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The Greek government has dismissed a media report saying that it was planning to sell billions of euros of social security contributions owed to its pension fund to private investors. Citing senior government officials, international news agency Reuters reported late on Thursday that “the first batch of up to 12 …
Read More »Strict security measures, traffic regulations in downtown Athens Nov 15-17
5,000 police officers, among them officers in plain clothes, drones and helicopters will be deployed in downtown Athens to enforce security during the 3-day festivities for the commemoration of the Polytechnic School Students’ Uprising against the military junta on November 17, 1973. The strict security measures implemented by the Greek …
Read More »M – Macedonia The Great: Greece’s trademark for Macedonian products
The Greek Exporters Association (SEVE) presented the trademark logo of the Greek products form the Macedonian region in northern Greece on Thursday. With the logo Macedonian products will have a copyright in European and international markets. The trade mark “M – MACEDONIA THE GREAT” will be the protection umbrella for …
Read More »Ancient Cup awarded to 1st Marathon winner Spyros Louis returned to Greece
A German university returned to Athens a ancient Greek cup awarded as a prize to the marathon winner in the first modern Olympics of 1896. The Greek Culture Ministry said Wednesday that the 6th century B.C. pottery vessel was considered lost for decades until research in 2014 by archaeologist Giorgos …
Read More »Penal Code amendments protect bankers, suspects of money-laundering
The latest Penal Code amendments grant bank executives immunity for bad loans and returns to suspects of money-laundering their frozen assets. Bank executives accused of breach of trust are protected from the independent intervention by a prosecutor, and people suspected of criminal fraud and money-laundering will see their frozen assets …
Read More »Heavy rain in Athens? Justice employees use hairdryers for case-files and court-rulings
After every heavy rainfall in Athens, state employees at the archive of Athens Court of First Instance plug hairdryers, lay case-files and court rulings on the floor and press “ON” to start drying them. Reason for this unorthodox practice is that the roof of the building leaks and the official …
Read More »Police detains four people for meditation in Athens public park
Greek police detained two women and two men and took them to Greek Police headquarters last Sunday. Why? They were meditating in a public park, Eleftherias Park, next to the Music Hall in downtown Athens. Despina Karapanou, Efi Ghana, Giorgos Djokas and Christos Efthimiou denounced the incident to daily Efimerida …
Read More »Monastery opens its gates to host vulnerable Syrian refugees
A monastery will open its gates and host asylum-seekers, single parent families from Syria, consisting of 50-60 women and children. It is one of the two monasteries the Metropolis of Ilia opens for vulnerable groups of refugees. First negative reactions by locals already are being heard. The refugees are expected …
Read More »Greek Minister discovers “weapons of Syrian Army” in Athens University
They live among us: People who live in isolated bubbles. Nothing wrong with this. Problem is when these uneducated people – to say it politely – want to govern us and rule over our lives, present and future. Deputy Labor Minister Domma Michailidou claimed that anarchists had stored “weapons to …
Read More »IOBE report: Greek businesses & households have €57.5 billion in depositsabroad
Greeks love cash and have billions of euros in deposits abroad. According to a survey report by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE), 19% of the mobile assets of Greek businesses and households are outside Greece. By the end of 2018, they amounted 57.5 billion euros. With 10.4%, …
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