Editor’s Note (Ralph Turchiano) Re-Post Request for cross reference HSBC and Panama files. Original Post date 28 October 2012 Engineering Evil : Authenticity Still Requires further verification Being on a List does not imply guilt Current Source Info: Zougla Keep Talking… Read More ›
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Crisis: thousand more Greeks unregister their cars
– they could no longer afford the tax amounting to several hundred euros for smaller cars, to over 1,000 euros for luxury vehicles – only 55,000 new registrations logged in the first nine months of 2013, marking the steepest decline… Read More ›
Report: Half of new HIV cases in Greece from 2009-2011 self-inflicted to get benefits
Posted By Caroline May On 1:30 PM 11/25/2013 In | A case study contained within a lengthy World Health Organization report reviewing the health inequities among European countries says Greeks may be contracting HIV intentionally in order to go on… Read More ›
Youth unemployment could tear Europe apart, warns WEF
Crime rates will soar, economies will stagnate and Europe’s social fabric will deteriorate if policymakers do not act to address youth unemployment, World Economic Forum report warns <!– remove the whitespace added by escenic before end of tag –> By… Read More ›
Greek crisis has biological health effects / 24% of the Greeks had no hope for the future, a view shared by just 5% of the Swedes.
Young adults in Greece suffer more from stress and mental health problems and are less optimistic about the future than Swedes of the same age. The grave financial problems in Greece have brought on a social crisis that has probably… Read More ›
Greece will need 10 years to bring unemployment under 20%
According to a report by the main private sector union, GSEE 02 September, 13:01 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, SEPTEMBER 2 – It will take at least 20 years for unemployment in Greece to drop below 10%, according to leaked extracts of… Read More ›
Greece: 2,000 public high school teachers laid off / Next School guards, then city police
60.6% of Greeks in favor of drastic public sector cuts ? (ANSAmed) – ATHENS – A first wave of 2,000 technical public high school teachers, whose jobs parliament abolished last week, were laid off on Monday. The cut is… Read More ›
Greece approves scheme to fire thousands of public workers
Source: Reuters – Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:01 PMAuthor: Reuters * Reform bill including job cuts scrapes through parliament * Protesters throng gates of parliament as voted neared * PM announces first major tax cut since crisis began By Renee… Read More ›
Greek MPs vote in favour of charging ex-minister over tax-cheat list
Source: Reuters – Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:51 AM Author: Reuters ATHENS, July 16 (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers voted early on Tuesday in favour of pressing criminal charges against former finance minister George Papaconstantinou in a scandal over a list… Read More ›
Orphans of the EU meltdown: The shocking picture that shows how middle class parents in Greece are dumping their children in orphanages so they won’t starve
By Ian Birrell PUBLISHED: 17:27 EST, 22 June 2013 | UPDATED: 20:04 EST, 22 June 2013 Laughing children play in a pine-scented courtyard on a warm summer’s evening. Excitement rises to fever pitch as a creamy chocolate gateau is sliced…. Read More ›
INSIGHT-Why did Cypriot banks keep buying Greek bonds? ” Within minutes, 28,000 files were erased “
Source: Reuters – Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:30 AM Author: Reuters By Michele Kambas, Stephen Grey and Stelios Orphanides NICOSIA, April 30 (Reuters) – One day last October, a memory stick containing special software for deleting data was placed into… Read More ›
Greek Unemployment: 60% of young out of work
Thursday, 14 February 2013 Tensions are running high in Greece as the country’s workers suffer from unemployment rates that are double the rest of the eurozone’s. More than 60 percent of Greece’s young workers are unemployed, according to new data.The… Read More ›
Greece: 27% unemployed in Nov 2012, new record high
Up from 26.6% in October 14 February, 12:44 A woman knitting caps on a pavement in central Athens [ARCHIVE MATERIAL 20111212 ] (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, 14 FEB – Unemployment levels in Greece reached record new highs in November 2012… Read More ›
Greeks’ purchasing power halved
Thursday, 07 February 2013 The purchasing power of Greeks has been halved, shows the survey of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen & Merchants (GSEVEE). According to survey results, 8 out of 10 Greeks have limited their shopping to… Read More ›
Greeks scrabble for food handouts in streets
Free fruit and veg – even the rich are queuing up 07 February, 14:27 People wait in line for a free meal in Athens (archive) (ANSAmed) – ATHENS – When a group of farmers handed out free fruit and… Read More ›
Greece’s blowout sale : Police, Airports, Beaches, Islands, Water, Sewage All for Sale at Basement prices
Nikolia Apostolou and Marina RigouJanuary 18, 2013 06:00 Some say privatization may prove to be the Greek government’s best option, but who will pay the price? ATHENS, Greece — Straddled with mammoth debts, the government has begun one of the… Read More ›
Middle-class Greeks to fork out over 40% of annual salary in tax: ” in order to qualify Greece for more bailouts”
Published: 12 January, 2013, 17:20 Edited: 12 January, 2013, 18:31 Athens passed new tax increases to boost revenue by US$3 billion to keep in line with previous commitments to creditors. The new measures limit family benefits and force the middle… Read More ›
Greek ex-finance minister expelled from party for nepotism
Dec 29, 2012 07:00 Moscow Time George Papaconstantinou Photo: AFP Former Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, under whose guidance the country went de facto bankrupt and was forced to seek EU and IMF loans, has been expelled from his… Read More ›
Crisis: Greek exodus abroad in search of work: 49% of the working population looking to emigrate
