Belgium asks Greece to extradite one of the suspects arrested in Greece over a possible link with a foiled plot against Belgian police.
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How the world sees Greece
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Belgium requests extradition of Greek suspect after attacks foiled
ATHENS (Reuters) - Belgian prosecutors said late on Sunday they had asked for a person arrested in Greece to be extradited over a possible link with ...
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Belgium seeks extradition of Greece detainee
Belgium is asking Greece to extradite one of the suspects arrested there over a possible link with the alleged Islamist plot against Belgian police, ...
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Russia, Iran Sanctions, Terror, Greece: The EU's Week Ahead Jan 19-25
Greece's election, a meeting of foreign ministers that will discuss Russia and the aftershocks of the Paris terror attacks are set to dominate coverage of ...
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Greece says it found no evidence linking people they detained to foiled attack on Belgian police ...
Editor's note: There have been several reports of other anti-terror raids in Belgium following the shootout and arrest in Verviers. Earlier, federal ...
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Dancing at the exit!
by Monnet Matters After the formation of the new European Commission under its new president, a renewed sense of hope emerged. In deed, we all hoped that after so many lost years under José Manuel Durão Barroso’s leadership, the European Union would finally start to concentrate more on its own reinforcement, as well as to elaborate and impose a new policy aimed at underlining its will to solve its functional problems at home and strengthen its role abroad. At the European level, the previous European Commission started its mandate with a strong eurosceptic tendency in many member states. But after five years, it left the EU struggling under a strong wave of Europhobia. The previous Commission opened a period of crisis in Ukraine that created problems for many member states and which the EU does not seem capable of solving. This task was left to national foreign policies, manly German foreign policy. In the Middle East, the chaos provoked by the civil wars in both Syria and Iraq, and having the appearance of being a new European problem, has not been adequately addressed. The emergence of European Jihadists finds the EU unprepared to act as an important player in the international arena. After Barroso’s period, everybody expected a new period for Europe’s future would open. But, instead of this there is a new period of introversion that has started. France, Greece and the United Kingdom are several member states that are questioning their future of the EU. Starting with Greece, we notice that Brussels’ involvement in the Greek electoral campaign is actually provoking the opposite result among Greek voters. By warning that Greece could exit from the Eurozone if the Syriza party wins at the polls and forms a government, they are provoking a negative sentiment among Greek citizens. They are also showing a totally undemocratic face. In the case of Greece, the ‘danger’ is that Greece will be cast out of the euro club and will adopt another currency, as after all many other member states do. But in the case of the UK the situation is quite different. The UK is not part of the Eurozone. The UK has always been critical about the integration of EU. In the UK, despite the fact that Brussels sacrificed – in the name of unity – many of its principles, public opinion remains strongly in favour of the country’s exit from the EU. The Conservative Party is eurosceptic and the UKIP, a party in electoral ascent, is Europhobic. In France, the situation will be dramatic as well if the leader of the far-right National Front, Marine Le Pen, is elected President in 2017 and if she keeps her promises concerning the European future of France. Is it necessary to mention other cases (there are many) that are jeopardising the future, not only of the Eurozone but of the very existence of EU? Just looking at polices adopted by the member states, it is easy to discern more centrifugal tendencies than centripetal ones. Why is that? Is it because the EU is in deep crisis and its political leaders don’t know how to react? Is it because it is easier for demagogues and populists to attract voters by shooting down the already fragile European dream? Let’s not forget the hysterical way Brussels reacted to the possibility of an independent Catalan and an independent Scotland by declaring that they would immediately find themselves out of EU. This shows us that Brussels was ready to start the disintegration of the union on its own initiative. We are at a very critical moment in time and the European leadership must act and assume a real leadership role. The leadership of the European Union has a great responsibility. It has the responsibility of keeping the EU united and to prevent any kind of exit, from the Eurozone or from the EU itself. The methods it’s been using up to now are not the right ones.
