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Ryanair to launch nine international routes from Greece

Ryanair is opening two Greece bases in Athens and Thessaloniki from where it will launch nine new routes. As part of a $280 million investment, the budget carrier will base two aircraft in Athens and one in Thessaloniki from April. Its Athens base will operate 154 weekly flights and serve …

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Athens: police guard commits suicide after killing woman with his motocycle

A police special guard, 28, killed himself in the northern Athenian suburb of Halandri on Sunday after causing a fatal accident  killing a senior woman, 75. According to Greek media, the fatal accident occurred in a two-lane road with lots of traffic and no crosswalk for pedestrians at that point. …

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Athens: farmers against riot police, oranges vs tear gas

A farmer was seriously injured in the head and was taken to a nearby hospital when tension broke between protesting farmers from Peloponnese and riot police outside the Greek Parliament in downtown Athens.   The angry farmers had come to Athens to protest the ‘unified property tax’ that will impose …

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Protesters sing Christmas Carols & collect donations for ex transport minister Liapis

I told you before: former transport minister Michalis Liapis, who claimed to be a “poor pensioner affected by the economic crisis” and therefore he counterfeit the license plates of his luxury vehicle, is a source of inspiration. Municipality workers soon to be laid off entered the office of deputy interior …

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Athens: New urban guerrilla group claims killing of Golden Dawn members

A previously unknown urban guerrilla group calling itself “Militant Popular Revolutionary Forces” has claimed responsibility for the murders of two Golden Dawn members and the serious injuring of a third one on November 1.In an 18-page proclamation the group said that the shooting of the Golden Dawn members was a …

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Athens: students’ uprising (1973) commemoration protest – Live streaming Nov 17/2013

Thousands of people have joined the protest march to commemorate the Polytechnic school students’ uprising of 1973. The protest started at 3 pm from the Polytechnic University near Omonoia square in downtown Athens and the crowd moves up to the embassy of the United States in Ambelokoipoi. Protesters chant anti-fascist …

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Athens: several metro stations closed due to Polytechnic protest, Nov 17/2013

Several metro stations in downtown Athens will be closed to public on Sunday, November 17th 2013 due to protest march on the anniversary of Polytechnic school uprising. Specifically, metro strations <Syntagma>, <Panepistimio> and <Evaggelismos> will close as 1 o’clock noon time, while <Megaro Mousikis> and <Ambelokipoi> will close as of …

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Athens: fired school guard attacks Minister

It was certainly not a good idea for the minister responsible for the mass lay-offs in Greek public sector to make an appearance near protesting school guards. Hardly had Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister for Administrative Reform got off his car outside the Interior Ministry in downtown Athens, when the group of …

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Athens: public sector on work stoppage, Nov 14/2013

Greek public sector union ADEDY will launch a work stoppage after 12 o’ clock noon on Thursday, November 14th 2013. A protest will start at 1 o’ click outside Athens University. The union opposes the mass lay-offs in the public sector. 4,000 people are expected to lose their jobs until …

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Greece: earthquake 4.9R in Istiaia shakes Athens

A powerful tremor shook  Athens, although the epicenter of the earthquake was 116 km North-East from the Greek capital, in Istiaia, in Euboea. The tremor measured 4.9 on the Richter scale and occurred at 8:09 p.m. local time. Epicentre: Oraioi between Istiaia and Aidipsos The tremor was originally given as …

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Taxes and more taxes swallow Greek employees’ wages

I am so glad that somebody sat down and summarized what KTG has been reporting about for the last three years. Τhat is all the reporting about taxes and more taxes, and regular and emergency taxes that become permanent taxes. Not to forget the social security contributions and the income …

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Athens: court secretary stabbed by drugs convict

Mysteries happen and everyone wonders “how was it possible?” An assailant stabbed the secretary of an investigation magistrate in Athens main court and the victim was transferred to the hospital with serious injuries on the back and the belly. An unidentified assailant stabbed the secretary of an investigating magistrate at …

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