Video Report by Global Post: Why refugees to Greece are sewing their mouths shut
17/02/2014
Shocking firsthand accounts of refugees who claim to have been regularly beaten by Greek police in detention centers.
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Economics think-tank: Troika policies are a ‘spectacular failure’ with attempts to reduce debt to GDP ratio ‘chasing a mirage’
17/02/2014
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College has released a report on the Greek economy with damning conclusions for the troika mandated policies of austerity which have been a ‘spectacular…
Press Review February 17
17/02/2014
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras promises tax reductions; a report by the Levy Institute of Economics says austerity is failing miserably at controlling the debt; three key cases of corruption alone…
‘Megaron’: The only thing that’s not for sale
14/02/2014
At a time when hospitals are clοsing due to lack of funds, the government is bailing out the Athens Concert Hall (a private entity run by people associated with the…
Valentine΄s in the crisis: A chance to relearn how to love?
14/02/2014
"…But Greece gets to you. And when relief from the harshness of poverty and struggles of life comes in the form of a half eaten sandwich in a bin on…
MEPs: The troika acted ‘more like a butcher than a surgeon’
14/02/2014
A ‘social tsunami’ was the result of troika policies in Memorandum countries according to Alejandro Cercas, the MEP behind a report critical of the troika that was backed yesterday by…
Press Review February 14
14/02/2014
The troika acted like a butcher rather than a surgeon according to European Parliament Committee; the European Commission is planning to loot social security funds; the historic Halyvourgiki steelworks (pictured)…
How a Greek politician is attempting to rewrite history by suing Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia he doesn’t understand
13/02/2014
Theodoros Katsanevas, a Greek politician and one time son-in-law of Andreas Papandreou is seeking 200,000 euros in damages and the imprisonment for one-year of a young Wikipedia administrator over allegations…
Come in but keep your coat on: four in ten Athens apartment buildings are without heating
13/02/2014
Almost 50% of the heating oil boilers in the capital have remained dormant this winter as residents are unable to afford the cost of fuel.