April 16, 2015
Society
A long expected reaction came today: riot police fired tear gas against people who had gathered outside the occupied the Athens University. According to the first information a group of anti-authoritarians had gathered outside the Athens University that was cordoned by riot police since yesterday. the University has been occupied …
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April 1, 2015
Very Mix
A group of anti-authoritarian protesters entered the yard of the Greek Parliament in downtown Athens Wednesday noon. Τhe protesters threw flyers, chanted slogan and raised a banner outside the parliament’s main entrance. In their flyers they demanded the release of convicted 17. November-member Savvas Xeros for health reasons, the abolition …
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February 26, 2015
Politics
The first anti-government rally in Athens was shadowed by a group of anti-authoritarians rioting nearby. They smashed the windows of a pastry shop, two jewelry shops and an office, set four vehicles and several garbage bins on fire, damaged several bus stops hurled molotov cocktails at riot police that made …
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February 24, 2015
Economy
Greece sent the famous Reforms List to its creditors in Brussels on Tuesday morning, a couple of hours later than as originally demanded by the Eurogroup on February 20th. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told CNN, that the list was ready Monday evening but that the lenders had requested a delay. …
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February 20, 2015
Economy
Scroll Down for Agreement details and Eurogroup Press Conference Live – Stream THE Eurogroup meeting on Greece started in Brussels with delay due to several meeting of the protagonists Dijsselbloem, Lagarde, Draghi, Varoufakis, Schaeuble. Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the rest …
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February 17, 2015
Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras commented to several important issues like the broke down Eurogroup meeting on Monday and the several drafts submitted to Finance Minister Varoufakis, to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and to the first legislation his government is about to submit to Parliament with measures to relief indebted …
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February 16, 2015
Society
The Metropolitan Community Clinic in Athens, a charity providing uninsured patients and people without any resources with medical care, has a urgent need of donations for infants. In its latest call for donations the charity clinic needs: baby diapers (no 3, 4 and 5). Each month, the clinic helps approximately …
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February 15, 2015
Politics
Thousands of people in Greece and other European cities took to the streets to protest austerity measures and support the Greek government in its debt negotiations with its lenders. “Down with austerity”, “Let Greece breathe” were the main slogans shouted by old and young. In Athens more than 20,000 people …
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February 8, 2015
Politics
Under immense pressure but his Euro-zone partners, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to reveal the policy program of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition government. Greek media have been reporting earlier Sunday, that the Greek coalition does not intend to bow to EZ-pressure to stick to strict austerity and the commitments …
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February 5, 2015
Politics
When was the last time you saw Greeks protesting in support of the government? Exactly this is happening right now outside the Parliament with crowds of people flocking to Syntagma Square and raise their voice against the decision of the European Central Bank, to stop accepting Greek bonds as collateral …
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January 30, 2015
Politics
The joint press conference was concluding, when Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis droped a last bombshell. “…and with this if you want – and according to European Parliament – flimsily-constructed committee we have no aim to cooperate. Thank you.” Varoufakis was referring to the famous Troika, the country’s official creditors …
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January 30, 2015
Economy
I don’t know what the two finance ministers said behind closed doors, but the press conference run wild. Yanis Varoufakis was very clear: “Greek government will not negotiate with the Troika, only with official parters” he said during a joint press conference with the head of Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem in …
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January 29, 2015
Politics
President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz arrived at the office of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but the timing was bad. It was raining. An obviously disappointed Schulz immediately pointed with the finger towards the sky in front of PM Tsipras’ nose. Martin Schulz complained right away about the shortage …
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January 29, 2015
Politics
President of European Parliament, Martin Schulz is visiting Athens today to meet with new prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but also with opposition party leaders Antonis Samaras (Nea Dimokratia), Evangelos Venizelos (PASOK), Stavros Theodorakis (To Potami) and George Papandreou (To Kinima), the former PM whose party failed to pass the 3% …
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January 27, 2015
Economy
The eurozone has ruled out debt forgiveness for Greece and warned Alexis Tsipras that his anti-austerity coalition government must honor all past agreements with international creditors. In a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, a day after left-wing SYRIZA won the parliamentary elections, the euro bosses warned …
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January 22, 2015
Politics
This is the image I like! Two young men. Two young leaders. Relaxed. Casual dress. Bright smile. Holding hands in solidity. Trying to bring change in stiff, anachronistic and bureaucratic European Union that has lost contact to the people, see its millions of citizens as money producing machines. A European …
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January 21, 2015
Politics
Left-wing SYRIZA increases its rate towards Nea Dimokratia in a poll conducted across the country and published five days before the elections on Sunday. At the same time, SYRIZA sweeps in Athens and Thessaloniki, the areas with the biggest electorates. The B’ Athens and in both A’ and B’ Thessaloniki …
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January 20, 2015
Politics
Suspicious activities, traces of wiretapping and eavesdropping have been located in the area where the headquarters of Nea Dimokratia and SYRIZA are located. According to daily TA NEA, mobile phones are been under surveillance with fake base stations, an incident similar to a case revealed last month by Norwegian daily …
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January 14, 2015
Politics
Ten o’ clock sharp Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrived at the office of his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras. Οfficially the meeting is taking place in the context of bilateral relations, but Greek and Spanish media notes that the real aim of the visit is to provide support to Samaras, …
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January 8, 2015
Very Mix
Carrying placards reading “Je suis Charlie” dozens of people paid a tribute to the victims of the satirical newspaper “Charlie Hebdo”, a days after the massacre that left 12 people dead and 10 injured. The solidarity meeting took place outside the French Institute in downtown Athens. Among the ordinary people …
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