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Surviving Athens: Can IT help clean Athens?
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Can IT help clean Athens? We are constantly faced with an uphill struggle to merely maintain what we have - to stop Athens from backsliding into a cesspit and maintain a standard of living other countries take for granted. Of course getting them to do something is another story altogether, but all to often we here in Athens whenever we complain we are told "I am not responsible" and we are led t...
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Surviving Athens: Watching Athens die
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Thursday, May 31, 2012. To be honest, its been hard living in Athens these past few years, and in the past few months a sense of hopelessness has set in. Two years ago when i was unemployed i had more hope - because i thought that things would change - they had to if Greece was going to get back onto its feet. But no-one wanted that, no-one in power that is. Now, things have changed. Posted by Vassili - Mike. Read more ...
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Surviving Athens: Stiglitz - Still not good enough to work in Greece
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Stiglitz - Still not good enough to work in Greece. Right now, Greece is going through some tumultuous events and the decisions being made now will have important ramifications for generations to come. The irony lay in the fact that it occurred in a country where he is technically not allowed to work as an economist or university lecturer or is even recognised as an English speaker. Politicians y...
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Surviving Athens: June 2008
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Monday, June 9, 2008. Do you want to see two Lesbian factions fight it out on a Greek Island this summer? Thats right, this summer two groups of Lesbians will engage in a fight to find out who is the TRUE Lesbian. Interested? Then stay tuned and keep your eye on Greece! Its not what you think by the way. I got teased being called Vassili, i can only imagine what it would be liked to be called Lesbia! I am not sure what ...
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Surviving Athens: July 2011
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Can IT help clean Athens? We are constantly faced with an uphill struggle to merely maintain what we have - to stop Athens from backsliding into a cesspit and maintain a standard of living other countries take for granted. Of course getting them to do something is another story altogether, but all to often we here in Athens whenever we complain we are told "I am not responsible" and we are led t...
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Surviving Athens: July 2008
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Thursday, July 3, 2008. Greece is - once again in the midst of corruption scandals that are rocking both major parties, and so far the positions of both parties is - We know nothing - lets all keep quiet until more come to light, oh and lets not ask too many questions. The trouble with corruption in Greece that it is sooooo prevalent that people here don't really care that it happens. Posted by Vassili - Mike. George Pa...
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Surviving Athens: March 2010
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Thursday, March 4, 2010. Greece vs the Civil service - Let there be blood. For the first time in its modern history the Greek people have won its first fight against the Greek civil service. While a lot - a whole lot - a gajillion more, needs to be done, the significance of this event shouldn't be underestimated. This is only because they can see how the foreign media is reporting it. I can at least hope that Greece wil...
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Surviving Athens: Remembering Greece's multicultural heritage
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Thursday, June 14, 2012. Remembering Greece's multicultural heritage. My last post was a bit depressing I must admit. But as I have said before. Greece is an addict and has to hit rock bottom so it can admit it has a problem. Once it has admitted its problem, then and only then can it begin to tackle the problems that brought it to this juncture. If we have come to the world then we have to live. The communists (KKE par...
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Surviving Athens: December 2008
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. It is tenderness for the past,. Courage for the present,. Hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup. May overflow with blessings rich and eternal,. And that every path may lead to peace. Agnes M. Pharo. Posted by Vassili - Mike. Athens upheavel - part 2. Posted by Vassili - Mike. Monday, December 22, 2008. So the civil unrest continues across Greece. Yesterday soccer hoolig...
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Surviving Athens: January 2009
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Arguably Greece's most interesting blog about living and surviving in Athens, Greece. Friday, January 9, 2009. Athens - contrasts upon contrasts. Oh the joys of living in Athens. I was late paying my electricity bill so the other day, of i went to one of their main offices to pay it off. Arriving there at 10 to 8 i was a bit annoyed to see that there was already a small line forming outside. As i got closer i heard a lot of grumblings. What's going on" i timidly asked "They haven't got any power". This m...