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Athens: Young Nurse Jumps from 6th Floor After Losing Job

A young nurse jumped from the sixth floor of a building in Pangrati district of Athens. According to Greek media, the nurse was recently fired.  Dramatic details come into light with her sister reportedly to have desperately tried to prevent the woman from committing suicide. “She was holding her with both hands, but …

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Athens: Jobless Woman Sets Herself on Fire

 A dark street. A scream. A flame. A muffled noise. Then silence. And a few words on a newspaper. No name. But just the age: 20 years old. A new tragedy in a recession-hit country. According to Democratia newspaper, a young jobless woman set herself on fire on Tuesday night …

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Athens: Fights Erupt Between Hoodies and Students, 2 Injured

Fights erupted between members of PASOK affiliated students’ union and people wearing hoods during the celebrations of the 39th anniversary of Polytechnic University Uprising in 1973. Greek media report that the students’ group was attacked by a 15-member group wearing hoods and helmets. The hoodies reportedly attacked the students with batons, …

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Thessaloniki: Municipality Workers Attack German Delegation and Consul

Angry municipality workers attacked members of the German delegation and harassed German Consul in Thessaloniki on Thursday morning, outraged about the statement of Merkels’ envoy Hans Joachim Fuchtel that “3,000 municipality workers are needed in Greece to do the work carried out by 1,000 Germans.”     The ugly incidents …

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Prison Break Greek -Style: Smoked Salmon & 5* Ward for VIP-Prisoners?

If these allegations proof to be true, then this must be the ultimate Greek-style prison break! Antonis Aravantinos, chief of police prison guards told a relevant parliamentary committee that ex heavy weights of politics, business, sports and life-style, currently in prison, enjoy a lavish life even behind bars. “There is a 5***** …

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Angry Greek Bond Holders Ηarass PASOK Leader Venizelos over PSI

Dozens of  Greek bond holders harassed former Finance Minister – now PASOK leader – Evangelos Venizelos and ex deputy finance minister Philipppos Sachinidis outside the Bank of Greece on Wednesday afternoon. Protest banner “Thieves. Bring our money back” The angry and frustrated Greeks spoke out heavy insults against Venizelos and attacked his …

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Merkel’s Envoy to Greece Wants Lay-Offs of Municipalities Workers

Three thousand employees in Greek local governments do the job of 1,000 Germans. Hans Joachim Fuchtel, the envoy of German Chancellor to Greece, sharply criticized the overstaffed public administration of debt-ridden country. Speaking at the meeting of 3. Greek-German Assembly in Thessaloniki Fuchtel underlined the problem of state employees’ efficiency: …

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Greece’s Economy Shrinks Further with Recession Plunging 7.2% in 3Q 2012

The Greek economy shrank 7.2% in the third quarter compared with the same period a year earlier, statistics agency Elstat has said. That was a deeper contraction than the 6.3% fall seen in the second quarter. Greece has been in recession since late 2008 and has been granted two bailouts …

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Greek PM Samaras Orders Immediate Repeal of Migrant Citizenship Law

 Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras gave orders to immediately scrap the migrant citizenship law and asked the Minister of Interior to work out a new draft that will comply with the Greek Constitution. The fast-track decision of PM comes a day after the Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, casted …

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Greece’s Biggest Furniture Company, NEOSET, Files for Bankruptcy

The rope of recession that drags to the bottom even healthy companies and sends thousands of people to unemployment wrapped around one of the biggest furniture companies in Greece: NEOSET. With a network of 100 stores in Greece and 1,014 employees the company apparently could not cope with liquidity problems.  After 30 years of activity …

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