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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
'Spotlight' Builds A Firm Foundation For Catharsis
I truly believe that film is the literature of this century. It pulls together all of the arts -- the spoken word, writing, music, dance, painting, photography and more -- to deliver stories that can have emotional impact across generations and continents, language notwithstanding. When Secretary of State John Kerry meets with studio heads to discuss how to counter the narratives of ISIS, no one is particularly surprised. Yet what makes a given film compelling is not just its subject matter, but the skill of the filmmakers who take us on a journey with them. The Academy Award-nominated film "Spotlight" explores one of the most horrific crimes of our time -- the physical and spiritual abuse of thousands of children by priests of the Catholic Church. We know how the story ends. We know that the reporters from The Boston Globe won a Pulitzer for their investigative efforts. Yet the film packs a wallop audiences simply don't anticipate. Why? As the dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, I see hundreds of young people each year pursuing their dreams of working in film. For them, "Spotlight" offers a unique lesson in filmmaking -- how the way a story is told builds a foundation for emotional catharsis: how can a downbeat story still be uplifting? How can we leave the theater feeling enlightened about a subject we thought we already understood? "Spotlight" is a detective story. It begins with the specific and spirals up to the universal. With the exception of the opening scene -- in which a single priest is arrested and then turned loose, only to be moved to another parish by his superiors -- the film unfolds entirely through dramatic incident. It does not rely on flashbacks or voiceover. What we see is happening in the present, establishing a sense of dramatic immediacy that allows us to empathize with both the victims and the reporters who are attempting to unravel this horrific story. The style of the film reflects what the characters experience. Sophisticated tracking shots follow them through the offices of the newspaper and the streets of Boston, where doors are often slammed in their faces. They are always moving, constantly trying to get around the obstacles they encounter. While more traditional filmmaking depends on a scene shot from many angles and cut together, this shooting style demands detailed planning up front so that the shots still give us views from various angles, but seemingly all in real time. The real story was incredibly complex, involving legal maneuvering, research in old record books, and waiting in courtrooms for access to documents -- incidents that are neither visually compelling nor easily explained. But by taking on us a journey with the reporters and allowing us to see the impact of the investigation on their lives, the filmmakers convey both the growing urgency and the desperation the characters feel. We feel it too, in real time. We see Rachel McAdams actively pursuing interviews, yet listening patiently as victims reveal their pain while victims' rights advocate, Neal Huff, as head of the Survivors Network, expresses his despair that no one is really listening. We see Mark Ruffalo literally run as his sense of the scope of the crimes grows, along with his fear that the abuse will continue unless the vast conspiracy that covered it up can be untangled and made public. And we feel the cross-currents -- as the reporters worry that their story will be scooped by a rival paper. We see the manipulation, when the Cardinal (Len Cariou) tells the new editor (Liev Schreiber), an outsider, that another paper lost subscribers because it disagreed with the church -- and then sends him away with a copy of the Catechism. And we see the constant pressure from Schreiber pushing the "Spotlight" team to indict the system, not just the priests whose names they already have. Finally, in a twist that leaves audiences gasping, the filmmakers wait until the credits to deliver their final punch. What began with the story of one priest arrested becomes universal, as a list of hundreds of cities around the world where abuse was uncovered scrolls across the screen. For me, the scope of this horror was finally also personal, when the name of my town was among those rolling by. That is the lesson for young filmmakers -- to find a way through compelling storytelling to take us on a journey beyond what we think we know to an ending that hits us in the gut -- and stays with us as we leave the theater. Those credits are the equivalent of the chorus in a Greek play: we have witnessed misery side-by-side with human greatness. That is the power of film, a storytelling art form that is truly the literature of this century. Also on HuffPost: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Greek junior minister resigns after questioning premier
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek junior cabinet minister has resigned over comments in which he inferred that leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras misled protesting farmers by promising, before last year's elections, to improve their situation. Deputy ...
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Deputy FM Amanatidis meets with the Metropolitans of Nigeria and Cameroon
Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis met at the Foreign Ministry today, Tuesday, 23 February 2016, with the Most Reverend Metropolitans of Nigeria and Cameroon, Alexandros and Gregory, Prelates of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa.The meeting, which took place in an excellent atmosphere, looked at issues of the Greek communities under the pastoral responsibility of the two Metropolitans, as well as at issues of the Orthodox Church in the two countries. Also considered were ways to better inform the public regarding the development and cultural prospects of Africa, through the organization of conferences and workshops.
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Greek Anarchist Group Disrupts State TV News Broadcast
ATHENS, Greece — A group of Greek anarchists has disrupted the evening news broadcast of state ERT TV after forcing their way past a guard to enter the live studio. Anchorman Panos Haritos said the anarchists wanted to read a protest text on air.
