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Jodie Foster was in Athens during austerity protests and riots

Hollywood star Jodie Foster revealed, she happened to be in Athens during anti-austerity protests and riots while the air was filled with tear gas. Speaking to Greek Reporter she described, how she was watching the incidents from a Syntagma hotel together with her children. Jodie Foster said also, she was …

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Athens: Metro, Urban Train HSAP, Tram on 24h strike, Jan 18/2013

Workers at Athens Metro, urban train ISAP (HSAP) and tram will launch a 24-hour strike on Friday, January 18th 2013. For the Metro it will be the second consequent strike day.   Workers demand to be exempted from the new collective payroll for civil servants. However Minister of Development rejected their demands. …

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UPD Athens: Hand grenade found on street pavement

Police units on motorcycles DIAS found a hand grenade at 3:15 Wednesday afternoon laying on the pavement at the corner of Piraios and Persefonis streets in Gazi district of Athens. Anti-terror but also an army unit have rushed to the spot, Greek media reported. Part of the Piraios street is …

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Athens Metro on 24h strike, Jan 17/2013

Workers at Athens metro will launch a 24-hour strike on Thursday, January 17th 2012. No metro line will operate from 05:30 a.m. until half an hour after midnight. Workers protest the new payroll that cancels the national collective bargain. For transport to and from the airport, passengers can use the …

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Police operation against oldest Athens squat – 14 detentions

Strong police forces entered the squat in Kypseli district of Athens at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and detained the eight women and the six men who were inside the building at the time of police intervention.  The deployment on riot police squads was aiming to prevent expressions of solidarity by other anti-authoritarian …

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Only fourishing business in Greece: Trade firewood

Finally a good news! Trading firewood is a business that experiences a rapid growth in recession-hit Greece. Tax increases in heating oil and natural gas have led to sharp decrease but to sharp increase of firewood. According to data released from Athens Chamber of Commerce, the number of enterprises trading …

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Assailants fired shots with AK47 at Nea Dimocratia HQ – Bullet in Samaras’ office

Unknown assailants fired shots with a Kalashnikov rifle at the headquarters of government party Nea Dimocratia. The assault was so bold that even “a bullet was found in the office of  ND leader and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras”, so the police and the media. The attack took place at 3 …

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Arson attack against gov’t spokesman’s brother sparks ND-SYRIZA dispute

Who will be the next target of arsonists? this must be the question puzzling officers of Greek police after  barrage of self-made gas bombs exploding outside the homes of journalists, government party officers and banks ATMs. The latest target was the brother of government spokesman Simon Kedikoglou. Short before midnight on Saturday, unknown …

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Athens: Self-made devices explode outside homes of five journalists

 UPDATE: an organization that appears for the firt time claimed responsibility for the attacks. In a statement uploaded in athens-indimedia, the organization calling itsself “Cycles of violators/Cell of lawlessness lovers” claimed responsibility on Friday evening. Statement here but in Greek. Self-made devices exploded outside the homes of five well-known journalists …

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Athens: 140 squatters detained over Villa Amalia, protesters occupy gov’t party offices

The day started with an operation of riot police detaining 101 anti-authoritarians who had re-occupied the building called “Villa Amalia” in downtown Athens. While the building was under police guarding,  occupiers were divided in two groups: one group distracted police’ attention, while the other broke the padlocks and entered the …

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Workers occupy Athens Metro Line 2

Workers at Athens Metro occupied the Metro depot at Sepolia suburb of north-eastern Athens, causing problems to thousands of passengers on Monday morning using Line 2 Agios Dimitrios-Agios Antonios. The occupation started at 2 o clock in the morning with the effect that a number of metro trains could not leave the depot …

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Athens Metro & Urban Train ISAP 24h strike, Jan 1/2013

Workers at Athens Metro and urban train ISAP (HSAP) will launch a 24-hour strike on January 1st 2013. Workers oppose wages cuts, personnel transfer and lay offs. It’s the first strike of the new troubled year 2013.

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Gotcha! Santa flew over Acropolis and Santorini

 Although Santa is traditionally expected in Greece in the night of New Year’s Eve,  Americans captured him passing by the Acropolis in Athens and the island of Santorini and thus in the night of the Christmas Eve. With a sleight full of presents and his famous reindeer. Video: norad.org embedded by Embedded …

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