Two days of snow and the chaos broke out in Greece: hundreds of vehicles were trapped in highways, villages have been snowed in, thousands of households across the country are without heating, electricity and water supply. Two people lost their lives due to the harsh weather conditions. State of emergency …
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PM Tsipras & EU dignitaries wave Goodbye to 30 refugees heading for Luxembourg
The dignitaries who arrived at the airport early in the morning to wave Goodbye were almost as much as the passengers. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos, Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn, Greek Minister for Migration Yannis Mousalas. If one …
Read More »Greece’s Health Minister to ‘charge’ cancer patients with 50% of treatment cost if they fail to undergo precautionary tests
It is a well-know neo-liberal policy: health issues lay in the responsibility of the patient. It is also a well-known fact that cuts in the health sector are top priority not only of the International Monetary Fund but of every government in every country that imposes austerity measures – see …
Read More »UPD3: Syrian rebels kidnap Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo
Two Aleppian bishops were kidnapped reportedly by Syrian rebels in the outskirts of the city Monday evening, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. The bishops are Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo Pavlos (Pavlos Yazigi) and Syriac Orthodox Bishop Ioannis (Yohanna Ibrahim) are the victims of kidnapping. The two clerics were in the …
Read More »Three More Attacks Against Migrants in Athens and Crete
Three more most probably racism-motivated attacks took place in Greece in the last 24 hours. In Crete, a migrant, 25, from Egypt was attacked in the early morning hours of Tuesday at Talos Square in the old city of Chania. Two attackers beat the man with wood and iron sticks. The attackers …
Read More »National Opera: Great Street Events, Free of Charge, Sept 1 – Oct 2, 2011
That’s a great offer by the Greek National Opera and thus free of charge in times of economic misery and harsh austerity. The Greek National Opera loads its Opera bus with singers and dancers and and takes them to the streets, in neighborhoods and squares of Athens to offer the public unforgettable …
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