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A plastic bag left in front of a store. The goodies carefully wrapped in foil. A simple note: “Bread and Cheese (Clean)”. Somebody left a modest meal for somebody who cannot afford to cover a basic need: food. A gesture of compassion by an unknown somebody for a hungry soul. A jobless, a homeless…  The …

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As the economic crisis in Greece has turned into a humanitarian one and thousands of citizens are unable to receive basic health care and medicine,  the Athens Medical Association (ISA) and the Association of Pharmaceutical Companies will join forces with the Greek church and “adopt” a chronic-ill, unsinsured citizen in need. The program is supported by the …

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Clashes sparked between school-, universty-students and riot police around Omonia square in downtown Athens during the protest rally to commemorate the assasination of teenager boy Alexis Grigoropoulos, 15, on 6. December 2008. It looks as if the clashes started when somebody hurled a petrol bomb against the riot police. However, the molotov cocktail …

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Every month unemployment in Greece breaks a new record! According dat released by Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) for September 2012: unemployment reached 26%, while the data for youth 15-24 years old skyrocketed to 56% – despite the lowering of the minimum wage for this age group down to 510 euro …

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Students, left parties and anarchists will stage three protest rallies in downtown Athens today to commemorate teenager boy Alexis Grigoropoulos, 15, who was shot by a police officer on 6. December 2008. 11:00 am: Students demo at Propylaia, Athens University 05:00 pm: Left-wing Syriza, Antarsya and non-parliamentary left parties 07:00 …

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Standard & Poor’s on Wednesday cut Greece’s sovereign long-term foreign currency credit rating to “selective default” from an already low “C” rating. Last week Greece and its international lenders reached a deal to lower the country’s debt burden, which included a debt buyback (Reuters)       Fainting Couch What is Selective …

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Self-employed, businesses and freelances will most probably have to pay the bill for better tax allowance for families with children. With an increase of the trade levy – currently at 500 euro per year, in addition to the regular taxes. this is the latest scenario leaked to the Greek press on …

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Followed by declining wages in the country, according to research by the Labour Institute GSEE-ADEDY since, the basic wage countries at levels found in the second speed of the eurozone, including Portugal, Spain, Malta and Slovenia, while , seems to be sliding towards the levels of the countries of the …

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Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI and three other firms were fined a record €1.47 billion by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday (5 December) for fixing prices of TV and monitor cathode-ray tubes for nearly a decade. The European Commission slapped the biggest penalty, of €313.4 million, on Dutch-based Philips. LG …

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Local community and animal welfare organisations in Larissa strongly oppose the use of living animals in the Nativity crib set at the Christams village of Neapolis, near Larissa in Central Greece. In a complaint sent to news portal Zougla.gr, the frustrated animal lovers said that the use of one pony,  …

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Controversial extreme right-wing Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) recently opened a branch in Montreal. Reason enough for Canadian CBC broadcast to have an interview with the local deputy leader, who defended the party’s policies that are considered as ‘racist’ by the majority of Greeks and the international community. The members of Montreal branch …

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 Municipality of Vyronas, suburb of Athens, organizes the ‘Producers’ Village, where farmers directly sell their products to consumers at competitive prices as no intermediaries are involved. 19 producers’ associations from all over Greece will sell more than 90 products like olive oil, olives, dairy (yogurt, butter, cheese), legumes (lentils, chickpeas etc), …

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