How the world sees Greece
Greek step show cancelled Famuan Rick Ross and Uncle Luke may be performing at Florida A&M, but there is one act that will be missing from this year's homecoming. The Greek Homecoming Step Show, initially slated to take place Nov. 7, is cancelled. The Greek Homecoming Step Show has ... |
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Greek organizations step it up The Daily Campus The McFarlin Auditorium was alive with the sound of stomping feet and cheers Saturday night at the annual Homecoming Step Show. Fraternities and sororities form groups and perform dances and skits that showcase their talented and rhythmic members. Alpha Epsilon Pi and Chi Omega overall winners for MU Greek Homecoming Alpha Delta Pi Dedication Ceremony at FSU Greek Park |
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Aussie Falls Amid Concern Over US Elections, Greek Debt Talks Businessweek Australia's dollar fell as concern over the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and Greece's ability to meet bailout requirements sapped demand for higher- yielding assets. New Zealand's dollar also weakened against most major peers as U.S ... |
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 AFP | Greek president expresses optimism for climbing out of debt crisis Xinhua ATHENS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Greek President Karolos Papoulias said on Sunday he was confident that his debt-ridden country will overcome the current economic crisis which threatens it with chaotic default. "I am confident that despite current ... Greek people have given everything, says president Greeks have given everything: president |
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Left-wing parties opposed to austerity on the road to a parliamentary majority after second round vote
Lithuanians angry at spending cuts put leftwing opposition parties on the path to power in an election on Sunday that likely spelled the end for a conservative government praised abroad as a model of austerity.
The Social Democratic Party and the Labour Party, which have promised to raise the minimum wage and shift the tax burden to the better off, were headed for a parliamentary majority in combination with their likely partner, the Paksas Party, according to preliminary results from the second-round vote.
The Homeland Union of the conservative prime minister, Andrius Kubilius, who slashed the budget deficit at the cost of falling wages and rising unemployment, was set to be the second biggest party in parliament but with little chance of a coalition deal.
Whatever the composition of its next government, Lithuania, which must borrow 7.6bn litas (£1.76bn) in 2013, about 7% of output, will likely be given little room to loosen austerity by debt markets, analysts say.
"The trend is showing that the results are quite good," said Algirdas Butkevicius, leader of the Social Democrats. The former finance minister is a possible coalition prime minister.
With a 13 percent jobless rate, the Baltic nation is one of the European Union's poorest countries and the population has fallen below 3 million for the first time since the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 as thousands leave to find work.
The government's failure at the ballot box comes despite warm words abroad for a more resolute economic course than those taken by Greece and other euro zone states struggling with debt. The International Monetary Fund had praised their "determined policy implementation" in June.
After a collapse in economic output of 15% in 2009, the second-biggest decline in the European Union after northern neighbour Latvia, gross domestic product rose 6% last year and is expected to increase by about 3% this year.
The budget deficit fell to 5.5% of GDP in 2011 from 9.4% in 2009. The Kubilius government has drafted a 2013 budget with a 2.5% fiscal gap.
In a sign of possible coalition tension ahead, Labour's leader, Russian-born businessman Victor Uspaskich, has said he may push for a budget deficit above the EU limit of 3% of output. Butkevicius has said he would be fiscally responsible and could seek euro entry in 2015.
Lithuania has sought ever closer ties with the European Union since becoming independent from the Soviet Union in 1991. Uspaskich says the country should not rush to adopt the euro while the currency is in crisis and public support is low. The Labour leader is on trial for tax evasion by his party between 2004 and 2006, a charge he denies.
The Social Democrats were set for about 38 seats and the Labour Party 30 in the 141-seat parliament, according to votes from 94% of polling stations in Sunday's second-round vote. A first round was held two weeks ago. The Paksas Party, led by an impeached former president. was heading for about 11 seats, enough for a coalition majority.
Lithuania takes the EU's rotating presidency in the second half of 2013 and must repay a 1 billion euro bond in March.
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