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Archive - Jun 30, 2011

The new park in Faliro will make Athens face the sea

30 June 2011 / 23:06:19  
Athens is a city that has turned its back to the sea and it could change, were the words of the Minister of Environment George Papakonstantinou. The Italian architect Renzo Piano, known for his avant-garde ideas and design of high-tech buildings in harmony with the environment, presented in Athens a master plan to create a coastal park, which will merge the neighbourhoods Kallithea and Moshato with the sea. His dream is this park to become an integral part of the city and Athens to open to the sea, which is the most peculiar feature of "its face."


Suicides in Greece increased by 40% due to the crisis

30 June 2011 / 20:06:16  
Suicides in the country have increased dramatically by approximately 40% after the outbreak of the economic crisis. This show the latest data and epidemiological studies, said Health Minister Andreas Loverdos.


Concerns about co-operation between the police and parastatal elements

30 June 2011 / 18:06:39  
A video, showing how policemen are talking with face-covered participants in the clashes provoked anger in society and unconvincing explanations from the police. They must respond to the testimony of citizens for spraying asphyxiating gases in the subway, where there were wounded and demonstrators with respiratory problems.


Syntagma Square the next day

30 June 2011 / 14:06:19  
A destroyed cafe, broken benches, broken marble slabs, a burned pavilion, broken windows and street lights, municipal trucks, washers and cleaning workers with gas masks. This is Syntagma hours after the unprecedented clashes between groups of young people with covered faces and the police.