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Thousands of faithful make pilgrimage to Greece to visit grave of new Orthodox saint
by Associated Press Faithful flock to grave of new Greek Orthodox saint Associated Press - 18 January 2015 13:28-05:00 SOUROTI, Greece (AP) — Thousands of faithful have made the pilgrimage to the monastery of St. John the Evangelist in a small town in northern Greece to visit the grave of the Orthodox Church's latest saint, Saint Paisios. Paisios, a monk who spent most of his life in the nearby Mount Athos monastic community, was essentially made a saint by popular acclamation. Revered among the faithful as a wise man and a prophet, he was canonized last Tuesday by the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate bishops in Istanbul, Turkey, just over 20 years after his death, on July 12, 1974, at the age of 70. The faithful who flocked to the monastery Sunday in Souroti, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Thessaloniki, came from across the Balkans. News Topics: General news, Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christianity, Religion, Christianity, Social affairs People, Places and Companies: Greece, Western Europe, Europe Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Belgium terror plot mastermind 'still at large'
Europe has remained on high alert as the manhunt for the suspected mastermind behind a Belgian terrorist plot continues. The jihadist cell had been coordinated in Greece, where two other men have already been arrested.
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Notorious Greek criminal claims he knows who murdered the two GD members in 2013
45-year-old Panagiotis Vlastos is one of the most notorious criminals in Greece.
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The Telegraph focuses on nudity in Ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks knew it wasn't rude to be nude, says the newspaper
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Faithful Flock to Grave of New Greek Orthodox Saint
Thousands of faithful have made the pilgrimage to the monastery of St. John the Evangelist in a small town in northern Greece to visit the grave of the ...
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EU terror threat: Greek arrests not linked to Islamist Belgium cell
Greek police made several arrests and sent DNA samples and fingerprints to their Belgian counterparts. However, spokesman for Belgium's federal ...
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Crackdown on terrorism expands in Europe
BRUSSELS - With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium on Saturday while police in Greece detained at least two suspects as part of a widening ...
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Mastermind of jihadist cell in Belgium 'still at large'
Brussels (AFP) - The presumed mastermind of the jihadist cell dismantled this week in Belgium remains at large, a Belgian minister said Sunday, after arrests in Greece.Asked if the suspected leader remained on the run after two people were arrested in Athens Saturday in connection with the Belgian probe, Justice Minister Koen Geens told VRT television: "That is indeed the case.""Last night's arrests did not succeed in nabbing the right person. We are still actively looking for him and I presume we will succeed," he added.Belgian media have named the suspected leader of the cell uncovered by police Thursday in the eastern town of Verviers as Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 27-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin.Two suspects were shot dead in a fierce gun battle with police during the raid, which smashed a cell plotting to kill Belgian police officers on the street and in police stations, local authorities said.According to Belgian media, the group's suspected leader Abaaoud spent time fighting alongside the Islamic State group in Syria.He was already known to security forces after appearing in an Islamic State video, at the wheel of a car transporting mutilated bodies to a mass grave.Belgium's Flemish-language VTM channel reported that Abaaoud had made calls from Greece to the brother of one of the two heavily-armed suspects killed in Verviers.A Greek police source said antiterrorism investigators sent DNA samples and fingerprints to Belgium to establish whether Abaaoud was among the suspects arrested in Athens.Initial reports had put the number of suspects in Greek custody at four but a police source said only two people were arrested, at least one of whom was released without charge Sunday. A spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecutor's office, Eric Van Der Sypt, said there was "no connection" between the suspects and the Belgian enquiry.In Belgium itself, 13 people were arrested in connection with the probe, five of whom have been charged with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group."Weapons, bomb-making materials, police uniforms and fake documents were found during searches of their homes.Furthers searches were made Sunday in the Brussels district of Molenbeek where Abaaoud lived, media reports said.Two fugitives who left Belgium immediately after the attack were arrested in France.The arrests across Europe came a week after 17 people were killed in Islamist attacks in Paris, rekindling fears in Europe about the threat posed by young Europeans returning home after fighting alongside extremist groups in the Middle East.Belgium estimates that 335 of its people have gone to fight in Syria and Iraq in the last few years -- making it the European country with the highest proportion of nationals enlisted with Middle Eastern jihadist groups.Of the 335 who have gone to fight -- out of a population of 11 million -- 184 are still there and 50 have been killed, while 101 have returned to Belgium, authorities have said. Join the conversation about this story »
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Belgian ‘jihadi leader’ remains free despite two arrests in Greece
Police are seeking Abdelhamid Abaaoud, 27, in connection with Thursday’s gun battle in Verviers, which left two deadThe presumed mastermind of the jihadi cell dismantled this week in Belgium remains at large, a Belgian minister said on Sunday, after arrests in Greece.Asked if the suspected leader remained on the run after two people were arrested in Athens on Saturday in connection with the Belgian investigation, Koen Geens, the justice minister, told VRT television: “That is indeed the case.” Continue reading...
