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Thursday, July 19, 2012

INSIGHT-Exasperated lenders get blunt with Greece


INSIGHT-Exasperated lenders get blunt with Greece
Reuters
Grim mood prevails at meetings, niceties shunned. * Troika "angry but mostly fed up", Greek official says. * Troika returns to Athens next week to decide on aid. By Dina Kyriakidou. ATHENS, July 19 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's mission ...


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Stylianidis speaks on migration issue, escalating crime rate

"A sense of fear and insecurity has justifiably been created among the Greek citizens".

The words belong to Interior Minister Evripidis Stylianidis, who was commenting on the escalating crime rate all over the country, due to the unchecked influx of unregistered migrants.

Stylianidis was talking at a one-day conference titled "Double Challenge: Economic Crisis and Migration" organised by the Constantine Karamanlis Foundation and (...)

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Greece Identifies EUR8.2 Bln Of Cuts In Austerity Plan


Greece Identifies EUR8.2 Bln Of Cuts In Austerity Plan - Source
Wall Street Journal
ATHENS--Greece's three coalition party leaders have so far identified more than 8 billion euros ($9.8 billion) of cutbacks as part of plans to implement EUR11.5 billion of austerity measures as demanded by international creditors, a government official ...


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Greek Governing Coalition Identifies More Areas to Cut

Greece’s fragile coalition government said that it had identified areas that could be trimmed. but still to be determined is whether salaries and pensions are to be cut further.





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News Summary: Greeks spared more austerity in 2012

THE GOOD NEWS: Greeks will be spared new austerity measures this year, parties backing the coalition government promised on Wednesday.

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Greece's other crisis: xenophobic violence


Greece's other crisis: xenophobic violence
CNN (blog)
Editor's note: Jan Egeland is the Europe director of Human Rights Watch. Judith Sunderland is senior Western Europe researcher and author of the new Human Rights Watch report, “Hate on the streets: xenophobic violence in Greece.” The views expressed ...


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Greek Governing Coalition Identifies Further Areas to Cut


Globe and Mail

Greek Governing Coalition Identifies Further Areas to Cut
New York Times
Officials added that there would be no further cuts in the current fiscal year. They also renewed calls for an extension to the country's economic adjustment program, imposed under the terms of Greece's international bailout, because of a deepening ...
Greeks promised no more austerity in 2012, but future cuts loomWashington Post
Greek leaders push back decision on austerity cutsReuters
Greek Coalition Agrees Basics of Austerity PlanWall Street Journal

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