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German FM Westerwelle arrives in Athens today

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is due to Athens today (July 3/2013). He will meet with this Greek counterpart Evangelos Venizelos at 07:30 pm at the Greek Foreign Ministry. After the meeting the two Foreign Ministers will hold a joint press conference and then enjoy a nice dinner. Westerwelle will …

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Why are Athens streets closed this afternoon?

No, no Greeks took to the streets to protest austeirty, taxes and other Troika incoveninces. The streets around the US embassy in Athens are closed because our spying friends and allies celebrate the 4th of July.  Small streets around the embassy are closed to traffic, while vehicles do not move on regular speed on …

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German FinMin Schaeuble to visit Athens, July 18/2013

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble will visit Athens on July 18th 2013 and will meet with his Greek counterpart Yiannis Stournaras and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Speaking at the German Parliament, Schaeuble said that on the agenda of the talks will be “bilateral issues with emphasis in combating youth unemployment in …

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Greece got a new government

After tough negotiations between Nea Dimocratia and PASOK,  ND-ND and PASOK-PASOK, the names of the new coalition government Nea Dimocratia-PASOK were announced on Monday evening. Antonis Samaras remains Prime Minister PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos becomes deputy PM and Foreign Minister Yiannis Stournaras remains Finance Minister In othe rimportant ministries: Defence: …

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Greece’s crisis in times of …political crisis

What happened last night in Greece? I could summarize it in just a few words: we have very extrovert politicians in the government who prefer to carry out their disagreements in public than sit in an office and work out their differences in public. Otherwise I have no reasonable explanation …

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Greek gov’t: ERT? What ERT? It’s the gov’t reshuffle, stupid

Last night they agreed. Prime Minister Samaras and his coalition government partners Venizelos (PASOK) and Kouvelis (Democratic Left) agreed about shutdown public broadcaster ERT. They just didn’t dare to speak openly about it.  Venizelos and Kouvelis  kept the ‘agreement’ in secret in order to continue negotiations with Samaras in order …

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German FinMin wants to visist Athens

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble expressed the wish to visit Athens. The wish was expressed during a phone conversation with his Greek counterpart Yiannis Stournaras on Monday. Greek media report that the German FinMin also told Stournaras that Greece has to continue with the reforms. Shcaueble said that Athens has …

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Athens: dog protester outside ERT

Oh oh oh! A very dangerous four-legged protester. Holding a banner. Urging protesters to stop killing … mosquitoes. “Don’t kill mosquitoes – It’s other sucking our blood – suppression/state – capital/markets” PS I think,  this dog is an anarchist….

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ERT protests, Jun 13/2013

Thousands protesters are currently outside the headquarters of Greek public broadcaster ERT, that was suddenly shut down on June 11/2013 – with an order of prime minister Antonis Samaras.  Journalists and technicians who were dismissed and lost their jobs  overnight have occupied the ERT HQ and broadcast live on 24-hour …

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ERT shutdown: Greek Festival cancels concert – Requiem for ERT Choir

Oh, these are the little things in life that they may go unnoticed by the majority of people. The symphonic orchestra, the music ensemble and the choir of  – former – Greek public broadcaster ERT.  The State Orchestra of Athens and the Greek Festival were enforced to cancel a concert …

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Greece’s public broadcaster ERT “sudden death”: occupying journos transmitting live via…

Half an hour after midnight and several thousands people are gathered outside ERT to protest the ‘sudden death’ of Greece’s national broadcaster. Fellow journalists, common people but also singers giving a solidarity concert. Inside the ERT premises, journalists and technicians who occupy the studios keep transmitting a live program  commenting …

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