Press Review February 3
03/02/2014
Germans make a final plan for Greece’s debt amid revelations of betrayal from IMF minutes; Jacques Delors, former president of the EU Commission, talks about Greece’s mistakes; Golden Dawn is…
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Questions persist over safety of destruction of Syrian chemical weapons in Mediterranean
30/01/2014
Evangelos Venizelos, the Greek Foreign Minister is coming under fire for not securing guarantees that the planned destruction of Syrian chemical weapons in the Mediterranean poses no threat to public…
"Low quality immigrants" minister plagiarised Wikipedia in his speech
30/01/2014
The minister of Public Protection has stirred controversy yet again by stating that Greece receives ‘bad quality’ immigrants. Yet the minister who is concerned about immigrant’s education levels has no…
Press review January 30
30/01/2014
New legislation offers up the country’s forests and islands to land developers; Foreign companies are invited to exploit Greece’s promising oil fields; Τhe troika auditors provoke SYRIZA’s outrage; Major delays…
Parliamentary Budget Office: Greeks are taxed to the hilt
29/01/2014
The government cannot expect to increase revenue through further tax increases according to a new report issued by the Parliamentary Budget Office. The tax burden in Greece has risen dramatically…
Abandoned by the state, community weaves its own safety net
29/01/2014
For thousands of uninsured families the social welfare state isn’t collapsing but has already disintegrated with volunteer-run community health clinics their only remaining source for much needed medicines. While no…
Press Review January 29
29/01/2014
The head of the EU Parliament committee investigating the troika says that mistakes may have been made but Greece was saved, the Parliament budget committee pours cold water on the…
Ulrich Grillo, head of the German Industry lobby, is now implicated in the Greek arms bribes
28/01/2014
The current president of BDI, the Federation of German Industries, and former president of Rheinmetall, could be implicated, according to Der Spiegel, in the €2.5 bn submarines scandal that involves…
Press Review January 28
28/01/2014
A distress call by the industry because of the high price of electricity; The depositions of the Korydallos prison shed light on Xiros “escape”; Consumption fell by another 3 bn…
Farmakonisi survivors: "They swore at us, kicked us, threw us in the water"
27/01/2014
Survivors of the tragedy in Farmakonisi recount on camera what happened that night, giving shocking details of how they were treated by the coastguard.