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Friday, April 3, 2015

Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment

Greece is drawing up drastic plans to nationalise the country's banking system and introduce a parallel currency to pay bills unless the eurozone takes ...


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Greek reforms improved, can go further: France

The Greek government submitted a plan to its international creditors on Wednesday, including measures to raise taxes as well as new spending.


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COMMENTARY: No limits

At the troika’s behest, Greece had become a huge guinea pig. With the ceremonial scrapping of the memorandum, of austerity and deprivation, the Greeks chose to subject themselves to another great experiment – into what happens when anyone can behave without limits, doing whatever he or she wants, without counting the cost of what they do.


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Greek mythology brought to life by Califon School sixth graders (PHOTOS)

CALIFON — A month of learning about Greek mythology culminated in a presentation of skits by sixth graders at Califon Public School detailing the ...


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Greek Prison Hunger Strike Still On

Supporters of 21 hunger strikers in Greek prisons said they have refused to give up their month-long protest against anti-terrorism laws. The post Greek Prison Hunger Strike Still On appeared first on The National Herald.


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Nicholas Gage on the National Herald’s First One Hundred Years

A historian once asked, “If it weren’t for Homer, who would know about Odysseus, Achilles and Agamemnon?” As I read through a recent issue of the only Greek-American newspaper published continuously for the past 100 years, I asked myself a similar question: “If it weren’t for Ethnikos Kyrix-National Herald, how would I learn that two […] The post Nicholas Gage on the National Herald’s First One Hundred Years appeared first on The National Herald.


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World Press View: Bad Politics Doing in Greece’s Recovery

Greece's ruling Radical Left SYRIZA-led government has lost its credibility with international lenders because of bad politics, unkept promises and foot-dragging. The post World Press View: Bad Politics Doing in Greece’s Recovery appeared first on The National Herald.


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