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Archive - Jul 2009

July 26th

Ministry of Culture decides to cut disputable scenes at Acropolis Museum

26 July 2009 / 01:07:39  
Greek Minsitry of Culture has crushed under the pressure of the Church, and censored the film of worldfamous director Kostas Gavras, which was projected as a part of the educational program of the Acropolis Museum.


IMF sees no hope of recovery for Greek economy

26 July 2009 / 00:07:51  

Shocking prognoses at macroeconomic level for Greece in the next year, good news for US property market, disaster for Britain's GDP



July 25th

A hot weekend

25 July 2009 / 11:07:29  

Temperatures in Greece are expected to reach 43 degrees, with gradual lowering expected on Sunday.



July 24th

New Acropolis Musem aggravates the Church

24 July 2009 / 14:07:56  
Clerics angered by a documentary video, showing angry men in robes destroying sculptures of the Parthenon during the VIII century A.D.


Young women suffer most from unnemployment in Greece

24 July 2009 / 13:07:26  

A warning for a “hot summer”, filled with protests was launched by the Syndicate of Private Workers following significant cuts in the working week hours and wages. In the meantime, unemployment for young women in Greece is up to 31,8 per cent, which is double the number compared to other EU member states. According to Eurostat, Bulgaria is the only country where the unemployment among the young is going down.



Breaking out of prison... using a USB stick

24 July 2009 / 12:07:22  

A USB stick, loaded with software capable of blowing up entire buildings, was found in the yard of the Trikala prison. According to the prison director Vassilis Dafos, the device is thought to be linked to a “dirty job” execution, planned by inmates.



History does not remember good girls

24 July 2009 / 10:07:06  
According to a recent survey, ancient Greeks did in fact despise women. We shouldn’t also forget that being the wife of an Athenian citizen in the classical times wasn’t much of a benefit. Good women died in oblivion, while the only one that deserves a biographical writing, Cleopatra, will only be remembered by the preserved words of her enemies.