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Farmers’ invasion promises chaos in Athens

12 February 2016 / 07:02:23
Following a day full of tension and clashes with police, 10,000 Greek farmers are holding a rally in central Athens.

Farmers are seizing Athens

Greeks from around the world help...

The small victims of the refugee...

Greece is preparing to put into...

Farmers block the Tembi pass for...

A 24-hour strike will paralyze Greece on Wednesday

Staff on duty will serve hospital patients. Trains and ships will not be operating for twenty-four hours, flights to and from Athens airport will be...

GRReporter | 13:11 | 05 11 13 |

A cup of coffee with friends is waiting for you

Four cafés in the centre of Athens laid the beginning of the initiative of suspended coffee and four months later, the number of cafés, which are...

GRReporter | 21:10 | 31 10 13 |

A private organisation opens a block for homeless in the centre of Athens

It will house 65-70 people. The owners of three more buildings and several flats have expressed their will to provide them to house homeless people.

GRReporter | 20:10 | 30 10 13 |

The Troika puts a restraint on early retirement

At the same time, the Minister of Labour and Social Policy Yiannis Vroutsis has stated that the retirement age will not be changed.

GRReporter | 20:10 | 28 10 13 |

Roma are a social rather than an ethnic category

In Greece, the number of people who speak Romani is 300,000 but only 50,000 of them live the nomadic life that is traditional for Romani culture.

GRReporter | 18:10 | 28 10 13 |

Which will be the most wanted professions in Greece by 2020

Qualified workers in agriculture, fisheries, and services will have the most job opportunities; technicians from all specialties will be the most...

GRReporter | 13:10 | 26 10 13 |

One in five pregnancies ends in abortion

The rate of unwanted pregnancies and of the subsequent abortions continues to be high. These data are sufficient to demonstrate the absence of...

GRReporter | 14:10 | 16 10 13 |

6.2 magnitude quake struck Crete

The epicentre was 77 km west of Chania, the Euro Mediterranean Geophysical Institute informed; according to the Athens Observatory, the magnitude of...

GRReporter | 17:10 | 12 10 13 |

Unemployment reached 27.6% in July 2013

The latest data of the Greek Statistical Institute ELSTAT show that the number of employed in the country is 3,610,549 and that of economically...

GRReporter | 17:10 | 10 10 13 |

Who hampers the educational reform in Greece

Numerous legislative changes are being promoted as a reform but they have changed nothing. Education in Greece is still following outdated methods,...

GRReporter | 15:10 | 09 10 13 |