When the people of Greece go to the polls on 25 January, they will face some fairly fundamental choices. Contrary to what many politicians and ...
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How the world sees Greece
Friday, January 9, 2015
Greece’s Leftist Candidate Braces for Turmoil After Vote: 'Markets Won't Be Rooting for Us'
Greek anti-austerity Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras isn’t “frightened” by possible market turmoil in case of victory at the Jan. 25 general election. “We know markets certainly won’t be rooting for us and there’s a chance that initially ...
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A political romance: Benjamin and Mary Ann Disraeli
She was wealthy, idiosyncratic and in search of love; he was younger and deep in debt – how the marriage of Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli broke every rule in the bookOn the night of 12 April 1867, Benjamin Disraeli experienced his greatest political triumph, the passing of the 1867 Reform Act. Jubilant Tory MPs swept him out of the Palace of Westminster towards the Carlton Club on St James’s Street, where a crowd of supporters was waiting to toast his success. But as his parliamentary colleagues embarked on the serious business of drinking themselves into a stupor, Disraeli slipped away to a quiet white house on the edge of Hyde Park and to his wife Mary Anne. He arrived home to find her waiting with a late supper for him, consisting of a Fortnum & Mason raised pie and champagne. “He ate half the pie and drank all the champagne,” Mary Anne reported. “Then he said, ‘Why, my dear, you are more like a mistress than a wife.’”Benjamin and Mary Anne are figures around whom anecdotes coalesce: about what they wore, what they did and what they said. “My wife is a very clever woman,” ran one of Disraeli’s much-quoted sayings. “But she can never remember who came first, the Greeks or the Romans.” Mary Anne apparently told Queen Victoria that she always slept with her arms around Disraeli’s neck, and scandalised prim hostesses at country house breakfasts by discussing the beauty of her Dizzy – as she called him – in his bath. Continue reading...
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Greece's new Potami party prepares for kingmaker role
By Renee Maltezou and Deepa Babington ATHENS (Reuters) - Journalist-turned-politician Stavros Theodorakis is shaping up as a possible kingmaker after Greece's general election. In a campaign fought between the main forces in Greek politics, opponents and supporters of the country's international bailout, Theodorakis refuses to take sides and describes his centrist To Potami party as "post ...
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WSJ: Greek Island in Ionian Sea is ‘Solid Investment’
A Greek private island for sale appeared in a Wall Street Journal article as a good investment. Modi island is on sale for 1.5 million dollars (1.25 million euros) and the real estate agent calls it “an ideal opportunity for a solid business investment with unlimited possibilities.” Modi island is in the Ionian Sea and close to the western edge of Greece. It is 51 acres of undeveloped landmass, covered in abundant greenery. It is close to Ithaca, the island made legendary by Homer’s epic “Odyssey.” The Greek island has been listed on Private Islands Online, a real estate website based in Ontario, since February 2012 and is one of a group of privately owned Greek islands on the market. A spokeswoman at the website did not know when the owners first put the island on offer. Attempts to reach the owners of Modi Island were not successful. The listing says that Modi island has the potential of becoming a luxury sea resort, thus an excellent investment. At the same time, it can be a private sea paradise for a wealthy buyer. The weather is good throughout the year and excellent between May and October, it adds. New tax laws in Greece and the drop in prices make such a purchase more attractive now. However, the purchase of a Greek island is not like buying a private aircraft or boat. Bureaucracy rules in Greece and paperwork requires 32 signatures until the deal is finalized. Also, the prospective buyer must go through a background check to determine if he is a national security threat or not.
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Margareta Pagano: Beware of Greek politicians Alexis Tsipras and Antonis Samaras bearing gifts
Hercules is a brilliant young Greek artist – he has two degrees in fine art and is a master iconographer, having restored many of the finest Greek icons ...
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Greek growers waiting patiently for organic citrus to ripen
Peter Abma of Fairtrasa Holland does a lot of business with Greek organic growers and is therefore fully aware of the situation in the country.
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