Politics
Greece
Greek Yogurt: Greece's Weapon of Mass Consumption Revealed
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By Layla Eplett* - It’s official: Greek yogurt is all the rage. As Americans demand more Greek yogurt, Greeks demand more with yogurt–the economic crisis in Greece has led to a resurgence in yogurt protests. In the past few...
Greece
Political Violence Blessing for Greece
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Greek government can now ask from the Troika to ease the strict conditions of the memorandum, based on the affirmation that austerity has risen the percentages of the right-wing extremist political party...
Crime
Golden Dawn Member Kicked Pakistani in Head
A former member of the organization gave new, gruesome details regarding the way Golden Dawn members act. The former member revealed incidences of violence against immigrants in the second part of his interview to the Greek newspaper ETHNOS.
According to...
Crime
Accused Killer of Fyssas Jailed
The apology of the perpetrator of the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in Keratsini was completed. It was decided that the 45-year-old Giorgos Roupakias shall be remanded into custody, so he was led to Korydallos Prison.
The murdered of Pavlos Fyssas stayed...
Crime
Tsipras Says Austerity Boosts Golden Dawn
With social unrest raging again in Greece - this time over the killing of an anti-fascist for which a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was arrested - major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader...
Crime
Greece To Have Cut-Rate EU Presidency
While the murder of an anti-fascist hip-hop artist spread social unrest already brewing over austerity measures led to concern that Greece couldn't handle the upcoming symbolic six-month rotating European Union Presidency on Jan. 1, the government has decided to...
Greece
Golden Dawn's Police Escorts to be Withdrawn
After the decision of the headquarters of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and Nikos Dendias’ recommendation, the security guards who used to protect Golden Dawn MP's are being removed.
According to the announcement, "The police escorts who were entrusted with protecting...
Australia
Australian Press on P. Fyssas’ Killing
The Australian media gave wide publicity to the killing of the 34-year-old, anti-fascist activist and hip-hop artist Pavlos Fyssas on Sept. 18 by a gang of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn supporters. The Australian press also underlined the protests and massive...
Economy
Stournaras Readies For Troika Talks
Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who said all will be well with the economy beginning next year, will begin a new round of critical talks with the country's international lenders beginning Sept. 22, meeting the top envoys from the...
Crime
Murder Witnesses Fear Golden Dawn Reprisals
Despite having 15 eyewitnesses - including four police officers - to the murder of a hip-hop artist for which a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was arrested, prosecutors are having a hard time making any of them...
Business
Russia Eyes Trainose, Rosco, Thessaloniki Port
Russian Railways is interested in buying the Greek railway company TRAINOSE, the repair company Rosco and the Thessaloniki Port, having submitted an initial application of interest in the framework of the provided procedures, said Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin,...
Greece
No Health Insurance For 6M Greeks
The astronomical number of 6,000,000 uninsured citizens, who along with their families have no access to medical care, evokes feelings of shock and awe.
In the time of the Memorandum, unemployment has taken explosive proportions and has condemned millions of...
Cyprus
Trabzonspor Lands in Larnaca, 39 Years Later
The professional Turkish football club, Trabzonspor, nicknamed The Black Sea Storm, arrived at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus, for the Europa League match with Apollon Limassol, from Trabzon, Turkey, with the first direct flight to Southern Cyprus since 1974.
According to...
Crime
Greece Plans To Stifle Golden Dawn
Giving up the idea of banning the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which is not allowed under the Constitution, the Greek government instead is said to planning to try to designate it as a criminal gang so that more than...
Economy
Tsipras’ Visit to Germany
Greece’s program of reforms has brought results, the member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) Jörg Asmussen stated after his meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, with the leader of Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Alexis...