Tag Archives: Athens

It came as expected: The dinner hosted by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to honour head of Euro group Jean-Claude Juncker. An austerity dinner in a country short before it goes bust. A real low-calories, spartan dinner with boiled vegetables and fish.  A light dinner  at the Acropolis Museum with view at …

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 Juncker came, spoke and will depart Athens tomorrow. It looks as if he did not meet any of Greek PM’s expectations, at least not officially. After the meeting with Antonis Samaras, Juncker praised the Greek efforts however he did not revealed much about the much expected  bailout extension.   “The …

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Head of Eurogroup Jean Claude Juncker is already packing his luggage. He is due to arrive in  Athens at 2:30 p.m., tomorrow Wednesday, August 22nd 2012. Three hours later, at 5:30 Juncker will meet with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. After the meeting they will make statements to the media [and …

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The are important dates one has to keep in mind: Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will meet with Euro zone officials and powerful EU leaders to discuss the option of extension to meet fiscal targets. 22. Aug 2012: Euro group head Jean Claude Juncker will visit Athens. 24. Aug 2012: Samaras …

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A 19-year-old Iraqi immigrant died in the hospital after he was stabbed with knives by five unknown assailants riding on motorcycles. The attack took place late Saturday night in the centre of Athens. The assailants had earlier targeted two other foreigners, one from Romania and one from Morocco who managed to escape. Greek …

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The Eurogroup is to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss Greece and Spain on September 3rd, 2012, Italian news agency ANSA reported citing EU officials who spoke on conditions of anonymity. This is a new meeting announcement but the topics of Spain and Greece are unsurprising as these are the two …

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 US-Treasury’s Assistant Secretary for International Finance Charles Collyns had a meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras in Athens on Wednesday morning. According to Greek media, Charles Collyns expressed the support of US-Finance Secretary Tomothy Geithner to Greece and his confidence to Greek efforts. Furthermore Collyns expressed the concerns of …

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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is due in Athens on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 for talks with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. It will be Barroso’s first visit to Greece after three years and two bailouts. Last visit of Barroso to Athens was in 2009, when he attended the inauguration of …

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Somebody must have had a promiscuous sense of humour to send the Greece’s lenders, the so-called “Troika”, to Athens today. On the 38th Anniversary of the “Restoration of Democracy” that marks the end of the military dictatorship in Greece, on 24th July 1974.  Who arranged this arrival on such day? Christine Lagarde? Jose …

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Workers at Athens Metro and Urban Train HSAP launch a work stoppage from 11:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m. on July 24th 2012.  The workers protest the detention of one of their colleagues, a train driver. According to Skai TV, a man fell in the rail lines last night, the driver of the …

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Former US-president  Bill Clinton and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras agreed that the economic situation in Greece needs support. “Greece’s economy is in Great Depression  similar to the American one in the 1930s” Samaras told Clinton and he replied “Austerity is not working.” Bill Clinton met Antonis Samaras in Athens …

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Why bother with a prison break if a Greek VIP ‘resides’ in Korydallos prison in Athens? Comfort is available: a swimming pool and a BBQ… In an exclusive story, Sunday newspaper Proto Thema, exposes how a ‘drinker for animals and birds’ turned into a swimming pool  – 4m. wide and 8m. …

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 For a bill of 866 euro Greek Public Power Company (DEH) cut the electricity supply to an Athens Hospice hosting 235 bed-ridden seniors who average age is between 80 and 90+ years old. The strange thing is that the bill expires in upcoming August 3rd, 2012. According to daily To …

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A 75-year-old man is the first victim of the West Nile disease in the Greek capital – A virus infection transmitted through “tiger” mosquitoes. The man was been hospitalized with encephalitis at the Intensive Care Unit of “Ippokratio” hospital. The man was a resident of the city centre, Greek media …

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Hundreds of tourists were surprised, disappointed and angry to find the gates of Acropolis shut down on Monday noon. The workers had deliberately decided to shut down the Acropolis at 02:00 pm on July 16th 2012, “due to the heat wave” invoking the protection of visitors and working staff. The decision made by …

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Spraying against Tiger Mosquitoes started in the south and east suburbs of Athens as 5 people got infected with the West Nile virus in the last six days. According to Greek Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), the first victim was a resident of Palio Faliro last Sunday. The …

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 Used public transport tickets would bring benefits to their holders. According to the “Money back” used tickets can being transformed into an “unofficial” or “alternative currency” and be redeemed with discounts from stores that participate in the innovative scheme. Greek and foreign passengers in Athens, but also airplane-, ferryboats- and train-ticket holders …

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Asphalt melts. Concrete boils. Sun is violently burning our heads. Greece in general and Athens in particular are in the grip of an unbearable heat wave with temperatures 38-40/41 degrees Celsius in the shadow. Humans turn the air-conditioner or the fan on. But animals cannot. They walk around in their …

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 The troubles of the Greek patient have no end. After the pharmacists’ blocking the unified insurance fund EOPPY, it is the turn of doctors to create problems to the insured patients. Athens Medical Association decided to refrain from hand-written prescriptions even if the electronic prescription system is down. With this action doctors protest …

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The relatives of the 42-year-old man were shocked to find him on Monday morning hanging in his home in Amaliada town of Peloponnese. The man was jobless since quite some time and was father of two children. This tragedy is one of the many that hit families in times of …

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