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Phenomenal New No-Cost Zeus the Thunderer Greek God Casino by Apps Genie Ltd. Being Hailed as Worlds Most Exciting Virtual Casino App
People who are fed up with ordinary and predictable casino apps that become boring and repetitive in about 60 seconds, can finally get the lasting excitement, fun, challenge and thrill they crave with Apps Genie Ltd.s phenomenal new app Zeus the Thunderer ...
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WATCH: Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly brings down rim with ferocious ...
The GREEK Freak reached peak dunking prowess Monday night. In a 108-101 win over the lowly Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks forward ...
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IMF too demanding on Greek pension reform, Greek minister says
ATHENS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is making too big a demand on Greece in a pension reform required to complete its first bailout review, finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Tuesday. Negotiations between the heads of the EU/IMF ...
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Kale for breakfast? McDonald's adds leafy green breakfast bowl, Greek yogurt to SoCal menus
Looking to put a healthy halo on its fast-food offerings, McDonald’s restaurants in Southern California are adding to its menu a kale-packed breakfast bowl and Chobani Greek yogurt. “It a fantastic product – a first in the industry for us,” local ...
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'We will not give up now': hope and despair as refugees gather in Athens
With Macedonia having suddenly closed its borders, thousands of migrants heading for northern Europe have amassed in Greece’s capital, gratefully receiving aid but fearing becoming trapped in a country that is itself on its knees Related: Greek police remove people from border with Macedonia Mohammed Daoud is the first to say he is on a mission. Like his 16 family members, and almost every other Afghan ensconced under the mulberry trees of Athens’ Victoria Square, his motto is “move, move, move”. “Our magnet is Germany,” he says, holding his three-month-old grandson in his arms. “We have no other choice. That is where we have to go.” Related: Greeks worry threatened closure of EU border ‘would be the definition of dystopia’ Related: Greece threatens to veto Britain-EU deal if states close borders to refugees Continue reading...
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Best Greek Pizza, Pizza Palace, Old Saybrook
Tucked away in a little building off Route 1 in Old Saybrook is a family business that has been making pizza in their own special way since 1977, which has not gone unnoticed. The Pizza Palace received the most votes for the best Greek pizza on the Shoreline.
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Fintech could be bigger than ATMs, PayPal, and Bitcoin combined
[A Bitcoin ATM is seen inside a bookstore in Acharnai in northern Athens, Greece June 30, 2015. REUTERS/Dimitris Michalakis ] Are you ready for the brave new world of financial services? We’re about to enter the most profound era of change for financial services companies since the 1970s brought us index mutual funds, discount brokers and ATMs. No firm is immune from the coming disruption and every company must have a strategy to harness the powerful advantages of the new financial technology (“fintech”) revolution. The battle already underway will create surprising winners and stunned losers among some of the most powerful names in the financial world: The most contentious conflicts will be between startups that are completely reengineering decades-old practices and traditional power players who are furiously trying to adapt with their own innovations: * Bank of America vs. Ally Bank: Traditional retail banks provide a valuable service, but online-only banks can offer many of the same services with higher rates and lower fees * JP Morgan vs. Lending Club: P2P lending marketplaces are growing much faster than traditional lenders—only time will tell if the banks strategy of creating their own small loan networks will be successful * Visa vs. Square: Square processed $24 billion in payments from over 2 million customers last year—will traditional processors like Visa who own the payments pathways be able to defend their territory from new invaders? * Fidelity vs. Betterment: Robo-advisors like Betterment offer lower fees, lower minimums and solid returns to investors, but the much larger traditional asset managers are creating their own robo-products while providing the kind of handholding that high net worth clients are willing to pay handsomely for. [BII The Fintech Ecosystem]Thomson Reuters As you can see, this very fluid environment is creating winners and losers before your eyes…and it’s also creating the potential for new cost savings or growth opportunities for both you and your company. After months of researching and reporting this important trend, Business Insider Intelligence has put together an essential briefing that explains the new landscape, identifies the ripest areas for disruption, and highlights the most exciting new companies. These new players have the potential to become the next Visa, Paypal or Charles Schwab because they have the potential to transform important areas of the financial services industry like: * Retail banking * Lending and Financing * Payments and Transfers * Wealth and Asset Management * Markets and Exchanges * Blockchain Transactions If you work in any of these sectors, it’s important for you to understand how the fintech revolution will change your business and possibly even your career. And if you’re employed in any part of the digital economy, you’ll want to know how you can exploit these new technologies to make your employer more efficient, flexible and profitable. Among the big picture insights you’ll get from this new report, titled _THE FINTECH ECOSYSTEM REPORT: MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE ENTIRE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY_: * Why financial technology is so disruptive to financial services—it will soon change the nature of almost every financial activity, from banking to payments to wealth management. * The basic conflict will be between old firms and new—startups are re-imagining financial services processes from top to bottom, while incumbent financial services firms are trying to keep up with new products of their own. * Both sides face serious obstacles—traditional banks and financial services firms are investing heavily in innovation, but leveraging their investments is difficult with so much invested in legacy systems and profit centers. 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Mitsotakis Prefers Early Elections to Ecumenical Government
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his concern over NATO‘s involvement in patrols in the eastern Aegean aimed at cracking down on migrant smuggling, speaking during a television interview Monday evening. “I went to Brussels and did not criticize the Greek government’s delays over the last six months. I said the government
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Refugee crisis: GREECE condemns neighbours for closing borders and creating bottleneck
GREECE has lashed out at its neighbours, saying it is shouldering a disproportionate burden in what is essentially a European refugee crisis.
