Drive to stop youth smoking

By A.I.

Published: November 30, 2010

{title} The Education and Health ministries are launching a joint initiative aimed at discouraging children from picking up the habit of smoking by informing them early on about the risks associated with nicotine as youth smoking remains at high levels. The campa… … Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 30/11/10

Journalists in Greece strike against new pay rules, halting news coverage

By A.I.

Published: November 30, 2010

Journalists in Greece strike against new pay rules, halting news coverage ATHENS, Greece – Greek journalist unions are on a 24-hour strike that has put a halt to news programs, Web site updates and newspaper publication. Unions are demanding better working conditions and protesting private sector labour reforms in the country as it deals with [...]

Ano Liosia landfill…

By A.I.

Published: November 30, 2010

{title} Garbage trucks line up outside the Ano Liosia landfill yesterday. The effort to clean up after a municipal workers’ strike was hampered by staff shortages at the dump. … … Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 30/11/10

A Return to Economist Friedrich Hayek’s Ideas

By A.I.

Published: November 30, 2010

GREECE summer 2010 127 Image by akira.yagami A Return to Economist Friedrich Hayek’s Ideas Last year the consensus opinion was that we are all Keynesians now. Virtually everyone in the commentariat believed that John Maynard Keynes’s solution for the Great Depression—heavy government spending to resuscitate the economy—was also the answer to today’s global downturn. The [...]

Jail reforms heralded amid unrest

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Published: November 30, 2010

{title} Justice Minister Haris Kastanidis yesterday heralded the launch of a series of reforms aimed at overhauling the criminal justice system and improving conditions in the country’s jails, where overcrowding has reached extreme proportions and ailments such a… … Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 30/11/10

Trichet backs deal on permanent crisis mechanism

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Published: November 30, 2010

Epidavros Image by dodoco Trichet backs deal on permanent crisis mechanism EU finance ministers say private investors will not automatically suffer losses where governments are obliged to restructure their debts. Read more on European Voice Family Image by RobW_ Katerine Avgoustakis Treat me like a lady (mixed with “Halo”) & Enjoy the day (Greek Eurovision [...]

Seamen ordered to return to work

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Published: November 30, 2010

{title} Sailors who have been on strike for the last week are to be forced back to work after the government issued civil mobilization orders to prevent further disruption to travel and the shipment of goods after the seamen called a new 48-hour strike. Maritime … … Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 30/11/10

Spain’s govt braced for setback in Catalonia vote

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Published: November 30, 2010

Image by Constantina* Spain’s govt braced for setback in Catalonia vote Spain’s Socialist government, battered by fears of an Irish-style rescue of its economy, braced for a new blow as voters in Catalonia had the chance to vent their anger over the crisis in regional elections on Sunday. Read more on AFP via Yahoo! News [...]

Cautious optimism over loan deal

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Published: November 30, 2010

{title} The government attempted yesterday to play down the European Union’s decision to examine the possibility of giving Greece longer to repay the 110 billion euros it is borrowing as part of an emergency loan package, fearing that it could lead to ministers, … … Kathimerini English Edition : Print Edition : 30/11/10

Global markets fall on eurozone

By A.I.

Published: November 30, 2010

2008 Summer Olympics – Opening Ceremony – Beijing, China 同一个世界 同一个梦想 – U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program – FMWRC Image by familymwr Global markets fall on eurozone Major global stock markets have slid over the concerns that the debt crisis in the eurozone may extend to other members of the European Union. Read more [...]

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