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Archive - 2012

October 4th

live Three injured and over one hundred arrested in a protest outside the Ministry of Defence

04 October 2012 / 12:10:25  
Riot forces had to bring order among the demonstrators from Skaramanga shipyard, who have moved to the headquarters of the Greek police. Their arrested colleagues have been taken there.


Scavengers’ association has stopped accepting new members

03 October 2012 / 22:10:54  
After the start of the crisis, a larger number of unemployed persons want to become members in order to earn their living by selling items found in the waste.


October 3rd

Turmoil in PASOK over "Lagarde List"

03 October 2012 / 19:10:24  
Former Minister of Interior and Transport Yiannis Rangousis left the party and accused Evangelos Venizelos of the concealment of a list of 1,991 Greeks who have exported large amounts to Swiss banks.


The debt haircut smashed the insurance business

03 October 2012 / 18:10:37  
The loss of insurance companies in Greece was 900 million euro last year compared with 2010, according to the Association of Insurance Companies. This is the worst result for the sector since 1990.


Motorcycle protest against the fiscal adjustment

03 October 2012 / 15:10:51  
City council and municipal workers protested again in the region of Attica but this time, they were riding motorcycles around the city centre and the separate municipalities. Central roads were closed at 12 pm in order for the motorized procession of strikers to move along them.


The tripartite coalition will not disintegrate easily

02 October 2012 / 21:10:39  
Protests are weak because people have realized that austerity measures are a prerequisite for Greece's remaining in the euro zone, director Yiannis Koutsomitis said in an interview with GRReporter.


October 2nd

Four members of "Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei" have been sentenced in their absence

02 October 2012 / 18:10:02  
The brothers George and Michalis Nikolopoulos, the Albanian citizen Damiano Bollano, aged 24, and Gerasimos Tsakalos, aged 33, have been sentenced in their absence for involvement in the terrorist group. Тhe Greek Police have not yet stated if they know where the terrorists are.