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NATO Seeks to Stem Greek-Turkish Row Over Aegean Migrant Mission
Diplomats are working to head off a disagreement between Greece and Turkey that threatens to derail the North Atlantic Treaty Organization‘s mission to deter migrants from traversing the Aegean Sea to reach the European Union, officials said. Senior NATO ...
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Greece criticises Austria for tightening border, several migrants left stranded
Greek police have started removing people from the country's border with Macedonia after a snap decision to tighten border controls by the Balkan state left thousands stranded. Macedonia on Sunday began stopping people from Afghanistan and now only allows ...
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Current GREEK Government Seems Determined to Go After Tax Evaders, Borjans Says
He also expressed the hope that the list of suspected tax evaders that he passed on to GREEK authorities will fare better than the “'Lagarde list.”.
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5th Graders Learn about Greek Mythology through Student-Led WesMyth Program
“Bubbletrapper” is the goddess of bubblegum and is always nice — except to bad guys. “Bubblegum is her weapon,” said Marrisaana, a fifth grader at MacDonough Elementary School in Middletown. “When she’s mad, she traps bad guys in a bubble.”
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Greece hits out at Balkans over move to halt migrants – Athens bussing hundreds of refugees from north border
ATHENS: Greece raged at neighbors and began bussing hundreds of migrants back from its northern border yesterday, fearing it could be inundated with migrants halted by Balkan states trying to shut the main land route to Western Europe. Athens filed a rare ...
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Professor Believes Greek Language Will Endure
“We could say that the future of the Greek language is not expected to be either favorable or bleak. I do not share at all the pessimistic voices of purists and doomsayers. The future of a language which has shown during the brilliant and long ...
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More Than 100,000 Refugees and Migrants Have Reached Greece, Italy this Year
More than 100,000 refugees and migrants have reached the shores of Greece and Italy this year, according to data that was released by the International Organization for Migration (DOM). Among these numbers, 97,325 people reached the Greek islands and 7,507 ...
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Greece protests to Austria over "unfriendly" Vienna meeting on migrant crisis
ATHENS, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Greece's government filed a formal protest with Austria over its "unfriendly" decision to call a meeting of Balkan states over the migrant crisis, but excluding Greece, the Greek foreign ministry announced on Tuesday. The ...
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More than 100,000 migrants reach Europe in 2016
… political paroxysms in Europe, with Greece yesterday angrily protesting a decision … in certain countries “especially in Greece”. “We call on all countries … Greece. A migrant girl cries at the Greek-Macedonian border Nikos Kotzias, the Greek …
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Gilbert changing Greektown Casino to 'Jack Detroit Casino-Hotel Greektown'
… - Greektown Casino will be known as "Jack Detroit Casino-Hotel Greektown … will be rebranded in 2016. Greektown Casino will be officially renamed … in the rebranding. Gilbert bought Greektown Casino in 2013. Ian Thibodeau …
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Greece ready to receive an increased number of tourists from Russia and other countries that ...
With a legal regulation of the Foreign Ministry that is being debated in Parliament today, the country’s preparations are being completed for receiving tourists from Russia and other countries that do not belong to the Schengen Area.More specifically, as of this year – for the first time – the issuing of a tourist visa is done via collection of applicants’ biometric data and digital vetting of applications, in order to enhance security. The new Visa Information System (VIS) is being implemented in all Schengen Area countries and is very demanding as regards management of applications.Already, as of mid-December, on the...
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Alternate FM Xydakis to meet with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi ...
The Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, will meet on Wednesday, 24 February 2016, with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.This meeting, which is taking place within the framework of Mr. Grandi’s visit to Greece, is scheduled to take place at 12:45, at the Foreign Ministry.
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Greek migration crisis enters worst-case scenario
The European Commission and the Dutch rotating EU presidency warned on Tuesday (23 February) of a humanitarian crisis in the Western Balkans and "especially in Greece" and said that preparation for "contingency plans" was under way. The warning comes after ...
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Preparing for Palm Desert Greek Fest is a labor of love
The binder in Tina Veroulis’ hands lands on a table inside the church hall of the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church with a thud. Behind the table is the church itself, a beautiful room full of stained glass and gold mosaics. In front is a row of older ...
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Number of refugee arrivals in Greece passes 100,000 in less than two months
Figure was not reached until the end of June last year, and rate of arrivals this year expected to climb further as weather improves More than 100,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year, at triple the rate of arrivals over the ...
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Restaurant review: Manoli’s broadens scope of Salt Lake’s Greek dining scene
While Salt Lake is home to many Greek restaurants, most of them fall more into the fast-casual realm instead of fine-dining fare. Manoli's on 9th aims to broaden that scope. Owner and chef Manoli Katsanevas grew up in the restaurant business. His family ...
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Europe rifts widen as migrant arrivals top 110,000 this year
[A woman carries a child as refugees and migrants disembark a rubber boat upon arrival at the northern island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, in Mytilene, on February 23, 2016]A diplomatic spat between Greece and Austria on Tuesday highlighted the deepening rifts among European states about how to tackle the migrant crisis as new figures showed no let-up in the influx of people fleeing war and poverty.
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Death Toll From AH1N1 Flu Rises to 129
Five more people have died in Greece in the last 24 hours from complications caused by the influenza A (H1N1) virus increasing the number of deaths to 129. Moreover, 101 patients are hospitalized in intensive care units, the country’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) said. According to KEELPNO, a total of 363 persons
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Turkey’s Claims Over Aegean Could Blow Up NATO’s Mission to Combat Migrant-Smuggling Networks
NATO’s mission to combat migrant-smuggling networks in the Aegean, which are responsible for the hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing from Turkey into Greece, is up in the air as Turkey’s government has made a series of outrageous demands over the use of the Aegean Sea by NATO patrols. Essentially, Turkey uses the current opportunity
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Pasok Leader Meets President of Hellenic Republic to Discuss Migrant Crisis
The President of the Hellenic Republic received today the president of PASOK and head of the Democratic Alignment Fofi Gennimata. The aim of the meeting, made upon the request of Fofi Gennimata, was to discuss the migration crisis and its effects on Greece. During the meeting, the PASOK leader asked the President to call a
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Desperation and uncertainty in Idomeni
The evacuation of stranded Afghan refugees in Greece has just begun and journalists are not allowed anywhere close to Idomeni’s transit camp. But this is not the first time something like this has happened.
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Greece running out of space to shelter migrants
Idomeni - Greek police removed hundreds of protesting migrants blocking a railroad border crossing, as concern grows that people pouring in from Turkey and running into a closed border may overwhelm the country's sheltering capacity. Around 900 people had ...
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UMass GREEK Life hopes to build better relationships with Amherst police, fire, neighbors
GREEK Life members at UMass are hosting a barbecue to build stronger relationships between fraternities and Amherst police and fire departments.
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Come Into My Kitchen: Stella Kartsonis' GREEK Honey Cookies
One big, fat GREEK gathering still gets Stella Kartsonis cooking in her Kansas City kitchen. At 79, Stella keeps busy with her two children — Jimmy in ...
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102,500 migrants arrive in Greece by boat in 2 months
Latest figures from the International Organisation for Migration show a huge rise in the number of people who have arrived on the Greek islands already in 2016. So far 102,547 migrants and refugees have arrived in January and February compared to less than ...
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More than 110,000 migrants have already reached Europe this year, figures show, as Greece reacts with fury at being left out of crunch talks
The 110,000 mark - which last year was not reached until July - was mostly due to the unprecedented amounts of people arriving on the Greek islands in the past two months.
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Greek PM Furious With Both Dutch and Austrians Over Migrants
Following Greece’s strongly worded protest to Austria for imposing drastic migrant crossing restrictions and for calling a meeting of Balkan states on the migrant crisis without including Greece, PM Alexis Tsipras blasted his Dutch counterpart over the ...
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140000 migrants have landed in GREECE and Italy this year
MORE than 110,000 migrants have arrived in GREECE and Italy already in 2016 - a number which was not reached until July last year.
