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January 30th

Two persons have been captured for the arson of Marfin Bank

30 January 2013 / 18:01:06  
The testimony of four witnesses helped the authorities to get to the two suspects. The witnesses made nearly identical descriptions of the attackers who had smashed the window of the bank on Stadiou Street, threw Molotov bombs inside and killed three people.


Farmers want subsidies of 2.2 billion euro per year

30 January 2013 / 16:01:55  
A series of demands that are hard to be met portends long protests this winter. Farmers urge the government to grant them naphtha exempt from excise duty, ensure the purchase prices of their produce and increase the government funding of the sector.


Communists have occupied the Ministry of Employment

30 January 2013 / 14:01:34  
The police used tear gas to disperse the members of the PAME union. Their comrades have occupied the floor where the office of Minister Yiannis Vroutsis is located.


Live chain of farmers blocked the road between Athens and Thessaloniki

29 January 2013 / 23:01:27  
The action was a sign of protest against the cuts in farm subsidies and the increase in the excise duty on fuel for agricultural purposes.


Salaries of priests at the centre of political confrontation

29 January 2013 / 22:01:14  
The proposal of a SYRIZA deputy to introduce a special tax on Christians to pay the salaries of the clergy has provoked sharp political controversy and fierce debate in society.


January 29th

Trains to stop on Thursday and Friday

29 January 2013 / 20:01:06  
More than four thousand bus drivers gathered in the "Peace and Friendship" gym hall to find a common position on whether to continue the five-day strike, which they had announced late last week or whether to stop it and to regroup.


Disaffiliated members from Independent Greeks have founded the "Greeks’ Initiative" movement

29 January 2013 / 18:01:11  
Its founders define it as a forum for the exchange of ideas and do not hide their ambitions to develop it into a party. According to them, the ideological framework of the new political think tank will range between the patriotic and the people’s right wing.