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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...

Greece moves towards a full administrative black out

Judges, prosecutors, doctors, policemen and firemen rebel wage cuts. All of them are planning to strike, threatening that if the government did not...

GRReporter | 20:09 | 05 09 12 |

Thessaloniki underground is about to collapse

Archaeological studies of the route had a budget of 15 million euro and were to be completed within 8-10 months. Instead, they continued for more...

GRReporter | 17:09 | 05 09 12 |

8000 children abandon private schools and go in state ones

Because of the economic crisis, many parents are writing off their children from private schools and enrol them into public ones

GRReporter | 16:09 | 01 09 12 |

Uniformed insist on meeting with the Troika

Policemen, fire-fighters and coast guards in Greece oppose the new cuts of their departments’ funds and the reduction of wages provided in the new...

GRReporter | 20:08 | 30 08 12 |

Government seeks to protect social funds from a second haircut

This has become clear after the meeting of social partners with Minister of Labour and Social Security Yiannis Vroutsis. While the negotiations...

GRReporter | 19:08 | 29 08 12 |

State of emergency on the Island of Rhodes and smaller fires throughout Greece

Fires in Greece continue, the largest outbreaks being on the islands of Rhodes, Hydra, Zakynthos, and Crete near Chania. A fire in the Former...

GRReporter | 13:08 | 29 08 12 |

Arson was the likely cause of the fire on the island of Chios

Greek fire department spokesman Nikos Tsogas said that the four fires on the island of Zakynthos had started around 2:25 am on Saturday, when the...

GRReporter | 14:08 | 21 08 12 |

No free medicines in Greece from Saturday onwards

GRReporter contacted the vice president of the Union of Pharmacists in Athens Stelios Kalogeropoulos to explain the situation.

GRReporter | 19:08 | 27 08 12 |

Mayors are willing to finance kindergartens with European Union money

Applications for day kindergartens and nurseries from 83 thousand families are waiting for approval. Only 40 thousand of them may be approved. This...

GRReporter | 18:08 | 24 08 12 |

The fire is the biggest disaster of Chios after the earthquake in 1881

The blaze has spread on the island of Chios. In the last three days, 120 fire-fighters, 50 fire engines, 110 people from the land forces, 50...

GRReporter | 15:08 | 20 08 12 |

Elderly people drown most often

Statistics in the middle of the season show that 191 people have died in the summer waters of the Greek Mediterranean Sea from the beginning of June...

GRReporter | 14:08 | 17 08 12 |