoted party officials and thus in times there is a hiring stop in the public sector. An attempt to …

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I’m afraid democracy in Greece tends to adopt more and more authoritarian features. Labour Minister Yiannis Vroutsis plans to radically change the strike law and make it more difficult for unions to declare strikes. According to information leaked in the Greek press on Sunday, the absolute majority of the workers (that is: …

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The director of a public hospital in Tripoli, the Peloponnese, has been removed from her position after allowing members of Golden Dawn to enter the premises and check the details of private nurses. Health Minister Andreas Lykourentzos ordered Eleni Sourouni to leave her post after complaints that members of the …

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Greeks are increasingly pessimistic about the economic situation of the country in general, and their own situation in particular. In an online public opinion survey conducted by online newspaper “Zougla.gr“, participants also expressed their opinion about current issues like police interventions, “civil mobilization” of Athens metro workers. As for politics, Samaras’ …

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Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Feb. 28, the Vatican has confirmed. He is the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years. Pope Benedict XVI was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave as the 265th Pope, serving  as Sovereign of the Vatican City State and leader of …

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It’s really tiring to have to face totally unprotected and be exposed to every jazzy nonsense that comes in one’s mind, just because you’re Greek. Here comes an EU health commissioner in a state of disarrangement with reality and confusses his role with the one of a labour commissioner. Instead of urging Greeks …

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