The sharp rise of the 10 year bond to 8.4% reveals market skepticism towards the financial policy of the Greek coalition government. The inability and unwillingness of the financial authorities under constant pressure by the Troika , amid political fluidity as well as obvious intra-governmental tensions, to procure an acceptable draft for the 2015...

Forty years after the bloody suppression of the student uprising against the military dictatorship, the gates of the Athens Polytechnic University opened for a three day commemoration of the event, under the shadow of the overpowering presence of the police. It is estimated that about 7,000 police officers will be needed. During these three days th...

In a letter to Greek finance minister Ghikas Hardouvelis, the troikademands the withdrawal of paymentarrangements  fordebtsto tax authorities and social security funds, inuptoonehundredinstallments,as well as the arrangements  for "red" loans. According to newspaper KATHIMERINI, the creditors claim that the fiscal cost of the re...

--- Massacre of Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern area of the Gaza Strip by Israeli attempts in the last hours, in retaliation for the captive Israeli soldier in the morning, which, according to unconfirmed information-bearing the rank of colonel. The Israeli officer was arrested by the Palestinians during the Israeli operations to destroy tun...

---Τhe Organization for the Liberation of Palestine declared a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire, which Hamas rejected saying that there will be no peace until Israel declares a ceasefire. The Israeli army has been pounding the Gaza Strip and air strikes have intensified since early in the morning. Only today 100 Palestinias were reported ki...

New memorandum is forthcoming A new memorandum is predicted in the quarterly report released today by the Greek Parliamentary Budget Office. The report «smashed into smithereens» PM Antonis Samaras’ success story by predicting that Greece will eventually end up with a new memorandum due to a 14.9 billion euros fiscal void for the years 2014-2015....

--- The opposition parties SYRIZA and the Independent Greeks have asked for the intervention of the justice authorities, after the death of a seriously ill 56-year-old woman, due to the power cut, owing to a debt.  In a statement, the Transmission System noted that its services, responsible for the power cut, had not been informed about the ex...

--- The genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, is  continued unabated by the Israeli forces. Objectives of Israelis are now the hospitals. At noon they beat a geriatric rehabilitation hospital. From the beginning of the Israeli operation,2 weeks ago,have been killed over 600 people, two thirds of whom are civilians, women and ch...

---The situation in the Gaza Strip has turned into a humanitarian crisis. More than 600 Palestinians and 27 Israelis have been killed since the clashes have erupted 14 days ago. The UN Secretary General and the U.S. Secretary of State have visited Cairo for consultations in order to reach a truce. Also, the Human Rights Council of the UN...

-Shortly before noon, a bomb launched from an Israeli tank hit a hospital in Gaza, killing four Palestinians and injuring another 16. Victims come in addition to the hundreds of dead and wounded, who left behind yesterday. In general strike, occurring today workers in the occupied West Bank, to express their opposition to fierce Israeli bombardment...