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Macedonia Bars Afghan Asylum Seekers, Stoking Violent Clashes
Greek riot police forcibly removed protesters from train tracks at a border camp after Macedonia blocked Afghans from seeking political asylum.
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DiEM 25 (A Utopia Against Europe's Dystopia)
[2016-02-15-1455537570-1267306-oYANISfacebook.jpg] He's one of the most controversial figures of 2015, internationally. In just a few weeks, he went from obscure economist known only within his field to household name, in Europe and worldwide, without even trying. He didn't hesitate to take on the European leadership's entire economic staff. He rattled German Chancellor ANGELA MERKEL--and many more. During his term as finance minister, something happened that months earlier might have seemed like science fiction: the banks in his country closed for week's and capital controls were imposed for the first time in a European Union member-state. He was popular but also ridiculed by some for his ideas and his behavior. But he broke convention, even when it came to dress code as he appeared alongside his EU counterparts in the casual chic garb more suited to a rock star than a career politician. I'm sure you've already guessed for who am I talking about. Yanis Varoufakis was born March 24, 1961 and is an academic economist who was a member of the Greek parliament from January to September 2015. He represented the ruling SYRIZA party and held the position of Minister of Finance for seven months. He voted against the terms of the third bailout package for Greece. In December 2015, he announced plans to launch a pan-European movement the following February. This movement was launched on February 9 in BERLIN under the name DiEM25. Although it wasn't embraced by mega-ton names that would create buzz, the launch was joined, either personally or via statements, by Brian Eno, Julian Assange, Slavoj Žižek, and other figures who have sway with a large number of European citizens who have never been party members and was thus an important element that made people take note of the launch. DIEM25--whose motto is "_The European Union will be democratised. Or it will disintegrate!_"--charged the entire European leadership for a lack of democracy and for manipulating it for the gain of specific big interests. One of the Berlin launch's most interesting moments came when a Greek in the audience accused MR VAROUFAKIS of being responsible for the capital controls imposed within Greece after the government called a referendum over the new bailout terms Greece's creditors had proposed. Protesting loudly, the man blamed the fact that he was unable to receive his salary from Greece on Mr Varoufakis; sensing the former finance minister's sarcasm, he even blamed him for the earthquake that shook San Francisco at the start of the previous century! (Of course, it's worth noting here that the frustrated Greek citizen was a reporter for one of Greece's biggest private channels--a channel that has been accused by the party, to which the former minister once belonged, as supporting vested interests and corruption.) "_In 1967, democracy in Greece was taken down by tanks. In 2015, this was done by banks,_" Mr Varoufakis replied. "_You can blame me, I'm ok with that, but you need to see the real reason. Bureaucrats, who can't see further than their noses or even understand their own countries' needs, closed the banks. The troika is responsible for the fact that you can't get your salary from Greece_" He said it's most likely DiEM25 would fail, but that his utopia is perhaps the only response to the European dystopia. Of course, only time can be the absolute judge of any politician. Thus, with time we'll be able to evaluate this controversial personality and its utopian, as he described them, proposals. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Macedonia slammed for border closing
As 100,000 refugees pour into Europe, Austria and Macedonia have introduced border restrictions. Greece has condemned Austria's regional summit plan, while the UN's refugee agency is unhappy with Skopje's actions.
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'House of Cards' Season 4 Release Date: Premieres On March 4, Series Will Be 'As Dark As The Greek Mythology'
YouTube/Netflix US & CanadaTV series "House of Cards" will also show the tension inside the White House as Season 4 premieres in Netflix on March 4. The United States' politics is heating up right now because of the 2016 presidential elections ...
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GREEK, Turkish Communists 'Not to Allow to Turn Aegean Sea Into NATO Base'
GREEK and Turkish communist parties issued a joint statement on Tuesday, ... Most refugees travel to the GREEK islands before continuing onward to ...
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Publisher, two journalists arrested on blackmail charges
Greek police arrested a publisher of a small daily newspaper and two journalists on charges of blackmailing officials at utility companies, public organizations and banks. The arrest followed an extensive investigation that started already in May 2015. According to Greek media, the three men were threatening company executives and bankers […]
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Brussels reminds Austria of “EU rules on Migration”, warns of “humanitarian crisis” in Greece
The European Union must stay united in its response to the migration crisis, top officials said in a joint statement of Tuesday afternoon, most likely in response to Austria’s unilateral move to attempt to close the Balkan Route.y, expressing worry that a “humanitarian crisis” could be in the making. “We […]
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Migrant Arrivals To Europe This Year Top 110,000, Up Sharply From 2015
The number of migrants and refugees arriving in Italy and Greece since the start of the year has risen sharply compared to the same period 2015 and hundreds are stranded at European borders due to ris...
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