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How the world sees Greece
Friday, March 15, 2013
Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — He pulled off one of soccer's greatest historic upsets. Now Otto Rehhagel has been handed a task equally challenging: to make Germany popular again in crisis-hit Greece.
Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece
Germany is the lead creditor in Greece's financial bailout program, but its reputation has been devastated by successive austerity measures, which have caused a rapid increase in poverty and unemployment.
Rehhagel, a German, coached Greece to a stunning victory in the 2004 European Championships, building a team that went on to qualify for two other European tournaments and the 2010 World Cup.
Rehhagel, 74, will visit Greece this month as a goodwill ambassador, traveling with officials in a regional government cooperation program, the German Embassy said Friday.
Rehhagel, a German, coached Greece to a stunning victory in the 2004 European Championships, building a team that went on to qualify for two other European tournaments and the 2010 World Cup.
Rehhagel, 74, will visit Greece this month as a goodwill ambassador, traveling with officials in a regional government cooperation program, the German Embassy said Friday.
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Greek Soccer Players Gets Every Last Piece of the Goal and Still Misses
Greek Soccer Players Gets Every Last Piece of the Goal and Still Misses Bleacher Report Sports reports, the shot comes during a Greek football match between Lesvos and Papnikolis. Plomariou takes a shot on goal that is both perfect and completely doomed. It hits the post and begins rattling around like a pinball, only to get kicked to ... |
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Greece set to keep property tax via electricity bills for another year
 Kathimerini | Greece set to keep property tax via electricity bills for another year Kathimerini Fearing that Greece's tax revenues could fall short by as much as 1 billion euros this year due to delays in implementing measures, the troika insisted during talks with Greek government officials this week that the emergency property tax should ... Samaras Says Austerity Alone No Answer EU SUMMIT : Belgium, Greece Push for Growth to Tackle Rampant Unemployment Samaras asks for EU action on growth and jobs |
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Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece
Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece Huffington Post Germany is widely seen here as the country pressing hardest for the toughest cuts in Greece. Germany is the lead creditor in Greece's financial bailout program, but its reputation has been devastated by successive austerity measures, which have caused ... |
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Greek PM Antonis Samaras says EU must act on pledges of growth
 Kathimerini | Greek PM Antonis Samaras says EU must act on pledges of growth Kathimerini Samaras said that recession and high unemployment are leading to political developments such as the rise of Grillo and others who “reject politics.” The only way to tackle this phenomenon is to boost growth and employment, said the Greek prime minister. Samaras Says Austerity Alone No Answer Samaras asks for EU action on growth and jobs |
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Seen From Greece, Great Depression Data Looks Good
Seen From Greece, Great Depression Data Looks Good New York Times The Hellenic Statistics Authority, Greece's compiler of official numbers, has a history of deception — the country lied to get into the euro zone — and it now cannot apply seasonal adjustments to its quarterly G.D.P. estimates. As a result, the ... |
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Off the Charts: Seen From Greece, Great Depression Data Looks Good
Charts compare changes in gross domestic product and unemployment in the United States during the five years after 1929 with the changes in Greece during the five years after 2007.
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UPDATE 1-Chairman of Greece's bank bailout fund to resign- sources
UPDATE 1-Chairman of Greece's bank bailout fund to resign- sources Reuters ATHENS, March 15 (Reuters) - Paul Koster, the Dutchman who is chief supervisor of Greece's bank bailout fund HFSF will step down, two senior banking sources told Reuters on Friday. "Koster will resign for personal reasons," one of the two officials said. |
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Evgeny Lebedev: a classical Greek tragedy with the media as Furies
 Evening Standard | Evgeny Lebedev: a classical Greek tragedy with the media as Furies Evening Standard Some people have noted the signs of classical tragedy in the story of an avenging Greek wife who brings disaster upon all around her. Close inspection shows that all the formal elements of such a drama are indeed here: Hamartia, the fatal flaw — in ... |
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Papadopoulos back in Greece squad for qualifier
Papadopoulos back in Greece squad for qualifier San Francisco Chronicle ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Defender Avraam Papadopoulos returned to the Greece squad on Friday for the World Cup qualifier against Bosnia next week after a nine-month injury absence. Coach Fernando Santos selected Papadopoulos for the first time since ... |
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Didn't Go to Greece Over Winter Break? Instasham It
