Second increase of VAT in 3 months! It’s 29°C outside….. The sun is shining… a light brise blowing from NorthNorthWest… That’s fairly pleasant for the season. So why do Greeks feel as if they live in a horrible heat wave? The answer is simple: Today, July 1st , hundreds of …
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Greece For Sale – from Guardian.com.uk
Greece puts its islands up for sale to save economy Desperate attempt to repay debts also driven by inability to find funds to develop infrastructure on islands Elena Moya guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 June 2010 21.33 BST Greece is raising cash by selling off an area of state-owned land on Mykonos …
Read More »Stranded in Greece? No worries! Greek tax payers will come up for room & board!
Flight canceled? Train stuck ? Cruiser off shore? ARE YOU A TOURIST STRANDED IN GREECE? NO WORRIES! Greek Tourism Minister will pay you extra room & board. But only if you are a foreign tourist! Greek tourists and tax payers seem to be excluded. Greece ‘to pay costs for stranded tourists’ – …
Read More »Athens under attack! Heat-wave, public-transport strike & ‘smog’ take our breath away!
Athens is boiling today! 36 C in shadow, 45 C in the sun (measured in my balcony) . Dust from the Sahara turns heaven yellow Traffic jam in all major streets. This morning people left their homes for work by driving their own cars. Metro drivers are on a 48-hour strike. …
Read More »Erdogan rebukes Greek Media & Opposition Parties
Erdogan rebukes Greek Media and admonishes Opposition Erdogan vs. Greek Media: the Radar Confrontation Turkish Prime Minister Tayip Erdogan is charismatic and a gifted orator. He is spontaneous and often his emotions prelude his ratio. He is also kind of choleric, with an authoritarian style and notorious for his outbursts …
Read More »Easy Ways to Cut the Pensions of Others
s Greek Minister for Employment & Social Security reads in the monring newspaper how to get along with 600 Euros per month. Andreas Loverdos is concerned… With the new austerity measures in force, low earners and pensioners bleed, while deputies at the Greek Parliament enjoy double and threesome income. A …
Read More »3 Dead at Marfin Bank:Tragedy – Crime – Negligence
Schocking Picture Three bank workers lost their life and four were injured in the fire at the MARFIN EGNATIA Bank after protesters hurled molotov cocktail bombs amid a huge demonstation against harsh cuts in salaries and pensions and tax increases. Pictures and Videos shot by demonstrators highlight the dramatic moments …
Read More »Bomb kills man, injures little girl in Athens/Greece
Bomb kills man, injures little girl in Athens/Greece A powerful bomb blast with one dead man and one injured ten-year old girl occurred a few minutes before 23:00 Sunday night near a public building in Kato Patisia suburb, some 7 kilometers from Athens down town. The blast occurred near the …
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