Wildlife protection and care association “ANIMA” has sounded alarm for the vultures on the island of Crete. Due to the high temperatures and the long search for food and water, dozens of young vultures are dehydrated and exhausted, with the result that many have died to this day,” ANIMA warned. Fifteen …
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PPC workers’ union GENOP-DEH to launch a 24h strike on Oct 19
The workers’ union of the Public Power Corporation (PPC), GENOP-DEI, has announced a 24-hour strike to be held on Tuesday, October 19. The strike has been scheduled to coincide with a meeting of PPC shareholders who will discuss increasing the company’s share capital. A protest gathering will be held in …
Read More »9-month-old baby dies of dehydration in overcrowded Moria camp
A 9-month-old baby died of dehydration in the overcrowded Moria camp on the island of Lesvos, Medicins Sand sFrontiers/Doctors Without Borders announced late on Saturday. The baby’s parents are asylum-seekers from Congo. We have been confirmed today by the local hospital in #Lesbos that a 9 month old baby has …
Read More »Chairman of Greece’s Public Power Company (DEH) submits resignation
The economic situation and the fate of the Greece Public Power Company PPC (DEH) is top on the agenda of the new government. PPC Chairman and Managing Director, Manolis Panagiotakis, submitted hois resignation on Wednesday afternoon during the meeting with Energy and Environment Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. During the meeting with …
Read More »German hiker rescued after suffering dehydration while touring mountains of Crete
The adventure of a German tourist ended late Thursday afternoon, when rescue teams reached the woman and led her back to safety. The 50-year-old woman on a a hiking tour from Sougia to Agia Roumeli in the mountainous area of Chania on the island of Crete. She reportedly lost her …
Read More »PPC (DEH) CEO Zervos resigns after charges on wages hikes to 19 executives
Chairman and CEO of Greece’s Public Power Company (DEH) Arhtouros Ζervos submitted his resignation on Wednesday evening after a judicial council decided that he should stand trial on breach-of-duty charges related to approving unlawful wages/benefits for some 19 company executives in the 2010-12 period. “The damage for the company was …
Read More »Scandal! Wages hikes for Greece’s Public Power Company (DEH) workers
That’s an unbelievable challenge for the debt-ridden Greek society! The collective bargain signed between Greece’s Public Power Company and powerful union GENOP-DEH electrocutes large parts of the unemployment- and austerity-hit Greeks of the country’s private sector. Four unions of workers at Greece’s Public Power Company (DEH) signed a collective bargain …
Read More »PPC (DEH) to raise electricity prices at 11% for households with 0-800kWh/quarter
We, Greeks, we don’t mind the heat waves of summer – because we live in hell. No week, no month passes without to be asked to put our hand deeper in our empty pockets. The rises and hikes hit mostly the usual suspects, that is the poor, who have no …
Read More »Greek Electricity Company DEH Warns of Power Cuts in Crete and Rhodes, Nov 6/2012
Greek Public Power Company DEH warns of 40-minute power cuts on the islands of Crete and Rhodes due to the strike of the company workers’ union GENOP-DEH. The power cuts are expected to take place after 9 p.m. tonight, November 6th 2012, and will last approximately 40 minutes. GENOP-DEH started …
Read More »Greece’s Electricity Workers (GENOP-DEH)To Start 48-Hour Rolling Strikes
Greece΄s electricity workers union GENOP-DEH will start rolling 48-hour strikes as of October 1st, 2012 to protest austerity measures demanded by the country΄s international lenders. Strikes at state-controlled utility PPC(DEH) have in the past led to rotating power cuts across the country, as the grid operator reduces the load to …
Read More »Greek PPC (DEH) Bills Get More “Juicy” as RES Charges Go Up by 47 Percent
Don’t be surprised if you see your electricity bills gone up again. It’s not only because the emergency property tax 2012 will be tagged in the August bills sent but Greek Public Power Company (DEH). It is because Energy Regulatory Authority has decided to increase the fees for Renewable Energy by 47 percent. Greece’s …
Read More »DEH(PPC) Removes “Emergency Property Tax 2011” from Electricity Bills
Greece’s Public Power Company DEH announced that it has cut the emergency property tax 2011 from its bills and forwarded the unpaid taxes to local tax offices. As of May 1, 2012 the EPT can be directly paid at the tax office. The EPT has been taken out from the electricity bills …
Read More »Athens: Work Stoppages in State Hospitals, Schools, DEH, Nov 24/11
State hospital doctors in Athens and Piraeus launch a work stoppage from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm, and school teachers from 12-2 pm and 2-4 pm. Also state media like ET/NET and the Athens News Agency will not operate from 3-7 pm and 8 pm to midnight. After riot police intervention …
Read More »“Robins of DEH” – Activists Reconnect Electricity to the Poor
After the movement “I Don’t Pay” a new movement appeared this time in Veria in Northern Greece and it carries the name “Connect Electricity”! It is a civic movement consisting by ‘anonymous’ citizens who reconnect the electricity to needy households that had their electricity cut due to unpaid bills. The reconnection is done …
Read More »(Upd) Electricity Cuts Across Greece Due to GENOP-DEH Strike
Households and shops across Greece will be paralyzed with electricity cuts as the labour union GENOP of the electricity company DEH launches repeated 48-hours strikes as of midnight June 19/20. The strikes will have direct impact on everyday life as the company management will apply electricity cuts lasting several hours in order to avoid the total …
Read More »Heartbreaking! Carriage Horse dies in downtown Corfu (graphic images)
One of the working horses on the island of Corfu, a carriage horse, collapsed and died probably due to heat, dehydration and exhaustion in the middle of the island’s capital, opposite of Orfeas cinema, early Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the carriage owner and his colleagues rushed to help with …
Read More »Shipwreck Greece: SAR for missing people ongoing; 104 rescued (nationalities)
Shipwreck Greece: The Coast Guard in Kalamata, south Peloponnese, announced on Thursday the launch of an inquiry into the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of migrants in international waters off the coast of the Peloponnese, 47 nautical miles southwest of Pylos. According to an announcement “there is not a …
Read More »12-year-old sex-trafficking victim attacked and injured in her home
The 12-year-old girl that was raped and pimped by a 53-year-old man was injured in a knife attack in the home where she lives with her aunt and a younger brother, her lawyer revealed on Monday. In a different statement, the mother of the 12-year-old victim points out that the …
Read More »Horror in nursing home for 41 elderly: Beaten, malnourished, filthy
Over 40 elderly people were discovered to live in miserable conditions in a nursing home in Korydallos suburb of Piraeus. They were malnourished, dehydrated and filthy as their personal hygiene was neglected. Several were found to have been infected with Covid-19, while three elderly had scabies. Some had bruises and …
Read More »“Family man” arrested for the repeated rape and pandering of minor girl in Athens
A 53-year-old who repeatedly raped a 12-year-old girl and also operated as a pimp for the underage victim has been arrested in Kolonos district of Athens. His neighbors praised him as a “good and religious family man.” The man has a mini market store in the area and the girl …
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