Press Review February 13
13/02/2014
The cyber net to catch tax evaders tightens; new assessment rules will give 15% of civil servants ‘poor’ rating; 23 state bodies are to be eliminated; the taxpayer is to…
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Journalist arrested on suspicion of leaking state secrets after publishing the (publicly available) text of a recently passed law
12/02/2014
Reporter Popi Christodoulidou was hauled before police today on suspicion of having revealed top secret military information over a blog post consisting of little more than the text of a…
A ‘dizzying’ decline: the effect of the economic crisis on press freedom in Greece
12/02/2014
According to the Reporters Without Borders, press freedom in Greece has suffered a precipitous decline over the past five years due to the effects of austerity and government decisions. In…
US Congressman presses for investigation into case of deceased US marine returned from Greece without heart
12/02/2014
A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania has demanded answers from the Greek government over the case of the Laloups, the family of a marine who committed suicide inside the US Embassy…
Press Review February 12
12/02/2014
SYRIZA maintains its lead in the polls; the government is in the dock over the ‘Lagarde List’; George Clooney reignites the issue of the Parthenon Marbles; the sale of the…
Anti-Iran lobby group: Greek shipowner Victor Restis broke sanctions again, lied about it, then tried to pay off our CEO
11/02/2014
The Restis group denies the allegations by the US anti-Iran lobbying group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), claiming that none of its ship visits to Iran violated international sanctions because…
Press Review February 11
11/02/2014
A Turkish terrorist cell is uncovered in the heart of Athens; foreign ownership of Greek stocks reaches 50%; investigations continue into suspicious MP finances; the whiff of corruption emerges over…
Created by evolution, claimed by a multinational: the natural pepper plant genes that are now owned by Syngenta
10/02/2014
Following 3 billion years of evolution on Earth, today there are a number of pepper plant strains on the planet. Some are red, some are green and some are resistant…
EU Commissioner confirms that PASOK and New Democracy are both financially bankrupt with debts of 250 million euros
10/02/2014
In a response to a question by a Greek MEP the EU Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia has effectively confirmed that PASOK and New Democracy are unable to service the…
Press Review February 10: 3 ND MPs moved €3,5mln abroad
10/02/2014
The new loan package to Greece will include strict conditions and penalties; voters will choose MEPs directly in European Parliament elections; a public prosecutor warns finance ministers not to block…