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Athens: Muslims to Protest and March to US-Embassy, Sept 23/2012

September 23, 2012 3

Muslims in Athens will meet today Sunday to protest the film “The Innocence of the Muslims” that sparked violent reactions across the world. The protesters will meet at 3 pm in Omonia Square in downtown Athens and will march to the US embassy, some four kilometers away.

Survey: 90% of Greeks “Austerity Measures Unjust”, 66.7% Want the Euro

September 23, 2012 7

The new austerity package of 11.5 billion euro is “unjust” and it won’t not effective. This is opinion of the majority of Greeks (90.6%) according to a public opinion survey conducted by MPB for the newspaper Real News. 90.6% of the respondents consider the additional austerity measures as unjust as …

Two Pakistanis Stabbed After Asked About Their Nationality

September 23, 2012 Comments Off on Two Pakistanis Stabbed After Asked About Their Nationality

A -what it seems to be a – racist attack took place on Saturday night in Attica, when two Pakistanis were stabbed, while walking on the street. According to Ethnos, the Pakistanis were attacked after they were asked their nationality. Citing police information and testimonies from the victims, Ethnos writes: “The …

Real News: SDOE Probes Three Former Ministers for Money Laundering

September 23, 2012 3

A ‘mega bomb’ exploded on Saturday in Athens when a weekly newspaper with front page “Testimony Burns 3 Ministers” claimed that two former ministers and the current parliament speaker have been alledgedly involved in money laundering scandal. In its exclusive story Real News refers to the written testimony of a real estate …

Dancing to Richter-Scale Tunes: 5 Earthquakes in Less than 24 Hours

September 22, 2012 Comments Off on Dancing to Richter-Scale Tunes: 5 Earthquakes in Less than 24 Hours

Intense seismic activity has been recorded in Greece with five earthquakes to have occured in less than 24 hours. With minimum 4 and maximum 5.1 on the Richter scale, the earthquakes in several parts of Greece did not cause any human injuries or material damage. Seismologists say ‘they are observing the …

Greek PM Dismissed Claims of 150-EUR Poll Tax to Property Owners

September 22, 2012 1

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras dismissed claims about the imposition of a 150-EUR poll tax to property owners with income from leasing real estates. To a reporter’s question whether there would be a new tax on properties, Samaras stressed “There is no such government intention. Those circulating such scenarios should be …

Public Opinion Surveys: ND-SYRIZA Close, Golden Dawn on the Rise

September 22, 2012 Comments Off on Public Opinion Surveys: ND-SYRIZA Close, Golden Dawn on the Rise

Two public opinion surveys published on Saturday show the Samaras’s party Nea Dimocratia and left-wing SYRIZA are head to head, while extreme-right Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) is on the rise. On both surveys, GD is third party in the preference of respondents. One survey shows that SYRIZA leads with 1.2%, while …

German FinMin Ruled Out 2. Bailout for Greece and 2. Debt Restructuring

September 22, 2012 4

Three times “Nein!” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ruled out a third bailout to Greece, any extension to the second bailout program and a possible second debt restructuring. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ruled out more financial help for Greece, saying the last bailout stretched international creditors to their limits. Schaeuble, …

A Very European Break Up: Satire on Greek-German Relations (Video)

September 21, 2012 1

It is not secret that relations between Germany and Greece are very troubled. If the two countries were a married couple, they would have certainly have to seek professional counseling, should they want to save their marriage. Bob Denham , a young British director, describes with humour not only the troubled Greek-German …

Head of Muslim Association in Greece Labels PM Samaras “Biggest Racist”

September 21, 2012 41

What is the purpose of adding oil to the fire when there is already tension anyway? Head of Muslim Association in Greece labeled Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as Greece’s “biggest racist.” Naim El-Ghandour was speaking at a press conference in Athens, where writers, journalists and academics criticized the provocative film The Innocence …

Germany Rejects WWII Reparations to Greece as “they lost their relevance”

September 21, 2012 1

Germany rejects any War World II reparations to Greece for two reasons: a) “The federal government assumes that after several decades, the question of reparations has lost its relevance” and b) “there is no single official contact between Germany and Greece where this topic has been raised”. So said Martin Schaefer, spokesman for German …

Greece’s Creditors Dispute on Greek Bailout, While Germans Speak of Fresh Debt Restructuring

September 21, 2012 Comments Off on Greece’s Creditors Dispute on Greek Bailout, While Germans Speak of Fresh Debt Restructuring

Greece’s economy, debts, loans and inability to take the problems under control spark fierce discussions not only among the locals like taxpayers and tax-evaders, unionists and unemployed, employees and pensioners, representatives of political parties. Equally involved in the dispute are the country’s international and European creditors, taxpayers around Europe and economists. However …