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Chilly, sunny Sunday!

March 13, 2011 Comments Off on Chilly, sunny Sunday!

It’s chilly, it’s sunny and it’s Sunday! Much too nice to spend the day posting news! Enjoy the Day!

Four EU parliamentarians detained by North Cyprus police

March 12, 2011 Comments Off on Four EU parliamentarians detained by North Cyprus police

Turkish Cypriot police have detained two European parliamentarians for allegedly trespassing on a restricted military area in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus, a Greek Cypriot member of the European Parliament said on Saturday. Polish parliamentarians Jaroslaw Leszek Walesa and Artur Zasada were told that they will remain in …

Athens: Classic Ballet at Greek National Opera: Don Quixote

March 12, 2011 Comments Off on Athens: Classic Ballet at Greek National Opera: Don Quixote

How about some ballet? Don Quixote is on stage of the Greek National Opera. Ballet with a prologue, two acts and 5 scenes. A story by Marious Petipa (1869) based on the homonymous play of Thervantes. Music by Ludwig Minkus Choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev Ballet of the Greek National Opera March …

EU Competitiveness Pact: Fast Track Poverty for all

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Eurogroup leaders agreed in principle on the key issues of the Competitivenss Agreement. This agreement aiming to adjust fiscal rules for all, will economically kill employees and workers rights once for all. Its main targets are lowering wages, adjustment of public and private sector wages to productivity, linking pensions to life expectancy. In short, …

Eurogroup and the Greek Deal – Few Questions open

March 12, 2011 Comments Off on Eurogroup and the Greek Deal – Few Questions open

A tough bargain took place yesterday in Brussels at the meeting of the Eurogroup leaders and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou came out at 2:30 pm with a content smile on his face. At the following press conference he stressed that Greece managed to achieve its goals. Loan repayment extension of …

Athens: Bazaar with reduced prices at Benaki Museum, Mar 11-13

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on Athens: Bazaar with reduced prices at Benaki Museum, Mar 11-13

The Benaki Museum is organizing a bazaar over the weekend. You can find books, objects and catalogues from former exhibitions at prices reduced from 40% to 60%. The bazaar goes from March 11 to March 13, 2011. Opening hours Friday and Saturday 10:00am – 10:00pm, Sunday 10:00am – 06:00 pm. Where? …

What does Angela Merkel imply with this symbolic gesture? (photo)

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on What does Angela Merkel imply with this symbolic gesture? (photo)

There it is, the interview German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave to populist daily newspaper BILD. Populist questions gets normally populist answers therefore if you can read German read what Bild readers have commented below the interview. However as the interview is long and I’m rather lazy to translate it, you …

Social Care Service at Home only for Greek seniors with jobless relatives (?)

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on Social Care Service at Home only for Greek seniors with jobless relatives (?)

Are you kidding me? I have been reading this article on Greek daily Ethnos reporting that the social care “Help at Home” for seniors will be provided only for seniors with jobless relatives. The program originally carried out through European Union funds currently takes care of more than 90,000 Greek seniors. However …

3 Dutch Marines arrived in Athens after Diplomacy Thriller with Libya

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on 3 Dutch Marines arrived in Athens after Diplomacy Thriller with Libya

A diplomatic thriller took place last night in Libya when a Greek C-130 was dispatched to pick up three Dutch marines but the Libyan government was trying to make a bargain and press the Maltese government to represent Gaddafi’s interests in the European union. The Dutch marines, two men and one woman, …

Greek student in Japan recounts her earthquake experience

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on Greek student in Japan recounts her earthquake experience

Greek news portal cosmo.gr contacted Greek student Christina Anagnostopoulou, 25, student at the University of Tokyo. Anagnostopoulou was interviewed via Skype and described her experience from the 8,8 earthquake that shattered Japan and shocked the world. Cosmo.gr talked toAnagnostopoulou at 10:30 am Greek time/ 05:30 pm in Japan. While they were talking aftershocks were occurring …

Greece’s tough struggle at Eurogroup meeting

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on Greece’s tough struggle at Eurogroup meeting

What does Greece expects today fromthe Eurogroup leaders meeting in Brussels? Athens’ expectations refer to three crucial things: Repayment extension for the €110 billion bailout, Decrease of borrowing interest rates and Buyback of its debt. Practically there has been an EU acceptance on the repayment extension and cuts in the interest …

Crete: Drunken German sailors beat Greek port guards

March 11, 2011 Comments Off on Crete: Drunken German sailors beat Greek port guards

A German-Greek “clash” took place last night, when German frigates crew members attacked Greek port guards. The incident took place at the port of Heraklion on Crete, when the Greeks asked the papers of the German drunken sailors as they were trying to enter the port. Security measures are high …