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Archive - Jan 2009

January 27th

Greek police broke a child pornography network

27 January 2009 / 13:01:24  
24 greeks in Athens and Thessaloniki were arrested in the action, done together with Interpol. Among them is one archimandrite.


January 26th

The end of the blockade is coming

26 January 2009 / 18:01:05  

The striking farmers have another meeting with the minister of agricultural development Sotiris Hadzigakis today at 06:00 pm. The two sides should settle on how the promised by the government 620 million Euros will be distributed.



January 25th

Each emigration is a long bargain with oneself

25 January 2009 / 18:01:40  
“Moving from one country to another is no longer a doomsday decision,” says Ioanna Laliotou, history and social anthropology professor in the Thessaly University in Volos and author of the book “Transatlantic Subjects: Acts of Migration and Cultures of Transnationalism between Greece and America” gave an interview for Maria Spassova.


Farmers in Thessaloniki will meet the Minister

25 January 2009 / 16:01:51  

Farmers from Promahon, Tembi, and Nikea will not attent the meeting.



January 24th

The blockade continues

24 January 2009 / 18:01:34  

Bulgaria sent a protesting note to the Greek embassy because of the blockade of the border stations. There are huge lines at both sides of the borders.



The court dates for the case Macedonia vs Greece in Hague have been set

24 January 2009 / 16:01:37  
Skopje will present its claim on July 20th 2009 and Athens will respond on January 20th 2010.


January 23rd

The army service will become 9 months

23 January 2009 / 16:01:22  
The army service in the Greek army will be reduced to 9 months for the land forces and the service in the navy and air force could be cancelled.