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Greek Budget for 2015 Voted Amidst Protests

The 2015 budget was voted in Greek Parliament (by a vote of 155 in favor, 134 against, 1 present) at midnight amidst anti-austerity protests and scenarios that the government plans to bring the Presidential election forward in early January, to put an...

ADEDY To Strike June 30 and July 9

Public Servant’s Union (ADEDY) in Greece demands the abolition of the proposed legislation regarding the selection criteria by which Greek public sector senior staff  will be evaluated,  as well as the abolition of  all measures concerning availability and redundancies of employees. In fact,...

Greek Farmers Preparing for New Showdown With Government

Starting Tuesday, Greek farmers have planned a new round of protests in towns and villages all over Greece. Amongst their basic demands towards Greek lawmakers is the annulment of mandatory accounting ledgers for small and medium sized farming businesses,...

Golden Dawn Supporters Demonstrate in Sydney

On December 16, members of the Australian extreme right-wing First Party (AFP), demonstrated in favor of Golden Dawn outside the Greek Consulate in Sydney. Head of protesters was the President Dr. Jim Saleam, who presented a related resolution to the...

Protesters Attack MP Pavlopoulos

There was tension outside the Parliament when the employees of the mining and metallurgical company LARKO, who were having a protest rally, saw New Democracy MP Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The protesters started shouting “thieves, thieves” and some of them threw bottles...

Senator Nick Xenophon Found Himself ‘Trapped’ in Malaysian Demonstrations

Independent Senator Nick Xenophon was "trapped" in a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and had tear gas fired in his direction. The politician called on Australian government to disapprove of the human rights violations in Malaysia. He also suggested that...

Paxi Island Residents Protest For More Ship Routes During the Summer

The "Kerkyra" ship, travelling from the port of Igoumenitsa to Paxi island, didn't manage to reach Paxi island last Tuesday. The reason was not damage to the ship's engine or the bad weather conditions, but rather a demonstration of the...

German Activists Protest Outside Their Embassy in Athens

At 4pm on Thursday, German activists protested outside their Embassy in Athens. They had some placards suspended, with slogans against their country's policy. 13 protesters were adduced by policemen, together with three photojournalists of different news agencies, one of which...

Greek Students Demonstrate In Front Of German Embassy in Rome

Greek students and Italian Philhellenes staged a “symbolic” demonstration on Saturday in front of the German Embassy in Rome. Demonstrators gathered at 7:00 p.m. in front of the German Embassy holding banners that wrote: "Greece is not a shooting star"...

Hellenic Police Αsks for More Teargas Guns

The imminent danger of possible social disturbances breaking out this fall due to the unbearable austerity measures has made the Generals of the Hellenic Police to put pressure on the Ministry of Citizen Protection for supplying them with enough...