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When Stones Melt, Athens Strays Need Desperately Water!

I was swimming at Kavouri on Saturday afternoon when I was a big,  short haired, stray black dog nearing the beach. He stood for a minute, sniffed around and walked carefully in the shallow waters. He did a few careful steps on the sliding stones under the water. When he found a place …

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What in Hillary Clinton Doing in Greece?

Blocking traffic on the main streets? Swimming at Glyfada’s VIP resort? Keeping busy policemen and journalists over a hot weekend? Talking about economy? Crying together with the Greeks about the miserable debt situation of the two countries? She does all these and much more. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …

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Greece: Summer Sales, July 15-August 31, 2011

Are you ready? Greece’s Summer Sales start on Friday, July 15th and run until August 31st. Amid recession and economic depression powerful discounts up to 50% and 70% off the original prices are set to attract consumers and help shop owners overcome the economic crisis. Already many of you may …

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Briton Teen Stabbed to Death: Mascot of England Soccer Team

The case of the British teen stabbed to death by a Greek taxi driver for a stupid laser pin has shocked us anyway. However this tragic event on the island of Zakynthos (Zante) takes another dramatic aspect as it turns out that the 18-year0old Rober Sebbage from Hampshire, was a ‘one in a …

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Athens: Journalist Completely Deaf After Police Stun Grenade

 Journalist Manolis Kypraios is completely deaf on both ears after a stun grenade exploded right next to him during the incidents of June 15th, 2011. The reporter for economic newspaper Express was covering the protests of “Indignant” Greeks at Syntagma Square. A policeman fired a stun grenade next to him. …

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Greek Citizens’ Protection Minister: “Hands off my wife and child”

Everybody was stunned in Greece listening to Minister for Citizens’ Protection, Christos Papoutsis, declaring  attacks against his family. While he was speaking at the Transparency Commission of the Parliament on Tuesday, Papoutsis said: “Warning all these immorals I say: hands off my wife and child”.  With reference to the recent verbal and physical …

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Guest Post: Greek Police Needs New Anti-Riot Strategy

The severe criticism against the Greek police EL. AS. and the behaviour of riot police does not ease up. Grave accusations against the Greek police are also raised by prosecutors and lawyers, who argue that ” the violent attacks by riot police, on the one hand put in danger the life demonstrators, while the other …

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Max Keiser: Papandreou is the Greek “Ceauşescu”

Somebody is really mad about what happened in Athens on Wednesday and the unprecedented use of tears gas even expired one (see picture below). Interesting is the fact that he is not even Greek. He is Max Keiser, the famous American broadcaster,  film-maker, and former equities broker  and  host of  “Keiser …

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Euro-Crisis: It’s all Greek to you…

…but it’s Chinese to me! Then for us, Greeks, the idiom “It’s all Greek to me” makes really no sense. However, whether in Chinese or in Greek, the Greek crisis makes no more sense to anybody. The Eurogroup in Luxembroug postponed its decision to release the 5th tranche of 12 billion …

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Greece New Fin Min Venizelos: Restore Tax Injustice

Greece newly appointed Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos gave the marks of his economic policy Friday afternoon and said that “fist priority is the sustainability of public Debt”. Speaking at the ceremony of handing over the Defense ministry to his successor, former Fin Min George Papaconstantinou, Venizelos said “I leave the …

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Menegaki’s diet…

Do you know Eleni Menegaki? She is a juicy, blond TV-persona, celebrated for years as the ‘Queen of morning TV-shows’. She has three children and an attractive lover, after her divorce from her children’s father. Now the secret of her perfect body has been revealed in a women’s magazine – or something like …

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Greek Cabinet Approves XXLL Austerity Measures

Greek cabinet approved on Thursday a package of  austerity measures, the so called ‘II. Memorandum of Understanding” or else “Budget Plan 2011-2015” or else “Mid-Term Stability program” dictated by the IMF/EU/ECB Troika. Call it whatever you want, the package contains measures that will kill small and medium enterprises, drive mad families, starve …

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Loukanikos: Famous Athens Riot Dog gets “Indignant” (pcts)

You have to imagine the scene then its was such a turmoil that I could hardly shoot a good and clear picture (I have details like a bag, a shoe and a leg, a bus, all blur and hectic). It’s Tuesday, May 31, and crowds of people are gathering outside the …

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Athens: Meeting H.M. Legendary Riot Dog, Loukanikos!

There can be no Athens protest without legendary riot dog Loukanikos. There we were standing yesterday, when a modest four-legged creature, with eyes down to earth, unaware about his world-wide fame passed by. With his neon-orange collar to avert ticks and attract humans. He sneaked purposefully by, between jeans and capri trousers, suits …

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What do Socrates and Strauss-Kahn have in common?

Socrates was a philosopher who lived 2,400 years ago.  Dominique Straus-Kahn is a banker and was the Head of International Monetary Fund until he got trapped in custody two days ago. So what do these two men have in common? A lawyer : Benjamin Brafman! Then the trial of Socrates was heard a …

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Athens: Violence against Migrants continue

Another outbreak of violence occurred earlier Sunday in Athens downtown. A group of 10 people attacked two foreigners as they were walking down Menanrdrou street near Omonia square. They beat them , injured them and fled.  This adds to a series of attacks against legal or illegal migrants by groups of allegedly far-right …

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