** GREECE. At least 10 people were detained Wednesday and five were hurt, including a conservative politician who was beaten in the street by protesters. Two people were injured in Athens and three in Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, where another anti-austerity protest turned violent. Unions said Wednesday's strike aimed to pressure the Socialists into slowing down the spending cuts they said were hurting average Greeks.
Crippled by high budget deficits and a mountain of debt, Greece was saved from bankruptcy in May by an international rescue loan package. In return, the Socialist government slashed pensions and salaries, hiked taxes, raised retirement ages and eased restrictions on private sector layoffs. Late Tuesday, the government won a key vote in parliament on new labor reforms that include deeper pay cuts, salary caps and involuntary staff transfers at state companies. The new law also reduces unions' collective bargaining power in the private sector, allowing employers to substantially cut salaries. Journalists are also holding a 24-hour strike, causing blackouts for TV, radio and Internet news, and newspapers will not be published on Thursday (Source? Via John Babbis, MD, Dec 15, DXLD) Not logged, but I had noticed VOG was playing non-Greek music, around 0630 on 7475 and 1430 on 9420 Dec 15; thought it rather strange. Maybe that explains it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) --- On Wed, 12/15/10, T Witherspoon <[email protected]> wrote: > From: T Witherspoon <[email protected]> > Subject: [HCDX] 9420 kHz - Voice of Greece? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 7:39 PM > Hi, Group, > > Can anyone ID if I heard Voice of Greece on 9420 starting > around 21:00 > UTC tonight (15 Dec 10)? There were few interruptions in > the > continuous music I heard--starting with a Dave Brubeck set, > then into > classical music for several hours. > > Really enjoyed the Jazz. > > Started listening on my IC-735, then moved to Grundig G8. > Strong > signal--very little fading until 23:30 UT. > > Listening to 9420 at 1:00 UTC and classical continues. > > Any help with ID appreciated. TNX! > > Cheers, > Thomas Witherspoon > Sylva, NC USA ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
