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Outrtage over photo of riot policeman with knuckle-gloves during cleaners’ protest

The picture of a riot policeman wearing knuckle gloves with horn enhancement during a protest has triggered outrage in Greece’s social media and enforced the police to launch an investigation and issue a statement. The policeman was seen on Thursday outside the Finance ministry during a protest staged by the …

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Caught red-handed: Riot Policeman hits protesting Cleaner on the head (video)

The leadership of Greek police ordered an internal investigation against a riot policeman who hit a protesting cleaner on the head. Caught red-handed on a video, the footage shows an arm to be raised behind a shield and to hit cleaner Fotini Nikitara on the head. For no reason. At …

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Athens: Bullets found in PASOK Headquarters

A cartridge from an automatic weapon and two slugs were found on Sunday in the headquarters of Greece’s coalition government party PASOK in Charilaou Trikoupu Street in downtown Athens. According to Greek media, PASOK employees found a hole caused by a bullet in the wall of the office of party …

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Athens: protesting cleaners “occupy” the Finance Ministry

Fifteen cleaners entered the building of Finance Ministry at 7 o’clock in the morning, put a chain on the door and locked themselves in. The cleaners decided to symbolically “occupy” the ministry, after officials said to appeal the court decision to hire them anew. On May 16th, the First Instance …

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Municipality & Regional elections: Latest results in Athens, Attica, Piraeus

With 99,88% to 100% of the polling stations  counted, the results for Athens, Attica, Piraeus and Thessaloniki are the following, according to official results of the Greek Interior Ministry via Singular Issue: Attica Region: counted 6,482 out of 6,490 polling stations Rena Dourou SYRIZA     23,80% Yiannis Sgouros PASOK 22,10% Giorgos …

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The winner in Athens and Attica is …Golden Dawn

The winner of Sunday’s municipality and regional elections is … extreme-right Golden Dawn. The party whose members face charges for establishing a criminal gang, doubled its rates from the last parliamentary elections in Athens and Attica region. Ilias Kasidiaris, GD spokesman who is free on bail, a mayor candidate for …

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42% counted: Athens municipality election results vs exit polls

The ballots counting shows a clear difference from what the exit polls displayed short after 7 p.m. Sunday.  With 42,37% of the polling stations counted (460/1112) Giorgos Kaminis (PASOK) 21.16% Gavriil Sakellaridis (SYRIZA) 19,95% Aris Spiliotopoulos (Nea Dimokratia)17,09% Ilias Kasidiaris (Golden Dawn) 16,14% Nikolaos Sofianos (KKE) 7,32 Nikitas Kaklamanis (Nea …

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Athens: undecided voter let his dog decide

An undecided voter in Athens let his dog choose who to cast a vote for. The man arrived at a polling station with his dog carrying all ballot lists in his collar. The undecided voter wanted to meet his final decision by let him his dog decide: the voter would  …

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Court rules “mobility scheme” unconstitutional; FinMin has to hire anew 397 fired cleaners

First Instance Court in Athens ruled that the Finance Ministry has to hire anew the 397 cleaners it had laid-off several months ago. According to the court, the finance ministry decision to sent home 397 cleaners in the context of ‘mobility scheme’ was illegal and unconstitutional as it occurred without …

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Mid-season Sales in Greece, May 2-10/2014;

Mid-season sales began in Greece today, Friday, May 2nd and will last until May 10th 2014.  Sunday, May 4th, retail shops will be open from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. It is the second time that mid-season sales take place additionally to summer and winter sales. The measure meets the …

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Protesters hang bras and briefs outside the Greek Parliament

Open-air market vendors hung bras and briefs outside the Greek Parliament on Monday morning to protest a series of so-called “reforms” that will “economically destroy 50,000 families” as they claim. symbolic protest based on the Greek phrase “mas piran ta sovraka” (“they deprived us of our briefs” )meaning “they stole …

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Tragedy in amusement park: boy dead, girl seriously injured, when gust sweeps away ball

The Sunday play turned into a tragedy for a 13-year-old boy who lost his life, while his 9-year-old sister was seriously injured.  According to Greek media, the brother and his sister had visited the playground in Ellinikos suburb of Athens together with their parents. The children were playing inside an …

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“Revolutionary Struggle” claims responsibility for car bomb on April 10/2014

Guerrilla group Rveolutionary Struggle claimed responsibility for the car bomb that exploded outside the Bank of Greece in the dawn of April 10th in downtown Athens on Amerikis street,  a day before German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the Greek capital. In a 18,322 words long text, the group said that …

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Greeks launched 20,120 protests in four years of IMF loan agreements

Loans agreements, harsh austerity measures, income and pension cuts and elimination of labor rights sent Greeks 20,120 times to the streets since 2010, when the country sought the “rescue” through the International Monetary Fund. According to the data given to the Greek Palriament by Minister of Citizen Protection and Public …

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Patient infected with MERS-coronavirus hospitalized in Athens

A 69-year-old Greek is being hospitalized in intensive care unit of an Athens hospital after he got infected with the fatal corona-virus MERS while in Saudi Arabia. Together with his wife the man arrived last week in Athens with a flight from Jeddah. The couple used a taxi to go …

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