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Archive - 2012

August 25th

live Fire wrapped Athens in a thick smoke

25 August 2012 / 12:08:16  
A huge fire has been raging since this morning near Afidnes. 35 fire trucks and 100 firefighters have arrived at the place, assisted by 37 people from the ground forces, 8 aircraft and 2 helicopters


Arts are the only food for the human spirit

24 August 2012 / 22:08:15  
Vida Pironkova is a poet, a musician, an artist, a jeweller. In her book Vida’s Rosary, she wrote, "Someone finds somebody somewhere at the end of his universe and plays on an ancient lira the songs of Solomon."


The public sector hampers the efforts to reform, GRReporter readers believe

24 August 2012 / 21:08:55  
Readers of GRReporter believe that the next wave of austerity will cause new and violent social protests.


August 24th

Mayors are willing to finance kindergartens with European Union money

24 August 2012 / 18:08:58  
Applications for day kindergartens and nurseries from 83 thousand families are waiting for approval. Only 40 thousand of them may be approved. This means that 53 thousand children may remain outside kindergartens and nurseries.


live Merkel wants actions from Greece, not promises

24 August 2012 / 15:08:56  
Merkel thus gave so far a red card the idea of extending the time for the fulfilment of the obligations Greece has taken in relation with the fiscal consolidation and the structural reforms.


August 23rd

PAME is preparing to fight the privatization of Hellenic Post

23 August 2012 / 18:08:16  
One of the "golden geese" of the government of Antonis Samaras that can bring good revenue to the state treasury is the company Hellenic Post (ELTA). The state owns 90% of the company that holds the monopoly in the field of postal services.


Albanian died after a shooting in Saint Panteleimon

23 August 2012 / 16:08:39  
Meanwhile, the action to capture illegal immigrants "Xenius Zeus" continues today, provoking civil conflicts in the region of Corinth, northeast of the Peloponnese. Policemen fought with representatives of Golden Dawn and citizens of the area.