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Monday, June 17, 2013

Greek coalition in last-ditch bid to keep alive

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Exactly one year ago, Greece's conservative prime minister won the mandate to form a coalition government with a daunting brief: Restart punishing economic reforms, keep the debt-stifled country in the eurozone and end months of political chaos.        

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Greek political leaders to meet again on Wednesday

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek political leaders are to meet again on Wednesday to discuss a cabinet reshuffle and better coordination within the government, one of the junior partners in the ruling coalition said on Monday. "A reshuffle is urgently needed," PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said in a televised statement after the three party leaders held talks in an effort to diffuse a political ...

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Greek government on the ropes over ERT crisis

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras awaits the arrival of his Luxembourg counterpart, in Athens, on June 11, 2013. Samaras on Monday summoned an emergency meeting with his coalition allies as a furore ...

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Greek PM faces allies, court on state TV closure

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faced a double challenge on Monday from coalition partners furious over the shutdown of state broadcaster ERT and a court hearing that could put the shuttered station back on air.




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Greek court orders state TV reopened, PM offers compromise

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek court ruled that shuttered state broadcaster ERT must reopen immediately, a court official said on Monday, offering the squabbling ruling coalition a way out of a political crisis over the station's abrupt closure.



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Greek court suspends media closure

A Greek court suspends a government order to close state broadcaster ERT - a move that triggered mass protests - meaning transmission can resume.

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Greek PM in crisis talks over ERT

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is holding crisis talks with coalition allies over his decision to shut down national broadcaster ERT.

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Greek Festival serves up food, fun, tradition


Greek Festival serves up food, fun, tradition
Poughkeepsie Journal
Father Gregory Patsis, right, gives a tour of Kimisis Greek Orthodox Church to Kevin O'Brien of Fishkill during the annual Greek Festival Sunday n the City of Poughkeepsie. / Karl Rabe/Poughkeepsie Journal ...


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Why Closing Down Greek Public Broadcasting Could Throw The Country Into ...


Slate Magazine (blog)

Why Closing Down Greek Public Broadcasting Could Throw The Country Into ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
The basic issue here is that Greek politics very much has a patronage network structure reminiscent of the big city machines of the pre-World War II United States. The idea was to win power and then reward your supporters with government jobs.


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European Stocks Higher Despite Italy, Greek Gloom


European Stocks Higher Despite Italy, Greek Gloom
Wall Street Journal
Italian stocks underperformed peers Monday as shares in Milan-listed Saipem plunged, while elsewhere a sense of calm prevailed ahead of a keenly awaited rate decision from the U.S. central bank. Shares in Saipem SpA plunged over 20% in early trade ...

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European Commission Weighs Greek Airlines Deal


New York Times

European Commission Weighs Greek Airlines Deal
New York Times
By MARIA ALAFOUZOU. Published: June 16, 2013. The European Commission is expected to give a decision Sept. 3 on whether to allow Aegean Airlines, an Athens-based carrier, to take over its Greek competitor, Olympic Air.

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Greek coalition wrestles to avoid collapse


New York Times (blog)

Greek coalition wrestles to avoid collapse
USA TODAY
The dispute has rekindled anti-austerity protests, and even led to warnings from within Samaras' own conservative party that the dispute was putting sacrifices made by Greek taxpayers at risk. Outside parliament, left-wing opposition leader Alexis ...
Greek Leaders to Meet in Effort to Save GovernmentNew York Times (blog)
Greek PM Faces Allies, Court on State TV ClosureVoice of America
ERT shutdown: Greek leaders to meet over closure of state broadcasterThe Guardian

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Greece, the Newest Emerging Market, May Be a Hot One

Prospects for emerging markets have gone from bad to worse over the past few weeks. The world investing establishment is gripped, rightly or wrongly, by the conviction that the US Federal Reserve

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Greece: Rift Over State Broadcaster Widens

Greece's ruling coalition is in disarray as disagreement over the sudden shutdown of the country's state broadcaster widens. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has accused his alliance partners of reneging ...

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Germany, Greece to discuss help for Greek small companies

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will discuss setting up a bilateral programme to help small and medium-sized companies in Greece, as it has done with Spain, at a meeting in Athens, Finance Minister Wolfgang ...

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Jewish, Christian leaders meet in Greece


Jewish, Christian leaders meet in Greece
Ynetnews
Leading Orthodox Christian and Jewish interfaith officials, scholars and clerics discussed the crucial importance of protecting the environment and religious values and condemned growing incidents of anti-Semitism and religious prejudice around the ...


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Tunisia faces risks but is not 'new Greece': IMF


Tunisia faces risks but is not 'new Greece': IMF
FRANCE 24
AFP - Tunisia, which recently garnered an IMF loan, faces risks linked to its political transition and the global economy but will not be a "new Greece," the International Monetary Fund said Monday. In early June, the IMF approved a two-year standby ...

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Greece deprived of its public broadcasting service: More than a bad soap opera


Greece deprived of its public broadcasting service: More than a bad soap opera
Open Democracy
Flawed it may have been, but ERT, Greece's public broadcaster, was one of the few things holding the country together during these difficult times. Employees and members of the public demonstrate outside the offices of ERT3. Demotix/Giorgos Kasapidis.
Ceasing the operation of Greek public TV and radio concerns all European ...FIDH

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Greece's Intralot sells its first bonds since 2006


Greece's Intralot sells its first bonds since 2006
Kathimerini
Intralot SA, the Greek developer of online lottery and gaming systems, is meeting investors for its first bond sale since 2006 as it offers to buy back notes maturing at the end of this year. The company's Intralot Finance Luxembourg SA unit is ...


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Attac study says where rescue funds for Greece end up


Attac study says where rescue funds for Greece end up
Deutsche Welle
More than three quarters of all rescue funds for Greece went directly to banks and rich investors, German daily newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" claimed Monday, quoting a fresh study by the anti-capitalist pressure alliance Attac. The group said out of ...

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Greece may be struggling for bailout money, but venture capital is pouring in


Greece may be struggling for bailout money, but venture capital is pouring in
Quartz
Greece hasn't had an easy time convincing Europe to dole out bailout funds. But in a country with a shrinking job pool, harsh tax laws and feeble growth, some ambitious young Greeks are turning to a new kind of money. As we reported in March, start-ups ...


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Greece looks for salvation in EM status


Greece looks for salvation in EM status
Financial Times
Greece has managed several unwelcome firsts as the eurozone crisis has unfolded. Last week, it set another precedent when MSCI, the influential index provider, relegated the country from its developed country index to emerging markets. The move was the ...
Is Greece 'Emerging'? Hardly, But Your Fund Might Think It IsInvestorplace.com
Greece, the Newest Emerging Market, May Be a Hot OneMinyanville.com

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Greek Leaders to Meet in Effort to Save Government

The prime minister’s decision to close the state broadcaster last week has led to a rift among the members of the governing coalition that could lead to early elections.
    



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