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Archive - 2009

July 22nd

Full sweep ordered at an illegal immigrant shelter in the center of Athens

22 July 2009 / 11:07:40  
Following recent outrage surrounding the building, which is thought to be an immigrant shelter at Sokratous street in Athens, all illegal residents have been evicted, and teams from the Hygiene Service have been engaged to sweep and delouse the entire building.


European Billiard Championship ended

22 July 2009 / 10:07:17  

The new champion in the Cadre 47/2 category is Frederic Caudron from Belgium. The silver medal was won by Xavier Gretillat from Switzerland and third place was for Patrick Niessen from Belgium and Marek Faus from the Czech Republic.



First serious swine flu case in Greece

22 July 2009 / 10:07:47  
35 year old man was treated in intensive care of the University Hospital in Iraklio, Crete with a bronchopneumonia after being infected with the H1N1 virus.


Archeologists found 4000 year old settlement

22 July 2009 / 09:07:09  

It dates back to the middle of the Bronze Era around 2000-1500 years B.C. and its citizens were actively focused on farming, cultivating grains and bronze and they had advanced ceramics.



July 21st

Street Theatre Festival in Athens

21 July 2009 / 16:07:18  

During fall Athens streets will be flooded with theatrical plays – between September 30 and October 4, 45 Greek troupes and 12 foreign ones, as well as more than 40 artists will take over the historic center of the city around the Acropolis with 180 performances.



The crisis demolished the Greek industry

21 July 2009 / 12:07:54  

The turnover of big Greek companies has shrunk with the extreme 30.7 percents during May. It is expected that during the following days the International Monetary Fund will announce its prognosis for the development of the Greek economy, which is expected to be negative - 1.5%.



Horrific scenarios for swine flu dissemination in Greece

21 July 2009 / 08:07:20  

Horrific scenarios for the dissemination of swine flu in Greece that every third Greek will get infected during fall were forecasted based on epidemiological models.