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An organized racist attack took place in the early morning hours of Tuesday, when a group of 20 people,  armed with iron bars, wooden sticks and batons stormed the home where migrants from Egypt have been living. The incident took place in the industrial suburb of Perama, in the southwest of Piraeus. …

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During an election meeting of extreme-right Golden Dawn on Monday evening in Floisvos area in South Athens, candidate Ilias Panagiotaros threatened Greek MPs even with physical violence inside the Parliament, should they would open a debate on the issue of the naming dispute with FYROM. “As a warning we will show them …

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Economist Nouriel Roubini, the man who had been pushing Greece to exit the euro area for two consequent years, made a U-turn. “Stop supporting Greece would cause the euro zone to collapse” Roubini said in an interview to German daily BILD. He warned that a Greek exit would also trigger …

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Greek banks are bleeding as concerned citizens transfer their money abroad to secure them in case of a euro exit and return to drachma. Estimated 100 million to 500 million euro are tranferred from the Greek banks abroad on a daily basis due to citizens worries about the outcome of the economic …

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 I am unable to decode the message of Greek caretaker Defense Minister Frangoulis Fragos, former Chief of Land Forces. Did the retired general address Greece’s friends or Greece’s external and/or internal foes? “I wish the Democracy functions and I will directly deliver [the mandate] to the elected Minister of Defense,” Frangos …

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One week before the June 17 elections, a new allegedly horror-scenario lands on the heads of troubled Greek voters. In an exclusive story, an EU-source told Reuters that EU finance officials have discussed the limitation of free capital and persons across the EU and Schengen (for Greeks), should Greece abandon the euro zone. …

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 Greek Finance Ministry extended the procedure to ‘regulate’ overdue taxpayers’ debts until 29. June 2012. The extension refers to debts to the state after they became overdue until 29. February 2012. Private persons with debts up to 10,000 euro and companies with debts up to 75,000 euro are eligible to …

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Ilia Kasidiaris, the spokesman of extreme-right Golden Dawn and MP for 48 hours after May 6 elections, finally appeared before the prosecutor: In order to file suits against punch-victim KKE-MP Liana Kanelli and water-victim SYRIZA-MP Rena Dourou. Further he filed tow more suits against TV station and programme host ANT1 as …

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I – and many millions other  Greeks – would not know that there is a man openly calling people for a “Guerrilla War” against “the forces of occupation”, meaning Greece’s lenders. We wouldn’t have the slightest idea that such a “resistance war” is carried out with “molotov cocktails, weapons, knives, clubs, excecutions and kidnappings of …

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News like that prove that the debt-ridden country with the empty state coffers is still able to make you smile instead of crying. From time to time. While the Finance Ministry under caretaker Pikrammenos government does its best to get even one cent from taxpayers, the extensive zealous of some officers leads …

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 A powerful earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred at 03:44 p.m. on Sunday in the sea area between the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastelorizo and the Turkish South-Western  coast. The Seismologic Institute Kandili in Istanbul/Turkey gave the earthquake intensity with 6.1R. There were no deaths but some …

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 Ilias Kasidiaris, the MP of extreme-right party who punched a Communist MP and threw water to a left-wing MP, will sue those physically and morally responsible for the incident. In a statement published at the website of Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn), Kasidiaris wrote that he regrets “for being personally and involuntarily …

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