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“Summer Sales Down 30%,” Says Greek Commerce Confederation

Reductions down to even 70% did not manage to tempt Greek consumers to put their hands in their pockets and spend money taking advantage of summer sales. How could they? It’s the fifth recession year and 72 upcoming additional austerity cuts in pensions, wages and allowances are scaring to commerce-death the average Greek …

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“Blue Moon”: Rare Picture as Seen From Greece

That’s a very rare picture. A once in a life time glance of Blue Moon as seen from Greece. Or Greece as seen from the Blue Moon. Or just an excellent artistic work. By whom? Unfortunately, I cannot tell you. But I dared to “steal” the photo from Facebook. Enjoy! If …

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“Happy Autumn with Good Health” – Greece’s Insured Patients Have to Pay for Medicine and Visits to Doctors

“Happy Autumn with Good Health” This should be the wish exchange among Greeks, as September begins with troubles for the already troubled and austerity-hit patients. As if income decreases weren’t enough, now insured patients will have to pay from their own pockets for prescription medicine and visits to doctors. Pharmacists and assigned private doctors …

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Athens Metro: Work Stoppage on 1. Sept/2012

Workers at Athens Metro will launch a work stoppage on Saturday, 1. September 2012, from 5:30 a.m. until 12 o’ clock noon. The work stoppage will facilitate trade union members to attend the general union meeting and take decisions about mobilizations in order to protest austerity measures and wages cuts.  

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EUROSTAT: Greece Leads in Youth Unemployment with 53.8%

Greece leads in youth unemployment with 53.8%, while it occupies the second place after Spain in unemployment in all age groups. According to EUROSTAT, unemployment in Greece reached 23.1% in May 2012, recording an increase of 6.3% compared with May 2011. This is the second highest rate within the European Union after …

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George Papandreou – Hire A Former Greek PM as Keynote Speaker

Do you need a savvy keynote speaker to enlighten your event guests? A fluently English speaking expert to talk about Europe, the Greek crisis, or democracy deficits in our modern world? An experienced politician,  a visioneer? Here you got one: George Papandreou, prime minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. Former PM of …

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Greece’s Government Partners Still Seek Consensus on 11.5 Billion Euro Package

Greece’s coalition government partners hold meeting after meeting while seeking consensus in a series of several expenditure cuts, as dictated by the Troika. Target is to present the country’s lenders with a thorough austerity package, worth 11. billion euro for the years 2013-2014. The meeting among PM Samaras, PASOK-leader Venizelos …

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Merkel: ” Our Hearts Bleed” For Austerity-Hit Greek Pensioners

The woman has her heart on  the right place. And this sensitive heart of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is bleeding. Over the plight of Greek pensioners who have to suffer sharp  income decreases. I’m not kidding. Angela Merkel made indeed such a statement in front of German taxpayers, during a forum with …

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KTG’s Beach Adventures: Is the Famous “Seventh Wave” the Highest?

They say,  the seventh wave is the highest. We sit at the beach and start counting. The highest wave had just crashed at the beach. Foam and splashes. Millions of water drops. The wave is powerful. It wets our feet up to the calves. It soaks the beach towel. Even though …

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