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Greece furious over fashion-show at the British Museum

February 18, 2024 Archeology, Culture, FEATURED Comments Off on Greece furious over fashion-show at the British Museum

A fashion show at the British Museum and thus in front of the stolen Parthenon Marbles has triggered the outrage of Greece’s Culture Minister who rushed to issue a statement on a Sunday. Minister Lina Mendoni spoke of “insult to the monument.” Turkish-British designer Erdem Moralioglu held his fashion show …

Angry mob shouts “Death!” for woman charged with daughter’s murder

March 31, 2022 Social, Society, Uncategorized Comments Off on Angry mob shouts “Death!” for woman charged with daughter’s murder

An angry mob spent almost the whole night outside the house of the woman who has been charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter Georgina, while police investigates the suspicious deaths of the family’s two younger girls. The mob, estimated some 500 mostly young people, kept calling for the …

Bob Geldof draws ire of Greek Cypriots over concert in Turkish-occupied Cyprus

April 22, 2017 Politics, World Comments Off on Bob Geldof draws ire of Greek Cypriots over concert in Turkish-occupied Cyprus

Veteran Irish pop star and activist (?) Bob Geldof has drawn the ire of Greek Cypriots, who this week urged him to cancel a concert he is due to play on Friday in the Turkish-occupied north of the divided island. The veteran Irish singer and his band, The Boomtown Rats, …

Varoufakis’ Plan B: Hack FinMin’s software, introduce parallel banking system

July 26, 2015 Politics 65

The first scenario that wanted ex Energy Minister Lafazanis to seize the Greece’s assets and arrest the governor of Bank of Greece did not thrill the public. Now a new scenario with much more suspense claims that former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis wanted to hack the Ministry’s software, hijack taxpayers’ …

Referendum: Greek voters angry at media & creditors, scare-mongering campaign seems to backfire

July 5, 2015 Politics 13

The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21, will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …

Angry at creditors: “Greece can’t make more concessions”; several ministers speak of “snap elections”

June 2, 2015 Economy 12

Creditors did not manage to agree on a joint position towards Greece at an emergency meeting Monday night in Berlin. Officially, all they decided about was that “work had to speed up”. No statement was released. But the Greek government is angry as it was waiting for a political decision …

Parthenon Marble leaves Britain for …Russia and angers Greek PM Samaras

December 5, 2014 Very Mix 3

I honestly cannot decide whether it’s a matter of British impudence or arrogance to lend to a third party something you do not owe or better say “it’s a product of theft!”. The British Museum decided to lend one of the stolen Parthenon sculptures to Russian Museum Hermitage in St. …

Messolonghi: Locals jeer and boo Justice Minister (video)

April 6, 2011 Politics, Society Comments Off on Messolonghi: Locals jeer and boo Justice Minister (video)

Greeks are at the verge of nervous breakdown and do not hesitate to verbally attack government officials -preferably ministers – wherever they meet them. This time, angry lawyers had gathered to ‘welcome’ Justice Minister Xaris Kastanidis in the town of Messolonghi in West Greece. Kastanidis climbed the long stairs of the local court …

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