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Belgium Men arrested in Greece not linked to plot
plot to attack Belgian police were arrested Saturday in Athens, but Belgian officials told CBS News that the men had no link to the terror plot.Belgian federal magistrate Eric Van der Sypt told CBS ...
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As Greek Elections Approach Leftwing Syriza Increasing Its Lead Poll
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Syriza party, applauds whilst holding a flower during a pre-election party congress in Athens, Greece, on Jan. 3, 2015. ...
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Hundreds of Worshipers Visit St. Paisios’ Tomb
Hundreds of worshipers traveled to Thessaloniki, Greece, in order to pay their respects to the recently canonized St. Paisios, whose tomb is located at the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian. It is estimated that a total of 1,500 people visit the Greek monastery each week, a figure that will surely increase significantly, now that Elder Paisios was canonized. Archbishop of Mount Sinai and Raithu Damianos was among the tomb’s visitors. The regular monastery visitors noted that the worshipers who have recently started arriving are people of every age and nationality. In fact, many Russians are travelling to Thessaloniki in order to visit the monastery individually or by organized travel coaches. Elder Paisios was canonized by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on January 13, 21 years after his death in 1994, despite the fact that, according to Orthodox Church rules, a person can be canonized 70 years after his death. Paisios inspired thousands of people with his work and way of life. His canonization is likely to economically benefit the surrounding regions, as it is expected to significantly increase tourist flow from the Balkans and Russia.
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SYRIZA Leader Tsipras Asks for ‘Greater Acquiescence’ Among Parties
Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras gave an interview to the Sunday edition of “Ethnos” newspaper, in which he requested a “greater acquiescence for the country’s salvation,” not a “consent to complicity,” referring to what he described as a “national salvation government of more than one party.” Nevertheless, Tsipras still asked for an indisputable absolute parliamentary majority mandate from the people, while also noting that the Memorandum “finishes on January 25,” the day of the forthcoming Greek elections. He also said that there will be no more austerity and no more Troika, as the representatives of Greece’s creditors have come to be known. Tsipras emphasized that Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ commitments toward the Troika are also not included in Greece’s next day. The SYRIZA leader reiterated that if he becomes Prime Minister, his government will create a fairer tax system “that will, at last, touch the financially strong.” He said that the controversial unified property tax ENFIA shall be abolished and will be replaced by a large property tax that will be gradual. Tax-free income thresholds will also be raised, while “objective property value rates” – the ones which the State determines for all property transactions and taxing – shall be “widely adjusted.” Tsipras concluded that “the only ones who should fear are the ones who up until today are either tax-evading or tax-avoiding.” (source: ana-mpa)
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Greek Kickboxer Zambidis Knocks Out Turkish Rival
In front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall (Tae Kwon Do), Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis won the match against his Turkish rival Harun Kina by knockout. The Greek kickboxer started the match strogly and did not stop hitting his Turkish opponent. Eventually, he won by knockout in the fifth round. Iron Mike managed to score a perfect 10-0 against his Turkish opponents and defended his SuperKombat belt. Zambidis was born on July 15, 1980. He is a professional Greek kickboxer and martial arts fighter. He is a 15-time World Champion and the current SuperKombat Middleweight Champion also competing in the K-1 MAX.
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Belgian Authorities Say 'No Link' Between Greek Arrests and Terror Plot
Belgian authorities announced that there is no link between several people arrested in Greece and an alleged Islamist terror plot overturned on ...
