December 20, 2016
Very Mix
Unilever, Coca Cola, Nestle and Delta decided to preventive withdraw some of their products from the super market shelves and all points of sales after threats of contamination were posted on Greek internet on Tuesday. According to Greek media, the threat text was uploaded on the website of the anti-authoritarian …
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December 20, 2016
Politics
Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Tuesday said that the Greek capital is experiencing a “security vacuum” and called for the resignation of Citizens’ Protection Minister Nikos Toskas. Kaminis made his comments after a meeting with PASOK chief Fofi Gennimata, saying that he is “puzzled” by the ministry’s inaction in response …
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December 20, 2016
Very Mix
A hand grenade was found in a park next to an elementary school in Labrini area in Galatsi suburb of Athens on Tuesday. The school director who happened to found the grenade immediately called the police. Special police forces and explosives experts rushed to the point to find out that …
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December 20, 2016
Society
Unknown perpetrators set three trolley buses on fire outside the Polytechnic School in downtown Athens on Monday evening. According to media, a group of people wearing masks stopped the buses, order the passengers to get out and set them on fire. The group reportedly doused the windows with flammable material …
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December 12, 2016
Very Mix
A back bag with an explosive mechanism was left outside of the Labor Ministry on Stadiou street in downtown Athens. An anonymous called had warned a newspaper at 1:20 a.m. on Monday that the bomb would explode forty minutes later. Police that rushed to the ministry found a back bag …
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December 6, 2016
Society
More than 3,000 policemen have been deployed in Athens ahead of the commemoration rallies for the anniversary of the killing of teenager boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman on December 6th 2008. High school and university students will hold commemoration gatherings at 12 o’ clock noon outside the Athens University …
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December 1, 2016
Society
A powerful explosion shook the area around Victoria square in downtown Athens short after 9 o’ clock on Thursday morning and left behind one women dead and 6ive people injured – one of them in serious condition. The explosion occurred in the basement of a fast food restaurant while some …
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November 21, 2016
Society
The civil servants’ union federation ADEDY announced a rally in Klafthmonos Square on Thursday, November 24th 2016, at 11:00, on the same day that it has declared a 24-hour general strike. ADEDY’s strike action was decided in response to the negotiations between the government and institutions on labour issues and …
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November 21, 2016
Economy
Nominal apartment prices are estimated to have declined on average by 1.5 pct year-on-year in the third quarter of 2016, the Bank of Greece said on Monday. The central bank, in a report, said that according to revised data, the decline in the first and second quarters of 2016 was …
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November 21, 2016
Very Mix
With telescopes set up in seven points in Athens, the National Geographic in cooperation with the Athens Observatory offer a unique opportunity for stargazers: the Observation Week of the Planet Mars”. The telescopes will be set in Zappeion in downtown Athens as well as in the south suburbs of Palio …
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November 19, 2016
Politics
A group of people wearing hoods attacked and beaten Golden Dawn MP, Giorgos Germenis, in downtown of Maroussi, a suburb of Northern Athens, Saturday noon. Germenis was reportedly sitting together with a policeman and the policeman’s wife, when a group of 2o-30 people approached them. The attackers made use of …
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November 17, 2016
Society
It came as expected. Short after the Polytechnic Students’ Uprising commemoration march ended in front of the US embassy in Athens, the usual “troublemakers” took action. A group of several dozens people who had been occupying one of the buildings in the Polytechnic School came out and started to riot. …
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November 17, 2016
Culture
Under the auspices of the Embassy of France, the Painting and Sculpture Exhibition “IndepArt2016” opens its gates in the Image Gallery in downtown Athens on Friday, November 18th 2016. In one of the most beautiful neoclassical buildings of Athens, visitors will have the opportunity to admire the works of several …
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November 17, 2016
Politics
Families with their children, seniors with their own memories, young people, they all have been flocking to the Polytechnic School in downtown Athens to lay a carnation or a wreath in the memory of the students and workers who lost their lives during the Students’ uprising on November 17th 1973 …
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November 17, 2016
Society
Workers at Athens Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP will launch work stoppages, starting tomorrow Friday, November 18th and ending on December 2nd 2016. Work Stoppage schedule: Nov 18: metro, tram begin of shift until 10 am, Urban train 12 noon to 4 pm Nov 21: Urban train begin of …
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November 17, 2016
Politics
With a new video from the Ancient rock of Acropolis, US President Barack Obama sent a new message about Democracy stressing “we are part of the community of nations that solves problems and make the best for humanity.” the video was uploaded in his personal account on Facebook and Twitter. …
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November 16, 2016
Politics
US President Barack Obama started his speech with “Yias sas!”, “Kalispera!” and “Filoxenia”(hospitality). He used other Greek words like “foustanella”, “spanakopita” and “ouzo” At the end of his 40-minute long speech he said “Zήτω η Ελλάς” (Long Live, Greece) and had Greeks cheer. President Obama speech without teleprompter or notes …
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November 16, 2016
Politics
US President Barack Obama toured the Museum of Acropolis after a visit to the Parthenon on Wednesday morning. In Acropolis Musuem Obama was wearing suit and a tie, while he went to Acropolis in casual look. picture by US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt #Acropolis Barack Obama is expected at the Stavros …
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November 16, 2016
Politics
In his last day in Athens, US President Barack Obama is visiting Acropolis, one of his childhood dreams, as he recently said. Security measures are draconian, policemen stand in a 5-meter distance from each other, snipers have taken position on buildings roofs. However, the security measures could not hinder Athenians …
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November 15, 2016
Society
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 will be another day of trouble for drivers and commuters. as US President Barack Obama will visit the Acropolis and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation in Faliron in order to deliver a speech. Metro station <Acropolis> will close as of 9:30 a.m. The Tram operation will be …
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