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Archive - Jun 2011

June 9th

The Greek hacker who broke into the FBI and Interpol websites out on bail

09 June 2011 / 16:06:43  
The 18-year-old Alexandros is required to go to the police station every 1st and 15th day of the month. USA and France are expected to require his extradition, FBI agents are coming to Athens.


Fewer "discontented" on the square in front of the Greek Parliament

09 June 2011 / 14:06:36  
Not more than three thousand people gathered on Syntagma on the 15th day of the protest. Some chanted, others supported the petition for a referendum to repeal the Memorandum of financial support, third were there because they believe their presence is a matter of duty.


The Troika: We will not pay the fifth tranche without new measures

09 June 2011 / 13:06:37  
The government impotence to achieve the goals set in the Memorandum of financial support showed that the deficit can not be reduced with this package.


June 8th

Yannis Boutaris: Thessaloniki will not be the "city of ghosts" but the "city of realities"

08 June 2011 / 20:06:03  
The Mayor of Thessaloniki Yannis Boutaris will rely on tourism, education and health development to restore the old glory of the city as an international centre. "When the mayor agrees with the foreign policy, then through his actions and in consistence with the government, he strengthens it and spreads it in the country, and if he has a different opinion, as Wittgenstein said, maybe the best choice for the things for which we can not talk is to keep quiet.


HappyEnd for old medications

08 June 2011 / 18:06:56  
Athens Green 360 and Post bank Green Institute introduced pilot special containers for disposing of unnecessary medicines. Learn about the dangers of throwing the old Aspirin in an ordinary bin.


Lifelong learning for 400 000 people

08 June 2011 / 17:06:50  
The Ministry of Education announced that a cycle of five programs for "lifelong learning", which can include 400 000 people, would be launched in the autumn. There is a particular emphasis on young people who would be given a voucher to attend public and private schools, but there are also programs for additional training of already completed graduates, wishing to update their knowledge.


They turn a blind eye to control measures in Germany in the name of profit, the Greeks say

08 June 2011 / 16:06:12  
GRReporter talked with Deputy Minister of Agricultural Development Yiannis Koutsoukos who represented Greece at the extraordinary meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Luxembourg this week. The E.coli, control, Russian embargo and the compensations were among the topics of the talks.