November 18, 2013
Society
Temperatures sharply dropped recently after a long summer and a mild autumn. And yet, hardly a Greek dared starting heating his home. Unfordable prices of heating oil and even natural gas make a fuzzy warm home almost impossible. For a second year, for a second winter in the seventh year …
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November 18, 2013
Politics
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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November 17, 2013
Society
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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November 16, 2013
Society
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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November 14, 2013
Society
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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November 13, 2013
Society
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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November 12, 2013
Earthquake, Very Mix
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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November 12, 2013
Politics
Tuesday is not a good day for the representatives of Greece’s lenders – the Troika – to visit the Finance Ministry. While IMF’s Poul Thomsen became the target of a handful of angry coins on Tuesday, November 5th, another Troikan – a no-name representative this time, got involved in a …
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November 11, 2013
Society
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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November 8, 2013
Very Mix
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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November 8, 2013
Tourism
With a simple notice on its website, international hotel chain Ledra Marriot announced that it will not operate its hotel in Athens as of the end of the year. After 30 years with presence in Athens, the Hotel will not operate under Marriot anymore. “Please be advised that as of …
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November 7, 2013
Politics
ERT journalists and technicians are broadcasting live the 9 o’clock evening news program. The provisional studio in form of a table has been set up in the backyard of the headquarters of the former Greek national broadcaster. The program with guests commenting on the riot police raid in the early …
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November 7, 2013
Politics
More than 15 riot police squads raided the building of former public broadcaster ERT at 4 a.m. Thursday morning. The raid took place five months after the overnight shut down of ERT on June 11th 2013. ERT personnel was sacked. Journalists and technicians had been occupying ERT since then and …
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November 6, 2013
Society
Members of public and private sector unions gathered in downtown Athens on Wednesday morning to protest the austerity policies of Greek government. Unions have called for a nationwide general strike on November 6th ahead a new tsunami of wages and pensions cuts and lay-offs in the public administration. The protest …
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November 5, 2013
Very Mix
I tell you and I said this before: Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio until November 10th and you should be very well aware of this fact. Unpleasant incidents and ugly things can happen in the direction of disturbed communication. Bizarre arguments? Confused thinking? Unexpected aggression? Tilt in publishing, writing and …
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November 1, 2013
Politics
At least two men were killed and one was seriously injured during a shooting at the offices of extreme-right Golden Dawn in Neo Irakleio suburb of Athens on Friday evening. According to Greek media, the shots were fired by two people from a motorbike. One of the victims was immediately …
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October 29, 2013
Politics
The wonderful world of spying friends and foes is being unfolded with the NSA scandal, a world equipped with super modern surveillance units and lay light years away from the fictitious and exaggerated reports of Graham Greens’ local informants and spies. The NSA scandal reveals that US-friends have not only …
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October 24, 2013
Society
What??? The biological parents of “blonde angel” Maria are not blonde? How could this happen? Can a geneticist explain how did a dark-haired and dark-skinned Roma woman give birth not to one but to two little blonde Gypsy angels? Or aren’t they “blonde angels” anymore? Now that it was DNA-proven …
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October 24, 2013
Society
This Greek state never stops to surprises us. Units of Greek police and the National Organization for Medicines (EOF) raided the Metropolitan health clinic of Hellinikon (MKIE)on Thursday morning after an complaint to the Narcotic section of the police headquarters. “A complaint to Greek police claimed of uncontrolled drug trafficking …
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October 18, 2013
Politics
Former coalition government partner Fotis Kouvelis was taken to the hospital on Friday morning after fainting. the leader of Democratic Left (DIMAR) was at the airport to fly to Kavala, when he felt unease and fainted. He received first aid from paramedics in airport and he was transferred with ambulance …
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