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How the world sees Greece
Friday, September 20, 2013
Greece: Protests target austerity and condemn murder of anti-fascist musician Pavlos Fyssas
Facing yet another set of mass employee layoffs and cuts to public sector benefits, tens of thousands of public workers took to the streets in Greece's two largest cities on Wednesday, part of a broader series of labour union strikes and protests that ...
Suicides rise sharply in Greece
Current figures from the Greek statistics agency ELSTAT show a dramatic rise in suicide rates since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008. They highlight the social decline which has taken place over recent years under the dictates of the European Union (EU).Under conditions where workers struggles against EU austerity have been repeatedly sold out by the union bureaucracy and pseudo-left ...
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Protests shake Greece after fascist murder of musician Pavlos Fyssas
On Thursday thousands of people once again took to the streets in Greece to protest the social attacks carried out by the government and growing fascist violence. Greece's political parties have responded to the mass protests with demands for a ban on the fascist party, Golden Dawn, and a strengthening of the apparatus of state repression. Thousands gathered for the funeral of the ...
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4.3-magnitude quake hits central Greece – observatory
ATHENS - A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck central Greece some 59 kilometers (36 miles) west of Athens early Friday, the Athens Observatory said, with no immediate reports of damages. The epicenter of the quake, described as ';mild,'; was in the Korinthian Gulf in the Mediterranean sea, about 24 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of the city of Thebes, the Observatory said. The quake was ...
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Record boost as Greece sees big surge in visitors
The Peloponnese airport of Kalamata has seen the biggest rise at more than 43%, followed by Chania (Crete) and the airport at Santorini. The new organisation that represents the country’s tourism industry, Marketing Greece, says Greece is on track to ...
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Anti-Austerity and Austerity Forces for Greece Square Off at ECB
A tale of two visions played out in Frankfurt this afternoon, as Greek opposition leader Alexis Tsipras went head to head with European Central Bank bigwigs Joerg Asmussen and Benoit Coeure in their own house. Surrounded by a herd of Greek ...
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Greece sticks to policy of non-recognition of Kosovo
ATHENS - Greece remains committed to the policy of non-recognition of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and it supports everything that Serbia is doing regarding the implementation of the Brussels agreement between Belgrade and Pristina ...
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