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Archive - 2010

December 27th

Parcel bomb in the Greek Embassy in Rome

27 December 2010 / 13:12:29  
Suspicious parcel bomb was found in the Greek Embassy in Rome. Three fire brigades are located in the building of the diplomatic mission in the Italian capital.


Ten of the richest men in Britain are of Greek origin

27 December 2010 / 10:12:46  
Sunday Times published this year a list of the thousand richest men in the UK and Greek millionaires and billionaires have pride of place in it.


December 26th

Greek Santa Claus has the working hours of a civil servant

26 December 2010 / 14:12:36  
Like the Greek civil servants the old man with the grey beard had a "lunch break" and left a queue of surprised and angry young children who were wondering "Well, when will my turn come?"


Terrorists dressed up like policemen set blockages for “routine” inspections

26 December 2010 / 09:12:19  
The personal data collected from the frame up inspections have been used for the making of about 30 fake identity cards and other documents.


December 25th

The stage of life – the social status or where we belong in the society

25 December 2010 / 19:12:53  
Тhe two planets Jupiter and Saturn are the main indicator of what the affiliation of the man is, how he perceives and reacts to the impact of the environment in which one is born.


Symbols of Christmas in the national traditions

25 December 2010 / 15:12:28  
Every year we celebrate the Birth of Christ by decorating our homes, giving gifts to our loved ones or just waiting for Santa Claus to come and leave them under the Christmas tree. GRReporter sought the meaning of the symbols around the holy celebrations.


Free Christmas lunches provided by the Greek Red Cross

25 December 2010 / 12:12:11  
From very early morning in front of the building of the Red Cross in Athens started to gather hundreds of people. Lonely elders, immigrants, homeless and refugees awaited for the giving away free lunches to start, which the organization traditionally provides to the disadvantaged people during the Christmas and New Year holidays.