Greece News

Athens - The sudden shut down of Greece’s public broadcaster ERT sparked a huge protest and public strike in Greece. The Greek government announced its “day after” plan for a new Greek public television NERIT. ERT went online.

A nationwide strike has erupted across Greece following the sudden closure of the state TV channel yesterday. Workers in all key industries and services walked off the job today in protest at the move, bringing the country to a virtual stop.

Athens - Amid the media bombardment broadcasting images of anarchy, destruction and tear-gas, Athens is actually a city of beauty, magic and inspiration.

Athens - ERT is the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation and operates in Greece, until now. As of Tuesday Greece is left without a public broadcaster.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a report on the Greek bailout which draws the obvious conclusion that it managed to screw up as far as the Greek economy was concerned.

Police in Corfu have arrested an illegal Afghan immigrant after he robbed a 20-year-old student and callously threw her over an eight-meter coastal wall. Police were surprised to find the Afghan had tattoos of swastikas and other Nazi symbols on his body.

Two armed robbers who held up the National Bank of Greece in Larissa on Thursday and made off with €1 million euros, have been identified as two of the Albanian prisoners who escaped from Trikala prison in March.

Athens - A new and very cheap drug is killing Greek youth who no longer can see a future for themselves. Sisa is a form of crystal meth being mixed with filler ingredients such as battery acid and engine oil. It makes users violent and kills within six months.

Athens - Market stall vendors staging a 24-hour-strike in Greece on Wednesday, set up their stalls in Athens to hand out 20 tons of free food.

Popular support for the European Union has fallen dramatically in the last year according to the latest study from Pew Research. Overall support has declined from 60 to 45 percent, with only Germany showing favourable support for the EU.