Unemployment still rising
Eurostat released its unemployment update, according to which unemployment in Greece in November was at 28%, up by 0.3% from the month before. That raises the actual number of unemployed citizens to 1.382 million.
Woman of the year goes to "The River"
As everyone is waiting for the announcement of candidates' names for Stavros Theodorakis new political party “To Potami,” (The River) in light of EU elections in May, one name is being floated as part of the party's inner core: Eleni Antoniadou
Golden Dawn's Patelis charged in Fyssas murder case
As was announced today Golden Dawn cadre Giorgos Patelis, already in custody, was officially charged by the prosecutor investigating the murder of left-wing rapper Pavlos Fyssas, as an accessory to murder. The accused member of Golden Dawn has been in jail for the past five months accused of being a member of a criminal organization.
State Dept annual human rights report on Greece
Racial and xenophobic activities of Golden Dawn and abuse of power arrests by the judiciary are the main topics of the annual State Department report on human rights for Greece in 2013.