21 December, 16:41 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, DECEMBER 21 – With September unemployment hitting a record 26% high (55.4% among those aged under 25), 49% of Greeks are looking for work abroad, according to a survey released Friday by Adecco employment… Read More ›
Data on 9 million Greeks stolen
Nov 21, 2012 07:08 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Greek police have arrested a 35-year-old programmer suspected of stealing the personal data of nine million people or two-thirds of the population of the country. According to investigators he tried to sell… Read More ›
RT: Greece can easily slide into Civil War
Thursday, 08 November 2012 Greece risks sliding into a civil war, unless officials in Athens follow Iceland’s example and default on the country’s loans, journalist Charlie McGrath told RT. Charlie McGrath from Wide Awake News says Greece needs to admit… Read More ›
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Violence erupts at Greek anti-cuts protest
Germans stop shipment of life-saving cancer drug to Greece as Euro crisis deepens
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:08:24 EST, 3 November 2012| UPDATED:08:26 EST, 3 November 2012 Life-saver: Erbirux is given intravenously and has been proven to be effective on various types of cancer The spiralling decline of the Greek economy took… Read More ›
Greek Journalists Arrested for Exposing How Bad Economy Is
Thursday, 01 November 2012 Another Greek journalist was arrested after threatening to expose damaging information about the country’s economy. This move comes in amid public protests against government media censorship following two high-profile cases. Facing public discontent and mass protests,… Read More ›
Journalist’s arrest spreads fear in debt-stricken Greece
Critics say prosecution over a list of Swiss bank account holders reflects deeper erosion of individual freedoms. Barry NeildOctober 31, 2012 08:23 Some believe Kostas Vaxevanis’s arrest will hurt Greece’s reputation in the eyes of its international creditors. (Costas Metaxakis/AFP/Getty… Read More ›
Crisis: Greece; Anonymous attacks Finance ministry: Many classified documents and information leaked
29 October, 17:16 (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, OCTOBER 29 – A cyber-attack on the servers of Greek Finance Ministry has leaked classified documents and information online, just a few days before the Greek Parliament votes on another austerity bill. The attack,… Read More ›
Greek magazine editor arrested on live radio for publishing the names of 2,000 wealthy ‘tax evaders’… all with Swiss bank accounts
Kostas Vaxevanis, editor of Hot Docs, was giving a radio interview in Athens when officers stormed into the studio saying he had to go ‘to be arrested’ Today, as he appeared in court, Greek daily Ta Nea reprinted the list… Read More ›
Lagarde-List Leaked: HOT DOC Publishes 2,059 Names from Stolen HSBC-List
Link to the : The “Lagarde List” Just the names Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics Monthly magazine HOT DOC managed the impossible: To get what it seems to be the content of the long-missing and infamous Lagarde-list containing the names… Read More ›
List of Swiss Accounts Turns Up the Heat in Greece
Update: The ” Lagarde List ” Linked Here October 27, 2012 By RACHEL DONADIO and LIZ ALDERMAN ATHENS — The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several employees of the Finance Ministry and a number of business leaders are on a… Read More ›
Greek editor’s arrest sought over list with Swiss accounts
Posted 2012/10/27 at 7:47 pm EDT ATHENS, Oct. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek police are seeking to arrest the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing a list of more than 2,000 names of wealthy Greeks who have placed money… Read More ›
Alarm at Greek police ‘collusion’ with far-right Golden Dawn : MP Ilias Panagiotaros: “We are in civil war”
17 October 2012 Last updated at 12:02 ET Article written by Paul Mason Economics editor, Newsnight Golden Dawn MP Ilias Panagiotaros: “We are in civil war” Greece’s far-right party, Golden Dawn, won 18 parliamentary seats in the June election… Read More ›
Greek unemployment rate hits 25.1 percent in July as recession heads for sixth year
By Associated Press, Published: October 11 ATHENS, Greece — Unemployment in Greece hit a record high of 25.1 percent in July as the country’s financial crisis continues to exact its heavy toll, official figures showed Thursday. All indications are that… Read More ›
Greek shipyard workers clash with police, storm Defense Ministry complex
About 250 shipyard workers stormed the Greek Defense Ministry in Athens on Thursday, demanding to be paid their wages and calling for an audience with the Greek Defense Minister. The shipyard workers were from the Hellenic Skarmangas shipyard. Furious over… Read More ›
Macedonian in Greece killed for refusing to change last name ( ? )
Please Refer to Current Story Update: “Samardziev” case, nice work of the Greek Secret Service https://engineeringevil.com/2012/10/01/samardziev-case-nice-work-of-the-greek-secret-service/ *Enginnering Evil: There are now questions to whether Samardziev had been killed, please read with reserve Sunday, 30 September 2012 Aleksandar Samardziev, an… Read More ›
Greece scraps police protection for far-right lawmakers
Posted 2012/09/10 at 11:31 am EDT ATHENS, Sep. 10, 2012 (Reuters) — Greece scrapped police protection for lawmakers from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Monday after the bodyguards did nothing while the deputies went on a rampage destroying street… Read More ›
Eurozone demands six-day work week for Greece, set the minimum daily rest to 11 hours
Eurozone demands six-day week for Greece Government in Athens under pressure to introduce a six-day working week as part of the terms for a second bailout Ian Traynor in Brussel guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 September 2012 15.37 EDT Terms for… Read More ›
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