Tag Archives: Athens

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis had to experience the outrage of protesting hospital personnel when he visited Attikon public hospital on Friday morning. The minister was allegedly verbally attacked and even punched in the face amid hurled water bottles and plastic coffee mugs. Protesters had gathered at the hospital entrance, while …

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble left Athens on Thursday after an intense visit: three interviews, five appointments, one conference, one working lunch. All these in just height hours. He came, saw and conquered. No the hearts of the citizens of besieged Greece but the hearts of the German taxpayers and …

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“Greece must stop lobbying for a second restructuring of its debt,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned on Thursday, saying that “this was not in the country’s best interests.”. Speaking at an event organized by the Greek-German Chamber of Commerce in Athens Hilton, Scaheuble advised Greeks “My advice is not …

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Whoops! German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble apparently arrived very hungry in Athens. Most possibly because he is a hard-working and industrious German who wakes up early in the morning and eats his breakfast before he leaves home for office or other important meeting. An early breakfast craves for an early …

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With a thin majority of 153 votes out of 300 lawmakers in total, Nea Dimocratia and PASOK approved the multi-bill that will sack more than 25,000 civil workers until the end of 2014. The bill with 109 articles, in fact a new tsunami of austerity measures, includes also provisions for …

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Schaeuble comes, Greeks go… Αthenians are going to be in real trouble tomorrow due to the visit of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, Not only the city center will be cordoned and public gatherings are banned by the police, public transport means will not be able to operate as usual …

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Greek police issued a statement on Wednesday announcing the ban of public gatherings in downtown Athens due to the visit of German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble. Public gatherings and marches will be banned from 9 a.m. in the morning until 8 p.m. in the evening ‘due to security measures,’ police …

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An envelope containing an explosive device was sent to the prosecutor of Misdemeanors in Athens. Greek media report that the police carried out a controlled explosion. The envelope arrived at the office of the prosecutor on Wednesday noon. As sender the perpetrators had written the name of the Athens bar …

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The Court of Appeals in Athens ordered on Thursday the release of Kostas Sakkas after 951 days (31 months) in prison without trial. The 29-year-old student was on the 38th day of hunger strike and was treated at Nikea General Hospital. the judges released Sakkas on 30,000 euro bail and conditions like: …

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Eternal Greek innovation and improvisation. The public bus crosses the Athens/Attica highway. At the area of Agios Stefanos in the northern of Greek capital the bus stops only for passengers with a full training in climbing, mountaineering or 110-meter-hurdles. The metallic parapet that separates the highway from the parallel street is …

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Riot police fired tear gas in Athens university when students and administrative personnel attempted to disturb a meetings of professors discussing cuts in education and lay-offs.  Greek media report that  a group of students invaded the building and that some of the board members called the police. Outside the university at Panepistimiou …

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Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis came under physical attack late Sunday afternoon, while he was leaving a meeting of the Confederation of Greek Municipalities (KEDE).  The mayor was beaten with fists and he was taken to the hospital where he was treated for minor injuries.  At the time of assault, several municipality unionists had …

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How clean is the beach I am going for a swim? A question asked by many Athenians each and every summer. The dangers are not feasible – but they are there.  Microorganisms and bacteria that can cause serious risk to our health. It’s not just the one plastic bottle that …

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“Cautiously optimistic”, “hard bargaining”, “anguish about the next bailout tranche”. I was not even impressed to hear this morning on television channels the reports about the “tough negotiations” between Greece’s lenders – the Troika- and the newly appointed Minister of Administrative Reform Kyriakos Mitsotakis. High on the agenda of the …

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Been there, seen that. 1000+1 times since Greece sought the aid of IMF, EU and ECB. The regular blackmailing: the notorious -and anonymous – “EU source”exhausting Greeks’ patience, putting pressure to EU beggars to give in to Troika’s demands. While the Troika’s representatives feel the pulse of several ministers in …

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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is due to Athens today (July 3/2013). He will meet with this Greek counterpart Evangelos Venizelos at 07:30 pm at the Greek Foreign Ministry. After the meeting the two Foreign Ministers will hold a joint press conference and then enjoy a nice dinner. Westerwelle will …

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No, no Greeks took to the streets to protest austeirty, taxes and other Troika incoveninces. The streets around the US embassy in Athens are closed because our spying friends and allies celebrate the 4th of July.  Small streets around the embassy are closed to traffic, while vehicles do not move on regular speed on …

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble will visit Athens on July 18th 2013 and will meet with his Greek counterpart Yiannis Stournaras and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Speaking at the German Parliament, Schaeuble said that on the agenda of the talks will be “bilateral issues with emphasis in combating youth unemployment in …

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Sofia Voultepsi, deputy Health Minister in new Greek cabinet, submitted her resignation two hours after she was appointed to the post by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.  Late on Monday, Voultepsi (Nea Dimocratia) issued a statement saying that she would not accept the invitation by Antonis Samaras to the post of …

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After tough negotiations between Nea Dimocratia and PASOK,  ND-ND and PASOK-PASOK, the names of the new coalition government Nea Dimocratia-PASOK were announced on Monday evening. Antonis Samaras remains Prime Minister PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos becomes deputy PM and Foreign Minister Yiannis Stournaras remains Finance Minister In othe rimportant ministries: Defence: …

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