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What can you do in austerity and recession times? Organize yourself ! Unemployed youth of Heraklion in Crete established the first “Jobless Club” with the aim to promote their interests in the local labor market and authorities. One of the major objectives of the association is to meet members of the …

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UPDATE: Two days later, the taxman was detected in the state psychiatric hospital of Dafni. He had gone there after he was informed that his bank accounts were frozen. Probably couldn’t cope with his own failure to make the big deal and go unnoticed. Now justice is after him for …

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One should never provoke a jobless shipyard worker. The guys are tough, do tough work and have tough  muscles. This is the reality with which policemen had to be confronted early Wednesday in Greece – precisely in Perama district of Piraeus, an area known to host lots of tough guys since… ever. The …

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Eastern time in Greece is a challenge for godmothers and -father then they are expected to give presents to their godchildren. When I was a child the standard presents, Eastern in, Eastern out were a red candle with a ribbon for the Resurrection night, a big chocolate egg or bunny …

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The whole issue of Greece’s Debt Restructureis getting incredible boring. Day in, day out there is also somebody somewhere saying something on the issue with one single purpose: to let spreads go up and down and make money. As my stakes portofolio is modest and I don’t participate in such speculative actions, …

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Greek government is considering to give some employment options to civil servants and thus at the expenses of private sector employees. Daily TA NEA reports that civil servants will be given the incentive for an unpaid leave and employment in the private sector. The civil servant will be granted the …

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Greece may have never been a social state as some Scandinavian countries but at least in the recent years some social benefits were functioning, nonetheless due to EU funding. Now the EU membership and the Euro participation turn into boomerang and the end of the social state is here. While …

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Labor union for public sector ADEDY is organizing a rally today, April 13, in front of Athens University at 6:30 pm. Tomorrow, April 14, the temporary workers in the public sector will launch a work stoppage from 7:30 am to 11:30 am. There will be most probably disturbances in the …

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Turkish Red Crescent extended on Tuesday 8 tons of food stuffs, as well as stationary and office supplies and toys at the nursery of the Greek Orthodox  Ecumenic Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey. Tekin Kucukali, the head of the TRC, said pain had no language, religion or sect while handing over …

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EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy came, saw and didn’t conquered.***  How could he? He is and could never be somebody with a vision like Julius Caesar. Rompuy is just the  president of a institutionalized united Europe currently in big economic troubles – call it: €uro crisis and huge debts! While in Athens and in …

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No day passes without clashes. OK it sounds funny as it makes a rime but the situation is causes concern as the state seems to have no other option  than to send the riot police to meet several interest groups. This time it was the workers at the Piraeus port that …

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It seems that slowly Greece’s lenders come more closely to the Greek realities. Apparently the IFM/EU/ECB controllers are deeply frustrated that they wouldn’t hesitate to propose shocking solutions for drastic cuts in public spending. “The situation is deteriorating instead of improving,  tax and customs offices are not able to collect revenues, corruption …

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