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Greece set to explode in wake of austerity measures
On Wednesday the Greek government announced its long awaited package of economic measures to deal with the financial crisis the country has been facing since the discovery that the previous conservative government... 280 views | 6 recommendations | 0 comments
Looking beyond the cliches - Modern Greece is not Ancient Athens
One effect of Greece's recent financial problems is that the country has been on the front pages of the world's newspapers and media sites for the last few weeks. It is not the kind of publicity that any country,... 407 views | 5 recommendations | 0 comments
Greece: The morning after
Much of the current media coverage over Greece's debt crisis is focused on how the country is going to raise the funds necessary to cover the $400 plus billion it owes creditors. Scenarios concerning the...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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400 views | 48 recommendations | 2 comments
Greece's financial worries European roots
Today Greek prime minister, Giorgos Papandreou is in Russia, yet another stop on an itinerary which has seen him flit across the globe in a desperate bid to secure fresh funding for Greece's troubled economy. ...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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285 views | 24 recommendations | 1 comment
Greece's financial woes set to continue
According to Greek prime minister Giorgos Papandreou yesterday's decision by the country's European partners to bail out Athens was a “breath of life”. However, the decision by the EU to rescue their southern...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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661 views | 28 recommendations | 2 comments
Aid convoy to Gaza attacked by Egyptian riot police
Last night saw serious clashes as Egyptian riot police used clubs and tear gas to break up protests by international volunteers attempting to deliver medical supplies to Gaza. The 450 participants in the Viva... Gaza aid convoy refused entry by Egypt government
After starting off from places as far afield as Chicago, London, Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur the 200 plus vehicles carrying 450 volunteers from over 20 different countries have remained stranded just a few hundred... Greek police caught framing innocent bystander during demo
The police chase and apprehand a mask wearing man who is in possession of a bag full of petrol bombs ready to used against shops or fellow officers.Quickly he is subdued, detained and arrested, Mission accomplished....
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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615 views | 65 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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148 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Greek police accused of beating 35 year old mother in front of he
A 35 year old Armenian woman was beaten, handcuffed and detained in front of her two year old child home on the home from a supermarket in Athens last Thursday in case reported in the Eleutherotypia...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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136 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
"Limited use of tear gas" - Greek police revive memories of '73
"Limited use of tear gas or περιορισμένη χρήση χημικών" as they say in Greek is such a benign phrase suggesting that the police sent a few squirts in the general direction of those... Twitter - Tar and feathering for the modern age?
It seems that even in the 21st century we still need a vat of boiling tar and a sack of feathers on hand to punish those considered to have violated the rules of their community. In times gone by the hapless transgressor would have been covered in sticky tar and then rolled... 121 views | 22 recommendations | 0 comments
Greek law and order minister says police out of control
Greek police have been accused of heavy handedness and over - reaction following a raid on a bookshop in central Athens following a book reading by the author Dimitris Papachristos (video here). Shortly after the...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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223 views | 56 recommendations | 1 comment
Greek police fail to learn lessons of December
Just hours after the shooting of 15 year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a police officer in the Exarchia district of central Athens, hundreds started violent protests that would last for weeks and cost the country...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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261 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Greek PM's visit met with mass street protests
The arrival of the Greek prime minister, Costas Karamanlis in the northern port city of Thessaloniki was met with demonstrations by trade union, political parties and other groups unhappy with the ruling...
created by Teacher Dude | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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119 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
