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Greece
Greek Farmers to Launch Protests on November 1
Greek farmers have decided to launch mobilizations on November 1, with their participation in a protest rally called by the PAME labor union in downtown Athens' Syntagma Square, it was announced in a press conference held on Tuesday. They also warned...
Greece
Assyrian Genocide Monument Unveiled in Athens
A memorial for the Assyrian victims of the Turkish genocide of Christians during World War I was unveiled in Athens, Greece, a city that hosts approximately 8,000 Assyrians. According to estimates from that era, the Turkish genocide claimed 750,000 Assyrians, 1.5...
Crime
Accomplice of Greece's No1 Fugitive Arrested at Athens Airport
Self-proclaimed anarchist and accomplice of Greece's number one fugitive Vassilis Paleokostas, was arrested today at Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" while attempting to flee the country boarding to a Brussels flight, in violation of his parole. Polykarpos Georgiadis was recently...
Greece
Greek Inspector General Says Corrupt Doctors are Seldom Disciplined
Greek General Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakintzis said that the Central Disciplinary Council (CDC) of the national health system seldom punishes public doctors for offenses.
Speaking to Greek newspaper "Kathimerini," the public administration watchdog said, "I have found serious delays in...
Culture
Victoria Hislop: Greece Ιnspires Μe
"I have no inspiration in England. In Greece I get inspired because there are stories and people I love, it is never quiet, there is always action," Victoria Hislop, author of the bestselling "The Island," told ANA-MPA on the...
Economy
Greek Fiscal Deficit at 12.2 pct of GDP in 2013
Greece's fiscal deficit was 12.2 pct of GDP in 2013, while the country's public debt totaled 174.9 pct of total GDP, Eurostat announced on Tuesday.
In its revised figures for fiscal deficit and public debt in the EU, Eurostat said...
Australia
Documents of Greeks in Australia to Be Sorted
Thousands of documents that record the presence of Greeks in Australia can be found at La Trobe University in Melbourne. The so-called Dardalis Archives were collected after the significant donation of Greek-Australian croesus Zissis Dardalis.
The precious documents were almost...
Greece
Greek Police Bust Heroin Smugglers
A gang of Greek and Albanian drug smugglers were arrested in Athens and Thessaloniki on October 14, the Greek Police announced on Monday.
After searching the homes of the suspects in Athens and Thessaloniki, police discovered 13.5 kilograms of pure heroin...
Greece
American Financial Analysts Foresee Snap Elections
American financial analysts Darren Williams and Dennis Shen of AllianceBernstein say that markets are reacting poorly to Greece's plan for an early exit from its bailout program. They foresee snap elections, arguing that an early exit poses a threat...
Australia
Kon Vatskalis Awarded Title of ‘Honourable’ for Life
Greek-Australian Kon Vatskalis, former super-Minister of Australia's Northern Territory, was moved when the state awarded him with the title of “Honourable” for life.
“Today I received something in the mail that I couldn’t have imagine happening, even in my wildest dreams, when I...
Greece
Great Rebetico Singer Spyros Zagoraios Passes at 86
The great Greek singer, songwriter and composer Spyros Zagoraios has died at the age of 86.
Spyros Zagoraios was born in 1928 in the neighborhood of Gouva in the Pangrati area of Athens. At the age of 15, he lost his...
Business
Properties Belonging to Known Greek Businessmen Auctioned by the State
The website of the General Secretary of Public Revenues is packed with properties belonging to known businessmen who have outstanding debts to the Greek state. Their starting prices are very high, as Greek law sets the starting prices of...
Greek News
Rita Wilson Joins DirecTV’s ‘Full Circle’
Rita Wilson has joined Season Two of DirecTV's original program "Full Circle."
The series is set in a restaurant called Ellipsis and bears witness to the complexity of human interaction. Each episode centers on two characters and the tangled drama...
Greece
4,000 Greek Public Sector Layoffs to be Completed Soon
Final decisions regarding layoffs in the public sector have Greece's state-employed laborers worried. Over the next two months, 4,000 public employees will be laid off in a bid to streamline government finances.
Apart from those who have committed a criminal...
Greece
Greek Parliament's Budget Slightly Down in 2015
Greek Parliament’s 2015 budget is slightly lower compared with the current year, reflecting a series of cutbacks and a revised payroll in accordance with a draft plan approved by the Economics Commission.
The 139.922 million euro draft budget was voted...