Yearly Archives: 2012
Greek Police Say Roma Camps Gangster Enclaves
Following the murder of a 16-year-old gypsy boy in a Roma camp in Megara, Greek police have started a sweep into the unlawful settlements...
Greeks Say Tax Cheat Crackdown Failing
With more austerity measures coming and aimed at workers, pensioners and the poor, more Greeks are getting fed up with the government's failure to...
Barroso: Greek Economy to Grow Again by End 2013
The eurogroup’s decision earlier this month to release bailout funds to Greece shows European leaders are committed to keeping the country in the common...
Ukrainian Charged In Theft of 2M E-mails
Greek police arrested a 47-year-old Ukrainian who owned an electronics shop in the center of Athens and charged him with stealing 2 million e-mails...
Golden Dawn, Suleiman Head Wikipedia's Greek Hits
Based on data collected from an international survey carried out to provide details related to Wikipedia’s most visited entries (the most popular free Internet...
GNTO Probe: 12M Euros Missing
Investigators are scouring the books of the scandal-hit Greek National Tourism Organisation after the arrests of five former officials charged with attempting to steal...
TNT Explosives Found Near House of Cyprus President
Authorities said they uncovered a cache of TNT high explosives and a detonator close to the country house of President Demetris Christofias, sparking a...
Idaho Family Goes Greek In Anemia Fight
Katie Stevens, mother of Riley Stevens, an 11-year-old Hayden, Idaho boy diagnosed two months ago with aplastic anemia, said she has always shared the...
The 12 Events That Bent Greece In 2012
The world was supposed to end in 2012 – on Dec. 21 for you Mayan calendar believers and doomsday cultists – and for many...
Papaconstantinou Blames Venizelos Over Lagarde List
Former Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou, who was ejected from the PASOK Socialist party after charges emerged that the names of three of his...