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With a wide majority of 251 votes the Parliament authorized the Greek government to reach an agreement with creditors on another “rescue” package with will bring more painful austerity in the next 3 years.  The roll call voting ended at 3:30 am Saturday with heavy losses for governing left-wing SYRIZA …

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One can support the European Union and the Common Currency but on Greece’s example, the EU repeatedly proven in the last 5 years that it has little to do with “common ideals” and the much praised “European solidarity.” the Greek example and the way EU politically dealt with it increased …

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The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21,  will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …

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Should I assume that the EU official who called Greek government “gamblers” got touched by the queues outside the Greek banks and Greece’s seniors struggling to get 60 or 120 euro per day, per week, per month…? We here can not know. Anyway, among others European Council President Donald Tusk …

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In a short televised address to the nation, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras explained to voters that the analysis of the International Monetary Fund for debt relief in not included in Creditors’ proposal the main question of Sunday’s referendum. And that the government was vindicated by the IMF report on the …

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Greece’s agenda on Friday: 1. at 12 noon the Council of State will convene to discuss the “constitutionality of the Referendum  after two citizens submitted an appeal. Ruling is expected later on the day, probably in the afternoon. 2. Three Referendum rallies in downtown Athens: YES outside the Ancient Olympic …

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In his address to the Greeks on Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured that the Referendum will take place as scheduled. He called on Greek people to “vote NO”. However, he implied that he could/would consider to cancel it, if the outcome at tonight’s Eurogroup meeting was “positive.” “We …

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The first public opinion poll on Greek Referendum has been published after the government imposed bank holiday and capital controls. Conducted by ProRata for daily Efimerida ton Syntakton, shows that “NO to Creditors’ Proposals” suffered an 11% loss after the capital controls were imposed. BEFORE Bank Holiday & Capital Controls: …

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The decision of German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to reject right away the Greek request for extension of the loan agreement has stunned every one: officials in EU and the IMF, journalists, and even Schaeuble German coalition partners. In a psychologically, economically and politically hard to explain reaction, FinMin Schaeuble …

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An unofficial referendum about the water privatization was held in Thessaloniki on Sunday. The ballot boxes were set up outside the polling stations where citizens cast their vote municipality and regional elections. According preliminary counting results, a total of 12,875 citizens cast their vote in the unofficial referendum ballot boxes. …

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OK, the Germans repeat it once per day until we consolidate their policy: no second debt write down. A second debt restructure could cause trouble to recent stabilization of the euro zone area, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. A day after her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble expressed the same …

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