Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras is fixed on the idea to make us all believe, the debt-ridden country and its broke citizens are going forwards. During a meeting with the ministers of Finance, Development and Labour, Samaras presented amazing figures handed over to him by the Labour minister. Hiring were …

Why did we freeze all through the winter? Because the Greek finance ministry had raised the special consumption tax in heating oil, while the tax in natural gas was raised a year before. What did the ministry win from having us on cold show? It raised more revenues – more …

US yogurt producer Chobani has lost a court case in the UK over the “misleading” labeling of its Greek yogurts. Following a seven-day trial, which was initiated by a complaint from Greek rival Fage, Chobani was told by a High Court judge that the labeling on its product was “confusing” …

Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece top the list of the poorest countries among the 27-members of the European Union. According to a comparative survey conducted by the German Economic Institute (Wirtschaftsinstitut) in Cologne: Least poor citizens are in Scandinavian countries  Denmark, Sweden and Finland, but also in Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Austria. …

It must be humor. German humor around the traditional Stammtisch* with Alte Herren* and the whole associated mentality. A humor that other EU citizens may find hard to understand. Hours after Germany re-confirmed its predominance in the Eurogroup and the Euro Zone, former football trainer Otto Rehhagel arrived in Athens. As …

Workers at Athens public transport means will launch several strikes and work stoppages on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 19th and 20th 2013. Feb 19 Trolley on work stoppage from 11 am until 5 pm due to general meeting of union Feb 20 – general strike day Trains OSE and Proastiakos on …

Yuck! The horsemeat scandal gets more and more disgusting. Not that eating “anonymous” horses for beef would be less disgusting… Famous horse Synchronised, Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, a specialist in long-distance steeplechaser, was euthanized after an injury and apparently disposed for horsemeat. “The owner of a slaughterhouse that disposes of horses …

Workers at buses and trolley will launch a work stoppage between 12 o’clock noon and 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6th 2013 out of solidarity with striking seamen. Buses and trolleys are expected to start withdrawing form traffic at 11 a.m. and to have fully resume schedules by 5 p.m. …

Greek Foreign Ministry categorically denied claims published by Turkish media, that there were terrorists training camps in Greece. Turkish media claimed last week that the suicide bomber of US embassy in Ankara had entered Turkey via Greece and that other terrorism suspects had received training in Greece. Below the full …

Parents and lawyers of two young men arrested on Friday accused Greek police for torturing them during interrogation. The accusations came after police published pictures showing marks of violence on the faces of the arrested and after a police statement saying, the arrested were beaten while a scuffle with police during their arrest. “There was …

Dressed in his official coast guard uniform and standing on the boat bow, the “big boy” lifts his weapon and starts shooting six times at goats grazing on the remote side of an island. In shear panic the goats are running to escape the deafening sound and the deadly bullets. The …

“Rien ne va plus” on the roulette table of Athens streets as thousands moved to work with their private vehicles. No public transport means left the depot on Friday morning due to solidarity strike of bus, trolley and proastiakos workers to their colleagues of Athens Metro, urban train ISAP and tram who received ‘civil mobilization orders’. …

Despite the courts ruling declaring strikes as “illegal”, workers at Athens Metro decided to launch another 24-hour strike on Thursday, January 24th 2013. For the eight consecutive day. Urban train ISAP/HSAP and Tram: work stoppage between 12 o’clock and 4 p.m. Blue buses: work stoppage from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. …

Greek government sent an ultimatum to striking Metro workers threatening them with lay-offs and ‘enforced mobilization’ or requisition. On Tuesday, government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou gave Metro workers time to resume work by next Thursday and end their strikes that prohibit the operation of Athens metro for the seventh consecutive day. “The leaders of this unacceptable …

Tens of EU officials are advised to walk around the streets of Athens wearing shabby clothes in order to avoid become a target of terrorists. The advice from Brussels was transmitted to Troika employees after the series of bomb attacks in the Greek capital. According to “Micropolitikos” column at daily Ta …

Examination of security cameras footage from The Mall, has shown images of persons leaving the explosive device in the trash bin. The persons were wearing hoods and jockey caps. Although the face features of the suspects are not clearly shown, police estimates that they were men. Greek media report that Greek police concludes that the …

 One can hardly believe such a thing. Greece in deep recession and inhuman austerity is number 2 in military spending among the NATO countries. This was revealed by NATO’s general secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen. A very interesting report based on Rasmussen revelations is published by the New York Times. Military in …

 These are touching moments among eurozone finance ministers. According to UK daily the Guardian, Christine Lagarde sent an sms to her Greek counterpart George Papaconstantinou in summer 2011 – short after he was replaced from the post of Finance Minister. “We miss you!” Lagarde apparently wrote to the Greek finance minister who …

With the target to halt the tsunami of unemployment Greek government is about to announce five programs that will offer short term ‘job’ opportunities to 60,000 jobless up to 35 years old for the year 2013. According to newspaper “Dimocratia” these “jobs’ will be in form of training programs of …

Workers at Athens Metro occupied the Metro depot at Sepolia suburb of north-eastern Athens, causing problems to thousands of passengers on Monday morning using Line 2 Agios Dimitrios-Agios Antonios. The occupation started at 2 o clock in the morning with the effect that a number of metro trains could not leave the depot …