Former PM Papandreou on Bloomberg
The twitter is ablaze with comments on an interview of former Greek PM Giorgos Papandreou shown on Bloomberg TV live at 08.00 am EST.
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EYP Head Asks for Internal Investigation
The head of the National Intelligence Agency (EYP) has requested that service premises be thoroughly investigated.
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Watch Video: Mother-in-law tries to have her daughter-in-law assasinated
Translation By Lisa Darilis
A woman attempted to pay an assassin to murder her daughter-in-law because she didn't feel she was a good mother to her grandchild. This reason was mistakingly described to police by Diana Reaves Costarakis of Middleburg, Florida, whose husband is of Greek descent. She was arrested by police as a result of her admission to this attempted crime.
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Poster Mocks Minister
A satirical poster has been put up around Athens by the federation of municipal employee unions POE-OTA mocking finance minister Yannis Stournaras.
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Premier Watches AF Exercise
Prime minister Antonis Samaras attended the final phase of armed forces exercise Pyrpolitis that took place on Dokos island near the island of Hydra.
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Abandoned Container Raises Suspicions
Police are looking into the case of a container at the Ikonio area of the commercial part of Piraeus port that has been left unclaimed for months.
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Immunity Lifted for Six Golden Dawn Deputies
Parliament, almost unanimously, has decided to lift the immunity of six Golden dawn deputies: Efstathios Boukouras, Giorgos Germenis, Panayotis iliopoulos, Ilias Panayotaros, Ilias Kasidiaris, and Hrysovalantis Alexopoulos.
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Justice for a Scapegoat?
The passing of a twenty year sentence for laundering money from illicit gains for former PASOK minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos, last week, for some, had a tinge of the toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue in Baghdad; the end of an era.
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100,000 Apply for 10,000 Temp Jobs
More than100,000 applications have been turned in by people from families with no income for 10,000 temporary, five-month jobs at municipal and regional authorities, throughout Greece.
Pay under the programme, which is being run by state employment agency OAED, ranges from €427 a month for those under 25 years old and €490 for anyone else.
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EU Commissioner Blasts Greek Agricultural Policies
Harsh criticism for Greek agricultural policy was the theme which EU agriculture commissioner Dacian Ciolos harped on during a common meeting of the Greek parliament's standing committees of European Affairs and Productivity & Commerce.
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Sponsored Military Parade
The 28th October military parade will have a sponsor!!! The Vardinoyannis group has undertaken to cover the costs of moving heavy military vehicles and the overflights by fighter aircraft.
Venizelos Meets Rama in Tirana
Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met in Tirana on Monday with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati in the context of his one-day official visit to Albania.
Jailed Golden Dawn MPs Will not Attend Parliament
The prosecutor of Korydallos prison has turned down a request of jailed-pending-trial Golden Dawn Mps Mihaloliakos, Pappas, and Lagos to participate in the parliamentary plenum tomorrow.
Simitis Blasts Political Nepotism
Former PM Kostas Simitis let fly barbs against nepotism in Greek political life, in presenting the book of former Cypriot president Georgios Vasileiou, entitled "A Contemporary Odyssey."