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Belgium rules out Greek link to foiled attack plot
Greek police detained over a half dozen people and were sending DNA samples to Belgian counterparts. Belgian state broadcasters said authorities ...
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Share “Suspects held in Greece as European terror...”
BRUSSELS (AP) — With Europe on edge, soldiers fanned out to guard possible terror targets in Belgium Saturday while police in Greece detained at ...
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Greek-Australians Offended by Russel Crowe’s Directorial Debut
Russell Crowe‘s directorial debut has caused some strong reactions among members of the Greek Diaspora in Australia. The film, entitled “The Water Diviner,” which premiered in the country during Christmas, is set in the early ’20s and focuses on ...
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Russia takes advantage of EU financial crisis to offer Greece a chance to defect
Many analysts and European political leaders are just now digesting the ramifications of Thursday's move by Switzerland to de-peg their currency from the Euro, and what it means going forward for the rest of Europe that has now seen one central bank ...
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Greek Election Looms With Samaras Racing to Catch Syriza
Greece would then have to return 11.4 billion euros from its bank recapitalization fund reserves and Greek lenders would have to rely on ELA liquidity, ...
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Global Finance and the Greek Elections: The Political Establishment's Worst Nightmares
With the Greek elections only days away, the governments and the media of the European Union have once again stepped up their campaign of ...
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Belgian Prosecutors Office: No Link Between Greek and Belgian Terrorists
There has been no connection established between the four people arrested by Greek anti-terrorism forces and the jihadist cell that was taken down ...
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Greece's Syriza Leads in Polls as General Election Looms
ATHENS—Greece's leftist Syriza party is holding its lead in opinion polls a week ahead of a key general election, amid signs that political uncertainty ...
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Australian Nursing Homes Hiring Nurses From Greece
Fronditha Care, an organization established to provide care services for the Greek-Australian elderly in Melbourne and Newcastle, has organized a special workshop in Athens in search of Greek employees. The recent Labour Agreement with the Australian Immigration Department for employment of Greeks in Australia was presented in the conference. According to the agreement, the organization is now able to employ and grant temporary work visas (subclass 457) to 20 Greek nationals per year. At the moment, Fronditha Care is searching the Greek labor market for assistant nurses. According to Fronditha Care officials, Greeks have shown great interest in the opportunity and the workshop was attended by people from different regions across the country. Fronditha Care, formally known as the Australian Greek Society for the Care of the Elderly (AGSCE), was established with the formation of a representatives’ committee from several Greek community organizations including the Australian Greek Welfare Society, members of the Cypriot Community of Melbourne and Victoria, EEAMA, AHEPA and others. The committee has its origins in the Australian Greek Welfare Society, which identified the need to establish aged care services from its welfare work.
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Greece formally dissolves parliament ahead of election
The Jan. 25 vote will mark a showdown between Samaras' conservative New Democracy party, which imposed upopular budget cuts under Greece's bailout deal, and the leftwing Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras, who wants to cancel austerity measures Greece formally ...
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Samaras Wooing SYRIZA Doubters
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is going after undecideds and people fearful of a SYRIZA win in the critical Jan. 25 elections. The post Samaras Wooing SYRIZA Doubters appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek Prison Gets Terrorist Overload
Officials at the Domokos Prison are worried that using the facility to house an influx of terrorist convicts poses a threat to order. The post Greek Prison Gets Terrorist Overload appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek Orthodox Pope thanks Zuma for leadership
President Jacob Zuma met with the Pope and Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa: Theodoris II on Sunday in Pretoria. Zuma, flanked by Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe and a delegation from the international relations ...
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Greek Islands Menu
Any Greek Islands menu will have a portion of the most delightful, delectable, and novel dishes on the planet. Greek cooking is assorted and differed, yet is described by the utilization of certain parts, for example olive oil, olives, certain cheeses ...
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DIMAR leader Kouvelis: We won’t play the role of a wildcard in the elections
The DIMAR leader completed on Sunday his tour of northern Greece
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Greece vs Portugal: The ultimate holiday battle
Greece has the clear advantage in some areas.
