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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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“What are the economy predictions for Greece?” a friend calling me abroad asked me on Monday morning. “We don’t give a hoot about predictions,” I replied. “Real life is far beyond any predictions of IMF, real life is about struggling to come along without money.” Like in cases where one …

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Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis announced on Thursday that self-employed who have closed their businesses due to crisis will start receiving “unemployment” allowance as of 1. March 2013. The allowance will be 360 euro per month and will be given for a period of time of 3 up to 9 months maximum. …

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Members of German Parliament, the Bundestag, approved on Friday the Greek aid package agreed during the euro group finance ministers  meeting beginning of the week. From a total of 584 MPs who voted, 473 voted in favour, 100 voted against, while 11 abstained. Reports from the Bundestag that Angela Merkel has missed getting …

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“The popular verdict clearly renders the bailout deal null” Alexis Tsipras, leader of left-wing SYRIZA, said during a press conference shortly after he received the mandate to form the next government of Greece. Saying that “3 million voters rejected the austerity-bailout”, Tsipras revealed the his party’s conditions for future government coalitions: 1. Immediate …

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Greece is ‘saved’ by giving up some of its sovereignty by accepting a strong and permanent control mechanism, while a Constitution amendment will give priority to repayment of the loan. Instead of one powerful  state commissioner  many ‘little’ commissioners will be sent to Greece to monitor that the bailout terms are …

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Greece’s Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos’s meetings in Washington last night were ‘celebrated’ here with missals (“Not Debt Restructure” Greek press) and flourish promises. Greek Fin Min told Greek media that the Troika will come back to Athens, the 6th bailout tranche will be released and Greece will meet all its …

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