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Archive - 2009

July 15th

Two Greek vice-Presidents in the European parliament

15 July 2009 / 10:07:43  

Rodi Kratsa from New Democracy and Stavros Lambridis from PASOK were chosen for second and third vice-Presidents of the new European parliament President Jerzy Buzek.



July 14th

Metro line to the airport will open in August

14 July 2009 / 17:07:29  
From the end of August the metro destination to the airport will reopen and meanwhile the rest construction works on the new station Nomizmatokopio, which will start working by the end of September, the latest.


Black Parthenon magic

14 July 2009 / 11:07:19  

Konstantinos Dimopoulos' art installation was placed on "Federation" square in Melbourne, in order to support the return of the Parthenon marbles in Athens.



Exam scandal in the International Baccalaureate program

14 July 2009 / 10:07:09  

A student was caught with the essay topic for the International Baccalaureate exam and it became evident that the information was sold for a very big amount. A commission arrived in Greece, “in order to clarify the conditions, which threatened the exams,” as confirmed by the director of the organization Ian Hill.



Bulgarian family died in a car accident in Komotini

14 July 2009 / 09:07:30  

Train crashed the three victims, who were crossing the railway on a red light. Another car accident with a train happened in Northern Greece but fortunately no one was hurt.



July 13th

290 people infected with swine flu

13 July 2009 / 11:07:07  
The number of infected people with the swine flu virus in Greece is over 290. 32 new cases were reported today by the Northern and Southern Greece Health Lab.


Train strike in Greece

13 July 2009 / 10:07:51  
The Greek Railroader Federation announced that it will repeatedly undertake three hour strikes, which will prevent passengers from traveling around the country.