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EKEBI shut down

       Far too little is translated into English from Greek, and now one of the main sources of support for what little there is has collapsed, as EKEBI -- the National Book Centre of Greece -- has been shuttered by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports (yeah, there's a good bureaucratic mix ... ), the latest casualty in Greece's f(l)ailing austerity ambitions (though the 35 employees apparently haven't been paid for moths in any case ...). Surely, another case of being penny-wise/pound-foolish (as they suggest: "Το Εθνικό Κέντρο Βιβλίου είναι ένας φορέας που κοστίζει ελάχιστα στο δημόσιο και φέρνει πίσω πολλαπλάσια") -- but at least there's a bit of a backlash and protest, including an online petition.

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