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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Hundreds rally in London in solidarity with anti-fascists in Greece


Hundreds rally in London in solidarity with anti-fascists in Greece
Socialistworker.co.uk
Tony Benn said, “Greece's mass unemployment and poverty has made people desperate. That's when the hard right emerges.” Author and Labour Party member Owen Jones agreed, linking the growth of Golden Dawn to the savage imposition of austerity in ...
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Greek league leader Olympiakos dismisses coach


Greek league leader Olympiakos dismisses coach
San Francisco Chronicle
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek league leader Olympiakos has dismissed coach Leonardo Jardim. A terse statement from the club on Saturday announced Jardim's dismissal and thanked him for his services. It added that assistant coach Antonis Nikopolidis, ...

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Anti-racism protesters rally in Athens after Pakistani stabbed

An immigrant holds a banner that reads "Neonazis Out" during an anti-racism rally in AthensATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face in protest at racist attacks in the country. About 3,000 immigrants and human rights activists later gathered in the city's central Omonia square to demonstrate against racism, holding banners reading "Neo-Nazis out" and "Punishment for the fascist murderers of Shehzad Luqman". ...



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March Protests Immigrant's Slaying in Greece


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March Protests Immigrant's Slaying in Greece
ABC News
Several thousand people marched through central Athens on Saturday to protest a spate of anti-immigrant attacks in Greece, including the fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old Pakistani immigrant by suspected right-wing extremists. Earlier in the day about ...
Pakistani community in Greece holds prayers for slain immigrant outside Athens ...Fox News
Prayers Held In Greece For Slain Pakistani ImmigrantRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
2 Greeks charged in Pakistani immigrant's killingSanluisobispo
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March protests immigrant's slaying in Greece

Lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros, center, of the extreme right Golden Dawn party, sketches his party logo on a piece of paper during a debate in Parliament session in Athens early Friday Jan. 18, 2013. The party sought an investigation of two former prime ministers over an emerging scandal involving the handling by authorities of data on Greeks with Swiss bank accounts. Lawmakers rejected the proposal but voted by an overwhelming majority to investigate former finance minister George Papaconstantinou _ a probe backed by all political parties in the 300-member assembly. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Several thousand people marched through central Athens on Saturday to protest a spate of anti-immigrant attacks in Greece, including the fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old Pakistani immigrant by suspected right-wing extremists.



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March protests immigrant's slaying in Greece





ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Several thousand people marched through central Athens on Saturday to protest a spate of anti-immigrant attacks in Greece, including the fatal stabbing of a 27-year-old Pakistani immigrant by suspected right-wing extremists.

Greece has been suffering a surge in anti-immigration sentiment during its 3-year-old economic crisis, which has demolished living standards and led to high unemployment.

Golden Dawn, the ultra-right party running on an explicitly anti-immigrant platform, entered Parliament for the first time last June, polling nearly 7 percent of the vote and capitalizing on locals' resentment over a largely uncontrolled influx of immigrants that they blame for rising joblessness and crime.

[...] police sources said the suspects had taken off their motorbike's license plate and that a search of one of the suspect's houses found Golden Dawn pamphlets and that several knives turned up in both their homes.


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Another Greek crisis that needs the EU's attention


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Another Greek crisis that needs the EU's attention
European Voice
Last year was very tough for Greece, and there are few prospects that 2013 will be easier. Millions of people have been directly affected by the sweeping austerity measures arising from the economic crisis. The country is convulsed by political ...
Greek extremists suspected in murder of Pakistani immigrant worker in AthensWorld Jewish Congress
Greece: Murder of Asian man shows Greek failure on racist violenceAmnesty International UK
2 Greek men arrested for fatal stabbing of Pakistani cyclist in AthensEdmonton Journal
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Pakistani community in Greece holds prayers for slain immigrant outside Athens city hall

ATHENS, Greece - About 150 members of Greece's Pakistani community have gathered outside Athens City Hall to say prayers for one of their own who was fatally stabbed by suspected extreme rightists.

