Greek Austerity Drives Up Suicide, Health Risks
- Andy Dabilis
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- April 19, 2013
The six-year near-collapse of the Greek economy that led the government to impose pay cuts, tax and slashed pensions – and sharply reduce health care spending – has taken a hard human toll in increase...
Suspects Arrested In Shooting Of Migrant Workers
Greek police said on April 19 that they had found and arrested three men in connection with the shooting of immigrant strawberry pickers who were fired on after demanding six months back wages, an inc...
FOTOGRAFIA - Where You Gonna Sleep Tonight?
The weather is warm now in Greece and people are dreaming of days at the beach and a better life, hoping to recover from a crushing economic crisis that has pushed 20 percent into poverty and created ...
Former Greek Minister Facing Tax Charges Gets Bail
ATHENS - A second former Greek Defense Minister accused of wrongdoing has been released on 50,000 euros ($66,000) bail after appearing in court where he denied he deliberately filed false income decla...
More Children in Greece Are Going Hungry
- Liz Alderman - The New York Times
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- April 18, 2013
ATHENS — As an elementary-school principal, Leonidas Nikas is used to seeing children play, laugh and dream about the future. But recently he has seen something altogether different, something he thou...
Qatar Airways Abandons Athens-New York Route Plans
After much ballyhoo that it would step in and give Greece a direct route from Athens to New York, Qatar Airways has dropped its plans to start nonstop flights between the two cities, disappointing the...
Qatar Airways Abandons Athens-New York Route
After much ballyhoo that it would step in and give Greece a direct route from Athens to New York, Qatar Airways has dropped its plans to start nonstop flights between the two cities, disappointing the...
FOTOGRAFIA - Pictures Of Greece
As Greece is undergoing a crushing economic crisis, much media attention is placed on signs of heartbreak and the troubles people face in their everyday lives.
But there are scenes of ordinary event...
FOTOGRAFIA - Pictures Of Greece
As Greece is undergoing a crushing economic crisis, much media attention is placed on signs of heartbreak and the troubles people face in their everyday lives.
But there are scenes of ordinary event...
Greece’s Homeless In The Streets – To Protest
ATHENS – Ranks of Greece’s homeless, many put there by a crushing economic crisis, walked through the country’s capital on April 13 holding signs that said No Slogans, Just Requests, in a protest aime...
New Greek Anarchists Claim Shipowner’s Home Bombing
ATHENS – With splinter militant groups mushrooming in Greece during the country’s crushing economic crisis, a new anarchist group said it was responsible for a bomb attack at the home of a prominent G...
Russian Oligarch Rybolovlev Buys Onassis’ Skorpios
The private island Skorpios, owned by the late Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis, has been sold by his daughter for a reported $100 million to Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, a real estate investo...
Greece Wants Settlement From Germany On WWII
- Andy Dabilis
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- April 11, 2013
Greece is calling for international law to settle whether Germany should pay some 154 billion euros ($201.6 billion) for damages suffered in World War II, an idea that German Finance Minister Wolfgang...
American, Canadian AHEPA Leaders in Greece
- Yiannis Sofianos
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- April 10, 2013
ATHENS – A contingent of AHEPA and Daughters of Penelope leaders from the United States and Canada is in Greece, and will go to Cyprus and Turkey, continuing an annual trip that again focused on Greec...
Greek Gold Mine Protesters Attack Police Station
Greek authorities said a police station in a village in northern Greece where frequent protests have broken out against plans to develop a gold mine in the area by a Canadian mining company was attack...
Report Germany Owes Greece $210.5B For WWII
ATHENS - With many Greeks blaming Germany for insisting on the harsh austerity measures that have pushed 20 percent of them into poverty, a secret Greek report has allegedly found that Greece is owed ...
Boutaris Says Youth Mosque Prayer Opens Doors
- Andy Dabilis
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- April 08, 2013
Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris, who’s proved a lightning rod for his unabashed stances on everything from politics to religion, is defending his decision to allow a group of students from the Mus...
Greece, Gaea Move To Reinspire Young Entrepreneurs
- Andy Dabilis
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- April 07, 2013
ATHENS – With Greece on its knees from a crippling economic crisis that has created a record unemployment rate – some 67 percent for those under 25 – the government is planning to push programs for yo...
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