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A Greek program 'rooted in reality'

Source: China Post, Nov 19 2012, 12:56am CST

MANILA -- An agreement among Greece's creditors on how to reduce its large debt pile should be “rooted in reality and not in wishful thinking,” the head of the International Monetary Fund said as she heads into a tense meeting with European leaders. Chri ...

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'Dealing with the Devil': The Thankless Task of Greece's Top Job-Cutter

Source: Spiegel Online  |   May 23 2013, 4:54am CDT

Appearances are deceiving on Klafthmonos Square in downtown Athens. Three imposing bronze statues, the "Monument to National Reconciliation," shimmer in the bright spring sunshine. But demonstrators at the base of the monument bring to mind the origin ...

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Yanis Varoufakis: Greek Success Story: The latest Orwellian Turn of the Greek Crisis

Source: Naked Capitalism  |   May 23 2013, 2:43am CDT

By Yanis Varoufakis, a professor of economics at the University of Athens. Cross-posted from his blog. Greece’s Prime Minister recently flew to China, to woo Chinese investors. In his bid to be persuasive, he adopted a radical narrative: Greece is a Succ ...

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"They might resent me ... but that is in their interest ... The two objectives are critical for me, both of them."


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Delay austerity and increase investment, IMF warns UK

Source: EUobserver.com  |   May 23 2013, 2:30am CDT

BRUSSELS - The UK should delay plans to push through further austerity measures worth £10 billion (€12 billion), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday. Go for growth not further cuts, the IMF ...

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Taoiseach to meet Greek PM in Athens

Source: RTE Interactive  |   May 23 2013, 1:34am CDT

1 of 2 Enda Kenny will discuss Ireland's priorities for the remaining weeks of its EU presidency Antonis Samaras wants to use Ireland as an example of a country returning to financial sovereignty Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Athens today to me ...

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On this Day in Greece - May 23rd

Source: About.com: Greece Travel  |   May 22 2013, 9:27pm CDT

Today is the international "World Turtle Day", where nations throughout the world recognize the many endangered species of turtle. In Greece, the largest sea turtle society, Archelon, stages an event at the mari ...

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PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - May 23

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 22 2013, 6:57pm CDT

Brussels to tighten rules on bank bailouts Cable ...

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Hell on Earth for Greeks

Source: Truth Dig  |   May 22 2013, 3:40pm CDT

Hell on Earth for Greeks Posted on May 22, 2013 Greek victims of austerity are increasingly being forced to sell their bodies for cheap in horrific squalor and to escape painful reality with a new street drug. According to resea ...

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CITI: Good News, We No Longer Think Greece Will Exit The Eurozone

Source: The Business Insider  |   May 22 2013, 2:13pm CDT

Last summer, Citi's chief economist, Willem Buiter, introduced a bold call: he assigned a 90% probability that Greece would exit the euro on January 1, 2013. This assertion was made before European Central Bank President Mario D ...

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Greece

Source: OpPapers.com  |   May 22 2013, 1:56pm CDT

Five Facts about Greece Did you know Greece has the largest merchant shipping fleet in the world? Shipping is the second largest Greek industry after tourism and it creates the backbone of the global shipping industry. The Greeks have ...

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