How the world sees Greece
 MSNBC | The law of politics: Unemployment, Greece, gay rights MSNBC The stock market just hit record highs, which means nothing to most Americans. Since 2000, the last time the S&P 500 was at this level, most people's economic lives have tanked: [D]uring that stretch, economic output has grown by an average of 1.7% a ... |
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 Belleville News Democrat | Greece ends tax spat ahead of new inspection MiamiHerald.com ATHENS, Greece -- Parties in Greece's coalition government announced a compromise Wednesday over an emergency tax seen as a symbol of harsh austerity measures - a move that came just hours before bailout lenders are due back in Athens. A dispute ... EU-IMF audit to resume in Greece Greek coalition divided on emergency tax Cyprus Girds For Deep Recession |
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 Kathimerini | coalition leaders reach compromise on property tax Kathimerini Also, the recapitalization of Greek banks has yet to be completed, with the troika harboring doubts about the merger between National Bank and Eurobank. There will also be discussions about how many installments Greeks should be allowed to pay off ... Property tax splits coalition ahead of troika visit |
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 News 10NBC | Chico's and Loft coming to Mall at Greece Ridge News 10NBC Chico's and Loft coming to Mall at Greece Ridge. Posted at: 04/03/2013 3:30 PM. Tweet. Bookmark and Share · Print Story. Two new stores are coming to the Mall at Greece Ridge this fall. Mall officials announced that Chico's and Loft will be moving into ... Chico's, Loft coming to Mall at Greece Ridge |
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 Kathimerini | Tsipras says Greece must focus on ending austerity, not just staying in euro Kathimerini In an appearance likely to have pleased the left wing of his party, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday that Greece must focus on how to end austerity rather than whether it can stay in the euro. Returning to ground he had covered before the ... New Democracy, SYRIZA Still Neck-and-Neck Tsipras blasts troika 'onslaught' Alex Tsipras - between radicalism and realism |
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Many European countries have slashed their aid spending in the downturn – in contrast to Britain’s commitment to maintaining its development budget, a new report shows. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reported that aid budgets are down by 4 per cent among its members. The biggest cuts included 50 per cent in Spain, 34 per cent in Italy and 17 per cent in Greece.
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 Hollywood.com | 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' trailer takes Greek myths to Bermuda Triangle ... OregonLive.com In the just-released first official trailer for the film, Logan Lerman (who was so good in last year's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower") is back as the son of the Greek god Poseidon. He's joined by other teenagers with mythological backgrounds in a ... Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters Trailer - Logan Lerman returns for more Greek ... 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters': The Battle of Greek Gods Vs. Titans ... |
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 Economic Times | Greek coalition divided on emergency tax Fox News ATHENS, Greece – Party leaders in Greece's coalition government are holding an emergency meeting to try to work out a compromise over an emergency tax — hours before rescue lenders are due to resume a debt inspection in Athens. Conservative Prime ... EU, IMF to resume inspection of Greek reforms this week Greek business leader sees Cyprus crisis worsening Greek recession Greek gov't seeks common stance as troika audit resumes |
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 Kathimerini | Greek track and field federation voices support for wrestling in Olympics Kathimerini The Greek track and field federation (SEGAS) joined on Tuesday the chorus of opposition to an International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board recommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympic Games. SEGAS said it fully supported an official ... |
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'Greece-Like Risk' for Financials: Larry McDonald CNBC.com (blog) "What's disturbed me the last two or three days is the short interest on the XLF has broken out to multi-month highs, its highest level since last spring," he said on CNBC's "Fast Money." McDonald said that he was shorting the financials and had been ... |
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 Kathimerini | US Democrats Abroad Greece elects new executive committee Kathimerini Meeting for its annual general meeting at the Athens Center in Mets, Democrats Abroad Greece (DAGR) members elected a new Executive Committee on March 20. The new Executive Committee, with a very strong participation by Greek-Americans, will be ... |
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 Economic Times | Cyprus bank workers to strike over pension fears GlobalPost Cyprus bank workers union ETYK has called a brief strike for Thursday over fears that pension funds at failed Laiki Bank and at Bank of Cyprus are not being protected under terms of the island's bail-out. The stoppage would run from 12:30-2:30 PM ... New Finance Minister Georgiades says Cyprus will "find its way back" Cyprus FM quits amid probe of bank he led The Sword of Damocles hangs over Cyprus |
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 World Jewish Congress | Greek Nazi link group 'set up here' The Age A Greek political party with links to neo-Nazis say they have established themselves in Melbourne, but have no interest in Australian politics. Golden Dawn, which was founded by a Holocaust denier and whose members have been linked to dozens of violent ... Greek neo-Nazi group tries to recruit in USA WJC: Greek party's boycott call reminiscent of Nazis' action against Jewish ... Ban sought on far-right Greek party |
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 Kathimerini | Greek business leader sees Cyprus crisis worsening Greek recession Kathimerini The Cyprus crisis could tip Greece into an even deeper recession this year, the head of Greece's biggest business group said on Wednesday, urging a growth-boosting rethink of the country's bailout programme. "Greece is directly affected by the Cyprus ... |
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Rarely seen painting showing entwined lovers to appear at auction more than a century since it was last publicly exhibited
An important and rarely seen painting by Edward Burne-Jones is to appear at auction more than 100 years after it was last publicly exhibited.
Love among the Ruins , which features two entwined lovers, was regarded as one of his finest works in its day and might weaken the knees of anyone who calls themselves a romantic.
Christie's head of British drawings and watercolours, Harriet Drummond, said: "It is incredibly beautiful … There is something about this image with the two lovers entwined in a ruin with briar roses growing towards them that is incredibly haunting. It is a really moving image."
The painting has extra poignancy because the model was Maria Zambaco, a tempestuous Greek woman who is believed to be possibly the artist's true love and a million miles from the nature of his strait-laced and quakerish wife.
Burne-Jones and Zambaco had a passionate affair but, such were the strictures of Victorian England, they could never be together. The relationship affected his health and when he tried to end the affair Zambaco tried to drown herself in Regent's Canal in London.
The painting, which takes its name from a Robert Browning poem, "was enormously popular and highly regarded at the time", said Drummond.
"There were many comments about it being the most beautiful and important thing he'd ever produced. Every single detail works. He had it on the easel for about three years and you can feel the love and passion that went into it."
It was first exhibited at the Dudley Gallery in London in 1873 and was asked for repeatedly after being displayed at important shows such as Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1878 and the inaugural exhibition of the Birmingham Art Gallery in 1885-86.
Although it is a watercolour, the paint is mixed with bodycolour and gum arabic "so it presents like an oil", said Drummond.
A later replica that Burne-Jones made in oil hangs in the National Trust property at Wightwick and featured in the recent Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at Tate Britain.
Love Among the Ruins last appeared at auction in 1958 when it was bought for what now sounds like a paltry sum – 480 guineas or £500. When it is sold in London on 11 July it is expected to set a new record for the artist with an estimate of between £3m-£5m.
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