Last night we had a good laugh. Refreshing amid depressed Greeks suffering from deep economic crisis and political uncertainty. Cause of the laugh was former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos. He is currently in custody with financial fraud charges, while new charges on money laundering, and bribes though off-shore companies are not …
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Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos Arrested
Former PASOK Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos was arrested on Wednesday morning and is currently testifying in the department of organized crime (state NET TV). Tsochatzopoulos was arrested at his home in the noble Dionisioy Aeropagitou Avenue at the feet of Acropolis. The arrest warrant was issued early in the morning. Greek …
Read More »Greek Shipyard Revolutionizes Labour: Rotating Work Once per Week
Workers at Skaramanga Shipyards were stunned to hear the radical changes in their working schedules. The Arab-German management of the Shipyards decided to revolutionize the workers’ lives: As of 18. April 2012 workers will have to work in rotation one day per week and thus for a period of three months! At least 1,000 …
Read More »Independent: France and Germany to Blame for Greece Crisis
As Greeks wait for a second eurozone rescue package to finally be agreed in Brussels today, many are blaming Germany and France for encouraging and benefiting from some of the much-criticised profligate spending which reduced Greece to near bankruptcy. Do France and Germany have a share on the Greek …
Read More »Greece-Arms Deals: Does Merkel Trade “2nd Bailout” for “60 Eurofighter”?
From time to time there are similar leakages in the European media. That Greece’s lenders, preferably the Germans and the French, put Athens under pressure for lucrative arms deals. There has been talk about German submarines, French frigates and American Apache helicopters. The latest story by German Weekly DIE ZEIT …
Read More »Guest Post: Proud to Be Greek! YEAH!
What referendum? What early elections? What 50% haircut or 100% bankruptcy? Greeks were not born two years ago. They have a long history, they fought several wars and suffered many hardships. Should they be sacrifized to save the EURO? Hm…. Enough is enough. And you know something? We are Proud …
Read More »Unprecedented swearing in Greek Parliament
Members of the Greek Parliament Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee were almost turned into salt columns on Tuesday hearing a former national defense minister unspeakably swearing at the former director of national intelligence service. “Good Morning” said Ioannis Corantis to Vaggelis Meimarakis. This Good morningwas the spark that set the anger of …
Read More »Greece, Israel, US jointly excercise in SE Mediterranean Sea
If you sail in the south-east Mediterranean Sea and you see some military vessels coming towards you, don’t panic! It’s just a joint naval military exercise between Greece, Israel and the USA. The exercise is called Noble Dina 11 and is taking place April 3-14, 2011. According to portal MilitaryPhotos …
Read More »Crete: Greek Communist Party protests USS Kearsarge at Souda Bay
Members of the Greek Communist Party (KKE) marched through the streets of Chania, Crete, Friday evening protested the arrival of US assault ship USS Kearsarge at the Souda Bay. Holding torches and candles they demanded the closure of the US naval base at Souda and and Greece not to be …
Read More »Athens: People protest outside Ex Ministers’ House (pcts, video)
About 1,500 people gathered outside the house of former minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos and shouted slogans like “Thieves, thieves!” and “Aki, bring the money back!”. The rest of the slogans were really …inspiring however a translation would not bring the rhyme spirit into English. Some protesters left massages at the house entrance urging him …
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