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Greece set to relive violence of December 2008
Almost one year ago 15 year old high school student Alexandros Grigoropoulos was shot in cold blood by a police officer in the Exarchia district of central Athens. The authorities originally claimed that Grigoropoulos had been part of a gang that had attacked a passing patrol...
Greek government's forced deportation provokes anger
Amidst protests by local human rights activists refugees on the Greek island of Chios were taken to detention centres on the Greek mainland in handcuffs. Around 60 recently arrived immigrants were taken by ferry...
created by Teacher Dude | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago
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118 views | 22 recommendations | 3 comments
Greek police raze refugee camp to the ground.
Early on Sunday morning hundreds of members of the Greek police force raided an unofficial refugee camp in the Greek port of Patras as part of an nationwide 'clean sweep" operation. The camp which has been in...
created by Teacher Dude | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago
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206 views | 30 recommendations | 3 comments
Beach beats ballot in Greek Euro vote
With over 98% of the votes in the European parliamentary elections counted the winner of the 2009 countdown seems to be the beach as voters across the country fled the cities and enjoyed the good weather. Greece...
created by Teacher Dude | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago
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131 views | 42 recommendations | 0 comments
Prisoners in Greek jails pay the price for dramatic escape
The dramatic escape by helicopter from Athens maximum security Korydallos jail by two prisoners for the second time last week turned convicted kidnappers, Vasilis Paleokostas and Alket Razai into folk heros for... Greek prison break turns robbers into folk heroes on Facebook
The dramatic escape by helicopter of convicted kidnappers and bank robbbers, Vasilis Paleokostas and Alket Razai from the Korydallo maximum secuirty prison, Athens has turned the pair into folk heros for many young...
created by Teacher Dude | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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535 views | 67 recommendations | 6 comments
Greek government fights for its political life
Latest opinion poll results show that nearly half of Greek voters believe that neither of the country’s two major political parties is capable of governing. The ruling right - wing New Democracy was given an...
created by Teacher Dude | 45 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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174 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Weapons shipment to Israel makes waves in Greece
Despite having joined the rest of the EU in its condemnation of the Israeli invasion in Gaza, Greece was planning to permit the transportation of ammunition from the US to Israel via the Greek port of Astakos,...
created by Teacher Dude | 49 wks ago | updated 49 wks ago
382 views | 50 recommendations | 7 comments
382 views | 50 recommendations | 7 comments
Monastery land scandal claims second Greek minister
With the resignation of Theodoros Roussopoulos, the Vatopedi monastery scandal claimed its second Greek minister. Roussopoulos, minister of state and the ruling New Democracy party's media spokesman quit...
created by Teacher Dude | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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405 views | 23 recommendations | 3 comments
Greece hit by massive strikes
Greece was hit today by a a wave of stoppages which effectively paralysed the country. Journalists, teachers, air traffic controllers and many other unions staged the action in order to protest against the...
created by Teacher Dude | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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196 views | 41 recommendations | 8 comments
Monk's monkey business threatens to topple Greek government
For most world leaders the events of the previous weeks have been a source of worry and concern. However, for Kostas Karamanlis, the leader of Greece’s ruling New Democracy conservatives the economic crisis has...
created by Teacher Dude | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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429 views | 41 recommendations | 5 comments
Greek PM under siege
With the presence of 2000 extra police officers on the streets, snipers stationed on rooftops and helicopters circling overhead, downtown Thessaloniki resembles less a city celebrating the opening of a major trade...
created by Teacher Dude | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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562 views | 32 recommendations | 5 comments
Greek government's growing woes
Greece's crisis-prone government has been sent reeling from yet around of scandals that have added to the ruling conservative party's woes. In the eight months since its re-election in September 2008 the New Democracy led by Kostas Karamanlis has had to face a number of... Strikes out power in Greece
For the third day running large areas of Greece have been without electricity. Strike action by the power worker's union, GENOP - DEH has meant that power outages have hit many areas of the country. The strike was...
created by Teacher Dude | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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522 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