Didn't Go to Greece Over Winter Break? Instasham It Jezebel Didn't Go to Greece Over Winter Break? Instasham It There's a new service in town that lets you prove via social media that you live an amazing life (that's not your actual life). Isn't that the goal of social media? To make everyone jealous? Enter ... |
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Greek Euro Support Weakens Amid Austerity, Opinion Poll Shows
Greek Euro Support Weakens Amid Austerity, Opinion Poll Shows Businessweek Nearly six out of 10 Greeks, or 59 percent, were supportive of the single currency, down from 70 percent the month before, according to a poll conducted between March 8 and March 12 by Public Issue SA for Skai TV. Those with a negative view increased ... |
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US Imposes Penalizes Greek Businessman For Helping Iran Evade Sanctions
US Imposes Penalizes Greek Businessman For Helping Iran Evade Sanctions RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The United States announced it has imposed sanctions on a Greek businessman for helping Iran evade international oil sanctions by purchasing oil tankers and disguising their cargos. Dimitris Cambis, president of Impire Shipping Ltd., will have his ... |
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Greek anarchists claim small blast at Athens courier firm
ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek anarchist group has claimed responsibility for a makeshift bomb that went off at a local courier company in Athens this week, smashing windows but causing no injuries. Makeshift bomb and arson attacks have increased since Greece adopted deeply unpopular austerity measures in exchange for bailouts by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund for its debt-crippled economy. The Informal Anarchist Federation-International Revolutionary Front (FAI-IRF) also claimed responsibility for an attack on Microsoft's Greek headquarters in June last year. ...
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Greek anarchists claim bombing, threaten attacks
Greek anarchists claim bombing, threaten attacks Huffington Post In 2010, a Greek anarchist group used the firm's offices to send parcel bombs that targeted Athens embassies and European officials, including one that reached German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin. In a posting Friday on a left-wing forum ... Greek anarchists claim small blast at Athens courier firm |
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Tough new property tax to hit Greeks in Australia
Tough new property tax to hit Greeks in Australia Sydney Morning Herald Thousands of Greek Australians face paying higher taxes on their properties in Greece and fear their Australian earnings are also under threat of being doubly taxed. Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister, Konstantinos Tsiaras, has responded to those ... |
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Greek Terna Mulls Gas-Fired Thermal Plant in Serbia, Natsis Says
Greek Terna Mulls Gas-Fired Thermal Plant in Serbia, Natsis Says Bloomberg Terna SA, the Greek builder with a portfolio ranging from highways to power plants, is interested in building a 400 million-euro ($522 million) gas-fired thermal electricity plant in Serbia. Terna wants to initiate talks with Serbia's energy regulator ... |
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Greece and lenders fall out over firings
Greece and lenders fall out over firings Financial Times A dispute over the sacking of civil servants has stalled talks between Greece and the “troika” of international lenders, delaying disbursement of €2.8bn in bailout aid due this month amid fears the country's bailout programme is already veering off track. |
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AJC Mourns the Passing of Greek-American Leader Andrew Athens
AJC Mourns the Passing of Greek-American Leader Andrew Athens The Herald | HeraldOnline.com AJC honored Athens and his pioneering work to advance Greek-Jewish and Hellenic-Israeli ties more than once. The most recent occasion occurred in recognition of Athens' 90th birthday before AJC's National Board of Governors and invited guests from the ... |
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Greek's Radical Left: The Dangers of the Disaffected and the Unemployed
 ValueWalk | Greek's Radical Left: The Dangers of the Disaffected and the Unemployed Town Hall Greek's Radical Left: The Dangers of the Disaffected and the Unemployed. Stewart Scott. Tweet. Sign-Up. Click Here! In last week's Geopolitical Weekly, George Friedman discussed how the global financial crisis has caused a global unemployment crisis ... Covered at Reason 24/7: Greek Unemployment Hits New Record High of 26.4 ... IIF: Ireland and Greece - A Tale of two fiscal adjustments |
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Greece to issue 1.0 bln eur 3-month T-bills on March 19
Greece to issue 1.0 bln eur 3-month T-bills on March 19 Reuters ATHENS, March 15 (Reuters) - Greece will auction 1.0 billion euros ($1.3 billion) of three-month treasury bills on March 19 to roll over maturing debt, the country's debt agency PDMA said on Friday. The settlement date will be March 22. Only primary ... |
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Greece Counts on Gas, Gambling to Revive Asset Sales
Greece Counts on Gas, Gambling to Revive Asset Sales Businessweek Greece is banking on its gas and gambling companies to revive a state-asset sales plan that underpins 240 billion euros ($310 billion) of foreign aid. The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund expects to receive binding bids for lottery operator ... |
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