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Archive - Oct 2009

October 28th

One woman's memories from Athens during WWII

28 October 2009 / 15:10:22  
"When we heard the sirens my mom used to grab my hand and run, in order to hide. They were horrifying times," tells Mrs. Roxani Lalioni about the World War Two years.


Credit card interest rates will decrease

28 October 2009 / 11:10:55  
Greek banks have one of the highest interest rates in Europe, both for customer loans and for credit cards


Terrorist attack against a police station

28 October 2009 / 09:10:14  
Yesterday at 09:40PM four terrorists on motorcycles shot with machine guns at policemen in the police station in Aghia Paraskevi. Six policemen are injured and currently in the hospital. One man passing by on the street at the same time went into shock and is also in the hospital.


The Chamber of Greek Industrialists offer ten measures for dealing with unemployment

28 October 2009 / 09:10:30  
Immediate public subsidies for the weaker society layers and increasing social aid for the unemployed with 25%.


October 27th

Public sector changes its labor criteria

27 October 2009 / 16:10:39  
Five plus one big changes will refresh the old public sector. The government wants to balance the criteria for hiring people and to introduce more people in the public sector, who have masters and doctorate degrees. On the other hand internship employees protested in front of the parliament.


Harvard Kennedy School fellowships from Kokkalis Program

27 October 2009 / 12:10:05  
The fellowships are for public sciences and candidates need to be from Southeastern Europe. The deadline for all applications is January 9, 2010.


Most ancient city in the world covered by the sea

27 October 2009 / 11:10:11  
They can find food and wood preserved in the fossil-city dating from 5000 years ago.