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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 Greeks it seemed like it did. Like the Flogging Molly song, it was the worst day since yesterday for people crushed by pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions, coming layoffs, growing [...]

Another Journalist, Greek Photo Union Chief, Beaten by Police

ATHENS – A day after police allegedly beat two journalists covering protests over the suicide of a retired pharmacist in Syntagma Square, the President of the Greek Photojournalists Union, Marios Lolos, was reportedly beaten so badly by riot police during another protest that he sustained serious head injuries and was facing surgery. Media reports said [...]