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Greece’s General Federation of Consumers INKA has called for a boycott of certain food products as a protest reaction to the high food prices, especially milk. In an announcement published on Wednesday, INKA said that the boycott follows consumers’ demand. The boycott is  for all diary products, domestic or imported, …

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Greece’s main opposition party New Democracy has announced that its lawmakers will no longer appear on panels of the state broadcaster ERT.  The decision comes just a few months after ruling party SYRIZA decided to boycott private SKAI TV for “one-sided propaganda against the government.” The decision was taken in …

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Residents in the broader area of Evros are boycotting shopping in Turkey demanding the release of the two Greek soldiers arrested last Thursday. This has triggered a big disappointment  among shopkeepers on the other side of the borders as thousands of Greeks move every weekend to Turkey for shopping and …

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A recently released Turkish-American film production The Ottoman Lieutenant has come under fire for its denial of the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian genocide by the Ottoman forces in the beginning of 20th century. The Ottoman Lieutenant is a Turkish-American ‘World War I’ drama film directed by Joseph Ruben and written …

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Alexis Tsipras, leader of main opposition party left-wing SYRIZA and aspiring EU presidential candidate, will not attend the official ceremony of Greek EU Presidency tonight. Describing the ceremony as a “PR fiesta” SYRIZA criticizes the Greek government for the EU Presidency priorities as these do not include “a challenge” for …

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Even the representative of Samaras’ coalition government party, he himself personally, the leader of PASOK, Evangelos Venizelos was absent from the traditional military parade to remember the OCHI-Day and commemorate, the No Greeks told the powers of Axis on 28th October 1940. There were some unconfirmed claims in the press …

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Musician Pavlos Fyssas is dying in the arms of his girlfriend – just minutes after the deadly stabbing by Giorgos Poupakias on Septermber 17th in Keratsini.  Somebody takes a picture -and sells it to the media. Sunday newspaper Proto Thema publishes this picture on its front page. As soon as …

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“Happy Autumn with Good Health” This should be the wish exchange among Greeks, as September begins with troubles for the already troubled and austerity-hit patients. As if income decreases weren’t enough, now insured patients will have to pay from their own pockets for prescription medicine and visits to doctors. Pharmacists and assigned private doctors …

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Hundreds of distressed Athenians rush to stand line outside the pharmacies of the port city of Piraeus in order to get prescription medicine without having to pay it in advance from their own pockets. Reason for this incredible “population movement” is that the Athens Pharmacists Association continues to boycott the country’s unified …

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I think it’s high time we start boycotting some German companies in Greece and worldwide, specifically one. That is SIXT rent-a-car  for ‘misleading advertisement, deceiving consumers, lack of taste and … pure stupidity’.  The German management of the company had the genius inspiration to give the green light of an Ad …

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