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What is a disaster for average Greeks, is a golden opportunity for the rich
04/03/2014
Two recent articles – one in the Financial Times and one in the Guardian – present very different views of the same story: the collapse of the Greek property market.
‘A story too hot for the history books’: a new film tells the story of Ludlow Massacre and the Greek who shaped the US labour movement
04/03/2014
April 20th 2014 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre, an event that marked a turning point in US labour relations when members of the Colorado National Guard…
Press Review March 4
04/03/2014
A cold war climate returns to Ukraine as Russia takes control of Crimea; milk and pharmaceuticals block an agreement between troika and the government; investors are bullish on the Athens…
Six charged in plot to murder investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis – two are alleged to be former secret agents
28/02/2014
In what sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller, six people including alleged agents of the Greek secret services, have been charged with conspiracy to murder Kostas Vaxevanis, the…
US State Department: unprovoked racist attacks are among the most serious human rights abuses in Greece
28/02/2014
The US State department has released its annual report into human rights practices for the year 2013. The report makes clear that by far the main victims of human rights…
Press Review February 28
28/02/2014
The annual report of the bank of Greece shows 23% of Greeks below the poverty line; an offer is made for the site of the former airport in Hellenikon(pictured); the…
Video: New campaign to save Greek water from privatization is launched
27/02/2014
Savegreekwater.org, a citizen initiative launched in 2012 to protect Greek water from privatization, has released the first in a series of TV and radio adverts that will form its “Something’s…
Greek Prime Minister’s claim of 150 billion euros in oil profits is slammed as pure demagoguery
27/02/2014
The estimate given by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras yesterday of the revenue Greece can expect from the exploitation of undersea oil and gas fields is ‘the peddling of hope’ with…
Dedicated parliamentary committee established to seek German war reparations
27/02/2014
A report by a special all-party parliamentary committee seeking German war reparations will be submitted by the end of the year, according to a decision passed during a plenary session…