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Greek PM: SYRIZA Wants to Turn Us Into a European Edition of Venezuela
In an interview with Greek TV, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Saturday it would be strange if the Greek people elected main opposition SYRIZA as Greece’s new government on January 25, as it is a party that is constantly trying to bring Greece ...
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Art Professor Uses Ancient Beer Pong and 3D Printing to Teach Greek History
Professor Heather Sharpe with the 3D printed version of an ancient Greek version of a Solo Cup, a Kylix. Photo by Megan Gannon/Live Science.
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Greece detains 4 alleged terrorists linked to Belgium terror
One of the detainees "matches the description" of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind said to be hidden in Greece, Belgian media reported on ...
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Greek banks add to investor fears for economy
AMERICAN billionaire Wilbur Ross bet the Greek economy was finally improving in April last year when he joined a group investing €1.33 billion ($1.87bn) in lender Eurobank Ergasias. The value of the investment has since fallen by a third, as markets have ...
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Belgium deploys troops arrests in Greece
Belgium has deployed troops to patrol its streets after smashing an alleged Islamist terrorist cell planning to kill police officers, as Greece arrested four people in ...
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Greek police detains several people over Belgian terror plot
Greek police has detained several people over alleged links to a suspected terror plot in Belgium. One of the men is believed to be in contact with the cell in Verviers, Belgium, where a shootout ...
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No Links Between Men Detained in Greece and Belgian Terrorist Cell
Greek police announced they found no evidence that the four people they detained yesterday, Saturday January 17, were linked to the jihadist cell in Verviers, Belgium. Greek authorities made the arrest in Pagrati, Athens, Greece, yesterday and collected DNA sample to send to Belgium for analysis. It was determined that police were searching for a 27-year-old man of Morrocan origin who used to reside in Brussels. “We have not identified anyone related to the Belgian plot from the people we detained,” a senior Greek police official told Reuters. According to anti-terrorist unit officials, they were trying to determine whether one of the people detained was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the 27-year-old jihadist cell leader and brother of one of the people killed during the police raid in Belgium on Thursday. After careful examination of the DNA sample in Brussels, federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said there was no positive match with any individual they sought and said “they had nothing to do with the Belgian case.”
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Greek Banks Ask ECB Cash Help
Greece's central bank has asked the European Central Bank to ok emergency cash as deposits flow out of banks ahead of the Jan. 25 elections. The post Greek Banks Ask ECB Cash Help appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek quinoa salad is packed with protein
For this week's dish, I wanted something fresh and springlike to give me a boost through this frigid winter season. I decided on a nice crisp tang of ...
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On my radar: Richard Alston’s cultural highlights
The choreographer on Ian Nairn’s architecture writing, a Greek temple in Sicily, Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and the deep humanity of RembrandtChoreographer Richard Alston was born in Sussex and educated at Eton before studying fine art and theatre design at Croydon School of Art. In 1967, he became one of the first students at the newly established London Contemporary Dance School. He studied in New York, principally with Merce Cunningham, before joining Rambert, first as resident choreographer in 1980 then artistic director from 1986 to 1992. In 1994, he was made artistic director of The Place where he set up the Richard Alston Dance Company. The company celebrates its 20th anniversary with performances at Sadler’s Wells on 26 and 27 January. Continue reading...
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One week before Greek elections: SYRIZA leads in latest polls
One week before the parliamentary elections and left-wing SYRIZA leads in all polls published on Sunday newspapers with difference rate to Nea Dimokratia being 3.1% – 5%. To Potami seems to secure the third position, while Golden Dawn seems to move downwards. To Kinima, the party of former prime minister […]
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Where did Greece’s bailout money go? Mostly to the lenders…
There is much talking about debt forgiveness and haircut lately with many economists (finally!) wondering where did the bailout money for Greece go. “Just 10% from the two bailouts totalling €252 billion went into public spending,” UK-based NGO Jubilee Debt Campaign has found out. “London-based pressure group Jubilee Debt Campaign, […]
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Greek Prime Ministers Who Died Poor
We often associate high-rank politicians with riches and lavish lifestyles. Especially in the years after the fall of dictatorship, the word “politician” is associated with the word “thief” in the minds of many Greeks. The economic scandals of ...
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