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Students-Teachers Protest Turned Ugly as “Hoodies” Riot

September 15, 2011 1

Students and teachers flocked to downtown Athens to peacefully protest the shortages in primary and secondary education schools. However a group of hooded “youth” (?) mingled with the protesters and soon the area turned into an area full of broken glass and debris. News portals report in fact of a …

Shocking! Unemployment at 16.3%, 810K Greeks without Job

September 15, 2011 Comments Off on Shocking! Unemployment at 16.3%, 810K Greeks without Job

Unemployment in Greece reached shocking level with 810,821 people without job. According to National Statistics Authority, unemployment increased 36.5% in comparison with the April-June 2010 period. Without job is 1:3 youth and 1:5 women. Migrants are economically active at 73%, while the Greeks only at 52%. For the first time the jobless …

TV Millionaire Gets Social Benefits – in Greece, where else?

September 15, 2011 10

She has been celebrated for over 15 years as the Queen of the Lifestyle in Greek television. She signed contracts up to 80,000 euro per month. And yet! Eleni Menegaki gets social benefits after the birth of her third child, reported STAR television. For the year 2010 the “Queen” received €3,192 from …

Outrageous! All Greeks to Pay Property Levy Except The Church & the State

September 14, 2011 4

This is really outrageous, it shows that the Greek government is not ashamed to promote discrimination, is not only callous and anti-social but also that the Finance Minister and the government spokesman lied to the people. Evangelos Venizelos announced last Sunday that the levy scale will be up to €10/sqm – tonight it is up to …

Merkel, Sarkozy: Greece is Integral Part of Euro Zone – Full statement after Conference

September 14, 2011 4

“Greece is integral part of the Euro zone” German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou according to a statement issued by the Greek government after the important conference call between Athens, Berlin and Paris that lasted 25 minutes. The main results of the …

Northern Greece: Czech Bus Collided With Car – Two Dead

September 14, 2011 Comments Off on Northern Greece: Czech Bus Collided With Car – Two Dead

Two dead and nine injured injured is the tragic account of a road accident that occurred late Wednesday afternoon when a tourist bus collided with a private car in Egnatia Highway and overturned outside the city of Grevena. Police and fire brigades rushed to the point and freed the trapped …

150 MEPs Ask Oettinger’s Resignation Over “Flags At Half Mast” – He Denies Comment …due to Language Problems? (video)

September 14, 2011 Comments Off on 150 MEPs Ask Oettinger’s Resignation Over “Flags At Half Mast” – He Denies Comment …due to Language Problems? (video)

A cross-political party group of 150 members of the EU parliament asked EU Energy Commissioner Minister Günther Oettinger either to apologize or to resign over his proposal to German BILD news paper that “debt sinners should fly their flags at half mast in front of the EU buildings.”. The MEPs …

EU Under TinFoilHat-Protection: No Greek Default, No Euro Exit

September 14, 2011 6

Europeans send reassuring messages just hours before the critical teleconference between Papandreou, Merkel and Sarkozy and hours after Kassandra’s bombshells heralding Greek default and pushing for exit from the euro zone. EU economic and monetary affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Wednesday morning: “A Greek default or euro exit would carry …

Taxi Unionist Calls his Colleagues Not to Pay Back Bank Loans

September 13, 2011 1

Some 5,000 taxi owners from all over the country flocked outside the Greek Parliament to protest the draft bill that opens their profession. As many took their cars to reach downtown Athens the roads around Syntagma square were blocked for many hours. In fact, that was also their target: to …

Greek PM Fevers Ahead Talks with Merkel-Sarkozy on Sept 14

September 13, 2011 Comments Off on Greek PM Fevers Ahead Talks with Merkel-Sarkozy on Sept 14

Feverish meetings were held in the office of Greece’s prime ministers’ office on Tuesday ahead the teleconference of George Papandreou and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, Sept 14th 2011. The meeting with top economists of the country were made under the specter of an …

Theodorakis’ Resistance & Creativity Concert, Sept 16

September 13, 2011 2

Famous musician Mikis Theodorakis sounded really angry when I saw him on television. “We have to do something, the youth is absent! We have to set up tents in the area and music stages where people can come and go, exchange ideas and enjoy”. Theodorakis was featuring the Resistance and …

Greek Twitters’ Taxation Ideas

September 13, 2011 Comments Off on Greek Twitters’ Taxation Ideas

That Greeks get one tax hike after the other doesn’t mean that they lose their sense of humor. On Sunday evening, after the announcement of the extra property levy, a hashtag “Taxation Ideas” (#idees-forologias) was soon set up in Twitter and internet users didn’t miss the chance to give taxation …