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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble could not tame himself and poured the usual poison against Greece. And not only! He rebuffed the European Commission for its efforts to a way out of the impasse in the bailout talks. In an interview to The Wall Street Journal and French daily Les …

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I have a … moment, right now. I’m deeply touched by Schaeuble’s compassion  towards the suffering Greeks. Hear saying over hear saying, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble reportedly told his Christian Democrat buddies in Parliament: “We know that a large part of the Greek population is suffering but the Greek …

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The weather was good, the spirit was high. The NATO Foreign Ministers came together for a meeting in Antalya in Turkey and after the convention was concluded … they grabbed the microphones and sang karaoke. “We are the world, we are the children”. The group of middle-aged men and women …

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It all started with a glorious welcome ceremony under the presence of high ranking cleric, government ministers and military officers. Carefully put in a silver casket, the remains of Saint Barbara arrived in Athens Airport on Sunday afternoon and from there they were escorted to Aegaleo suburb of Western Athens …

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Huh!? We have a saying in Greek, I will reveal it to you at the end of the post… Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem warned the Greek government that Europe is prepared for any outcome to the standoff between Greece and its creditors. Of course, Dijsselbloem did …

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Greece “defaults” each and every month since the new coalition government came into power, should we believe the Cassandras of various nationalities and interests. The first default scenario “saw” a default by end February, the second by end of March. Bogeyman’s words “Grexit” and “Grexident” started to whirl around. Again. …

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“It’s a good strategy, finally someone raises his voice towards the lenders,” Eleni says as we sit around the table for the traditional Lent lunch on Monday. We nibble from plates and bowls full of raw and cooked seafood and various salads, we bite on crusty Lent Monday bread with …

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“I ask the Greek people to forgive me for contributing to this illusion.” With this phrase veteran left politician, WWII resistance fighter and SYRIZA MEP Manolis Glezos slammed the Greek government for handling the negotiations with the country’s lenders and so having changed the rhetoric of the party. In an …

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The European Central Bank agreed on Wednesday to allow Greece’s national central bank to grant its banks emergency funding of up to 60 billion euros ($68.5 billion), German newspaper Die Welt reported. The ECB had no comment on the report, which cited central bank sources. The ECB said late on …

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Greek Jews and the Anti-Defamation League sharply criticized the appointment of the new Health Minister Makis Voridis due to his far-right past. Makis Voridis, a 49-year-old lawyer,  has denied allegations of crypto-fascism and antisemitism and had described himself as a national liberal with a right-wing  activist background as student. However, no …

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To Potami, the party of former TV star and aspiring politician Stavros Theodorakis, came under heavy criticism even by its own members for publishing two election spots with clearly tacky and sexist content. The videos featuring a young and a middle-aged woman have them talk for 40 seconds  in what …

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Eurogroup’s decision on Cyprus was a failure, a top official of the Institute of International Finance told a Cypriot newspaper on Sunday. Hung Tran, the First Deputy Managing Director of the IIF, told Phileleftheros newspaper in Nicosia that the decision to impose a haircut on Cypriot bank accounts was “a …

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Amnesty International called on Greek authorities to investigate the accusations of torture of the four bank robbers also suspected of terrorism. Criticizing the publishing of the arrested’s  pictures after being altered with digital means, AI stressed that problems of police abuse cannot be photoshopped away.  “The Greek authorities cannot just Photoshop their problems …

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Greek police started a service where victims and concerned citizens can report incidents of racist attacks. Under telepone number <11414> any Greek or foreigner can report racism motivated attacks. Departments and Offices of Racial Violence Response went in effect on Monday, January 17th 2013. The assigned offices will  collect data …

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 One can hardly believe such a thing. Greece in deep recession and inhuman austerity is number 2 in military spending among the NATO countries. This was revealed by NATO’s general secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen. A very interesting report based on Rasmussen revelations is published by the New York Times. Military in …

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 Chief of euro group Jean-Claude Juncker warned that the euro zone would break apart and urged the EZ and EU leaders to save the currency union saying ‘there was no time to lose. Speaking to German Sueddeutsche Zeitung,  Juncker also criticized German officials for their statements about a Greek euro exit. In …

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 It looks as if the IMF knew from the beginning the Austerity Program for Greece was far away from a possible success. This revelation comes from Panagiotis Roumeliotis,  former representative of Greece to the International Monetary Fund. For one striking reason: Because as a member of the common currency area, the …

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British Prime Minister David Cameron plans to halt immigration of Greeks to UK, should Greece exit thee euro zone. “It is in UK’s best interests to impose stringent border controls if Greece is forced to leave euro,” Cameron told British MPs on Wenesday. The worst-case scenario is understood to cover …

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 Greek Alpha Bank sharply criticizes political parties and their strategies towards the Memorandum of Understanding. Discussions about government to discharge the MoU threaten the economic stability, says Alpha Bank in the weekly bulletin issued its Economic Research Department. “The Greek economy is suffering from the destabilizing tendencies of an election showdown with a …

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With unbroken intensity internet users continue to comment on the Facebook page of IMF head Christine Lagarde – three days after she made her incredible tax-dodging comments about Greeks, and less than 48 hours after she tried to refute her comments. In an interview to British The Guardian uploaded on Saturday morning, …

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