Kidnapped businessman Manolis Karamolegos was released on Wednesday afternoon, at least two of the kidnappers has been arrested. P{Olice is seeking a third man. According to first information reported by the Greek media, the kidnapper-trio allegedly consists of a Greek and two foreign nationals, at least one of them Moldavian. …
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Dog Trainer Giulia (Giu) Philippoy-Corleone: A Marvelous Woman Killed in a Car Accident
I am paralyzed. I am not able to recover from the shock: Giulia Philippoy-Corleone is not among us anymore. Giu – as her friends called her – was killed in a traffic accident on September 12th 2012 in Keratea, in the west of Athens. Her family and friends are now desperately seeking …
Read More »Greece Seeks International Aid to Combat Wildfires Near Athens
Greece sought international aid to combat the wildfires that started on Saturday, spread to an area of 20,000 acres and burnt of rural and agricultural land, several houses, professional sites and warehouses and causing dozens of residents to flee their homes in the Eastern Attica region some 30 to 50 km away from …
Read More »Papoutsis: “Tear Gas is the Mildest Form of Reaction Across Europe”
Former Minister for Citizens’ Protection and aspiring PASOK leader Christos Papoutsis defended his work at the ministry and the (often extensive) use of tear gas during protests in Athens and other Greek cities. He said that chemicals are better than water and that he never gave orders to police to dissolve …
Read More »Greek Citizens’ Protection Minister Finally Speaks Out (video)
After two days of excessive use of violence, tear gas and suffocation, we finally saw Greece Citizens’ Protection Minister. Christos Papoutsis stood up and spoke and cleared the misunderstandings and “Oh, all these claims about huge clouds of tear gas. Papoutsis made his point and said: “The huge cloud of tear gas …
Read More »Greeks protest Culture Minister at Europa Parliament (video)
Protests against Greek politicians are continuing in Greece and abroad and last ‘victim’ was Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos. He was attending the event “2,500+1 years after the Marathon Battle” at Europa Parliament in Brussels, when members of Belgian Solidarity Committee with Greeks raised a banned saying: “EU & IMF Barbarians, …
Read More »Greeks hurl yogurt at Deputy Prime Minister (video)
It was shortly after 10 pm last night when Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos was enjoying a dinner together with his wife and some friends in Kalyvia town in southeast Attica basin. A group of 150 angry residents from nearby town of Keratea gathered outside the tavern to protest the …
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