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February 29th, 2012

Witch-hunt in the Greek parliament for wealthy spouses

28 February 2012 / 22:02:51  
The businessman Isidoros Kouvelos is the man who has exported one million abroad and not to hide them from the unstable Greek banks, but for an ordinary business activity. Prosecutors and parliamentary chiefs are threatening with new "revelations."


February 28th

Doctors: We are not against generic drugs, provided they are clean and safe

28 February 2012 / 21:02:26  
A radio advertising and a public dispute are causing fear from generic drugs among the Greeks. According to Deputy Minister of Health, doctors are responding because many of them profit from their contracts with pharmaceutical companies.


PASOK 2 and Panos Kammenos’ "Independent Greeks" seriously undermine the two governing parties in Greece

28 February 2012 / 16:02:33  
PASOK and New Democracy, which ruled the Greek political horizon for more than 35 years now are seriously threatened by new political formations. Their fragmentation continues and the rhetoric is against the memorandum for financial assistance and austerity measures.


Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece to selective default

28 February 2012 / 15:02:07  
Following the announcement for the selective default, the European Central Bank has suspended the acceptance of Greek securities as collateral, i.e. as a guarantee of liquidity provision, reports Dow Jones.


February 27th

"Golden" is the income of Greek politicians, the deputy, who has exported one million euro, is still wanted

27 February 2012 / 17:02:50  
According to the Ministry of Finance, the number of politicians who have exported amounts exceeding 100,000 euro is over 40. A "Detailed inspection" will be carried out for some of them. At the same time, while personal incomes are dropping each passing day, the salaries of politicians remain defiantly high.


Civic organization broke the monopoly of middlemen in agricultural trade

27 February 2012 / 15:02:27  
Volunteers from Katerini "sold out" 24 tons of potatoes for about 12 hours on the Internet. The consumers received the goods directly from the growers several days later at a price more than two times lower than the price in supermarkets and neighbourhood markets.


"Partisan struggle in the city" took responsibility for the bomb in the Athenian underground

27 February 2012 / 14:02:23  
Minister of Citizen Protection Christos Papoutsis resigned in a letter to Prime Minister Lucas Papademos. In it, he states that the reason for his decision to leave the Ministry is his intention to run for president of PASOK.