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IMF Says Greece May Need Another 10 Billion Euros


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IMF Says Greece May Need Another 10 Billion Euros
CNBC.com
The International Monetary Fund on Friday estimated that Greece faced a financing gap of between 5.5 billion and 9.5 billion euros for 2015 and 2016 and said it had assurances from Europe the aid would be forthcoming for Athens in the final years of ...
IMF presses forward in GreeceWashington Post
IMF warns Greece may need €10bn moreFinancial Times
Greece needs more European money to help with debts, says IMFTelegraph.co.uk
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Rebellious Macedonian village stages carnival





[...] beneath the mockery lies a real rebellious streak that has coursed through Vevcani for decades and spawned violent protests, diplomatic incidents and run-ins with the law.

The sharp satire leaves nothing untouched, targeting the national leadership, politics, religion and social issues.

Ethnic tension is never far from the surface in Macedonia, where the mostly Muslim ethnic Albanian minority fought a brief armed uprising against the government in 2001, seeking greater rights.

Last month, Vevcani threatened to stop paying the state-run electricity company over delays by engineers in repairing a fault that had knocked out power to hundreds of homes.

A government plan in the late 1980s to have the village share water from its wells with a neighboring village sparked outrage, with locals heading en masse to Skopje for rowdy protests — an action almost unheard of during communist times.

The villagers first attracted international attention when the government sent special police units to suppress the 1987 protests and dismantle barricades set up over the water dispute.

Last year, the festival sparked violent protests among the country's Muslim minority over costumes mocking the all-encompassing burqa for Muslim women.

Macedonia has been at odds with Greece for two decades over the former Yugoslav state's name, with Athens contending that the name implies territorial intentions against its own northern province of Macedonia.


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The IMF admits its current plan for Greece isn't enough. Sorry, Germany


The IMF admits its current plan for Greece isn't enough. Sorry, Germany
Quartz
In its latest report on the economic state of Greece, the IMF virtually admits that the current, hard-won plan to rescue the country—by lending it €130 billion ($173 billion) to help it bring down its debt burden to a target of 124% of GDP by 2020 ...


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IMF: Greece Needs Further Help from Euro Partners to Tackle Debt


IMF: Greece Needs Further Help from Euro Partners to Tackle Debt
Wall Street Journal
Greece may need extra favors from its European partners either in the form of new subsidized loans or outright debt forgiveness so that the country's mountain of debt returns to sustainable levels despite recent debt relief measures, the International ...


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Greek fund in legal move against Cyprus


Greek fund in legal move against Cyprus
Financial Times
A Greek investment company is taking legal action against Cyprus over the nationalisation last year of Popular Bank (Marfin) amid growing concern that investors and depositors will have to accept losses in a projected international bailout of Cypriot ...
Greece΄s Marfin investment fund in legal move over Popular stakeCapital.gr (press release)

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Greek bank to split after failed sale


Inquirer.net

Greek bank to split after failed sale
Inquirer.net
Pedestrians walk past a giant Postbank banner which reads in Greek “We never change some values” outside the bank's headquarters in central Athens, on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris. ATHENS, Greece— Greece's Finance Ministry ...
Greece's blowout saleGlobalPost

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Greece not out of woods, must stick to reforms -finance minister


Greece not out of woods, must stick to reforms -finance minister
Reuters
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece must resist internal political pressure to slow economic reforms in a year that will dictate whether it avoids bankruptcy, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras told Reuters in an interview. With EU partners starting to praise ...


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Greek MPs vote to investigate Lagarde list


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Greek MPs vote to investigate Lagarde list
UPI.com
Greek lawmakers voted to open an investigation into former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou (R) for allegedly tampering with a list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts to protect three relatives. Pictured with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy ...


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Push For Greek Yogurt In Schools


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Push For Greek Yogurt In Schools
13WHAM-TV
Brockport , N.Y. - “A tray of lunch has five components of a meal, the meat/meat alternate or the protein component, bread - this year has to be whole grains, a fruit, vegetable and fluid milk,” explained Jim Liebow, Food Service Director for Brockport ...
Supporters of Greek yogurt want it on more menusPress & Sun-Bulletin
Idaho congressmen urge USDA to recognize Greek yogurtCapital Press
Politicians Working to Add Greek Yogurt to Federal Lunch ProgramWBTA
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