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Greek Gov't in Dispute with TV Channel Owners Over Licensing

State Minister Nikos Pappas is in dispute with television channel owners over the new licensing procedures the Greek government is trying to pass. The Greek government has taken away the authority of the independent National Radio and Television Council and...

Little Blond Girl Found in Greece Adapting to New Environment

Maria, the four-year old girl found in a Roma Camp in Farsala seems calm and well adapted to her new environment. She was moved to the care of philanthropic organization, Smile of the Child. Mr. Alevizos, psychologist and partner of...

Greek Civil Servants Lack Basic Computer Skills

A significant number of the total of 607,516 Greek civil servants, are considered to have either low qualifications or lacking basic knowledge in computers. Almost half of them do not have a university certificate, while those who have postgraduate...

US and EC Pressed for Golden Dawn MPs’ Arrests

Former Minister of Justice Antonis Roupakiotis sees political considerations behind the arrests of the Golden Dawn leadership. Talking to the TV network SKAI, the former Justice Minister supported that the persecution of Golden Dawn MP's was dictated by the USA...

Modern Greek in Peril at Cambridge

Modern Greek, one of the classics deemed essential to education at the noted University of Cambridge in England, could be suspended for lack of funding. Unless more money is found by the end of the academic year, the teaching of...

SYRIZA Spokesman Says Venizelos "Big Liar"

The heated Parliamentary debate that ended in a vote to investigate former finance minister George Papaconstantinou over the removal of three of his relatives names from a list of Greeks with secret Swiss bank accounts is still going on. Panos...

Alter TV Owner Fined, No Jail Time

Andreas Kouris, owner of a Greek television station Alter that shut down after not paying its workers has been found guilty of not paying the state some 9.17 million euros ($14.8 million) deducted from the employees check for health...

Some Greek Companies Duck The Haratsi

While working Greeks are lining up to pay a doubled property tax being put into their electric bills, critics are arguing that some businesses and the wealthy are avoiding it. The levy is being called a "haratsi," after a Turkish...

Greek Journalist Konstantinos Bogdanos Attacked by Hooded Men

Konstantinos Bogdanos, TV presenter hosting an informative show on the Greek Channel SKAI, was attacked and beaten up in downtown Athens sometime after midnight. The Greek journalist was attacked by three strangers who began beating him without obvious reason. The...