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For Greece the Eurogroup meeting ended on Monday with the wish to catch up at a later point. “See you in September”, the Eurogroup ministers told their Greek counterpart Yiannis Stournaras. Spain was high on the agenda on Monday, and the Troika had not concluded yet its inspections on the Greek progress or …

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It was a devastated picture Linda Lucas saw in the morning when she went to feed the dogs of the shelter: lifeless bodies were laying here and there. Some animals were still  struggling for life under torturing pain. Foam and blood were dripping from their mouths.  Linda immediately rushed to the …

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George Orwell was a prophet when he summarized in a single phrase the equality in the Animal Farm: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others“.  Paraphrasing the line of pig Napoleon and adjusting it to the farm of the Euro Zone, the famous line can very clearly …

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 The troubles of the Greek patient have no end. After the pharmacists’ blocking the unified insurance fund EOPPY, it is the turn of doctors to create problems to the insured patients. Athens Medical Association decided to refrain from hand-written prescriptions even if the electronic prescription system is down. With this action doctors protest …

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An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 04:55 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The epicentre was in the sea area, 120 km south-east of the island of Rhodes in a depth of 10 km in the breach of the Greek arrow. The earthquake was particularly felt on the …

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The relatives of the 42-year-old man were shocked to find him on Monday morning hanging in his home in Amaliada town of Peloponnese. The man was jobless since quite some time and was father of two children. This tragedy is one of the many that hit families in times of …

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Workers at urban train HSAP  have decided to postpone their work stoppage from July 12th to July 17th 2012 due to the heat wave that grips Greece in general and Athens in particular. The work stoppagewill take place from 12 noon until 04:00 p.m. in the afternoon. The workers describe their mobilizations …

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The confidence to Greek government did not last long. Twelve hours after Samaras’ coalition government won the confidence vote at the parliament, one of its ministers put down his pen and resigned. Nikos Nikolopoulos, deputy Minister for Labour, Social Security & Welfare submitted his resignation to prime minister Antonis Samaras. The …

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 Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras is getting ready to take a seat at the bench of the Eurogroup Inquisition on Monday afternoon in Brussels. In his first appearance at the Euro Zone ministers’ council, Stournaras will be exposed to immense pressure as his EZ colleagues will wave the bailout-installment of 31.5 billion euro right in front of …

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Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his coalition government won the vote of confidence. As expected all 179 MPs from conservative Nea Dimocratia, socialist PASOK and Democratic Left voted in favor of the government programme.  121 MPs from the opposition voted “No”. Now we have to see whether the government will start …

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Main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras from left-wing SYRIZa called the party leaders of Samaras coalition government “Merkelists”. During the debate on the government programme, Tsipras criticized the coalition government  stressing that the politics of Memorandum of Understanding leads Greece out of the euro. Addressing the three leader of the coalition …

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Greece’s celebrities and local show biz people sell their properties as they do not manage to keep them and pay the maintenance costs due to the economic crisis. Luxurious villas with breathtaking views. According to report by Sunday newspaper Real News  singer Lefteris Pantazis sells his villa which has a …

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