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Greek pensioners protest against austerity deal
Angry pensioners have hit the streets of the Greek capital, protesting against the reports of a new austerity plan being ushered onto them. It comes as Greece and its lenders debate the nation’s €240 billion debt.
Demonstrators say they feel betrayed by Syriza’s measures of the upcoming deal, which, according to AP, suggests increasing the contributions that employees pay for pensions,...
Thousands march in Paris to support Greece, condemn EU
Historically, no country has pushed for a united Europe more than France, but the idea has usually referred to the will of the French elite rather than the average citizens.
As Greece is trying to settle a debt deal with international lenders, solidarity feeling with the Greek people is running high among the French who share the same frustrations and resentments towards the European Union.
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Greece likely to exit euro and EU without deal with creditors
Athens is likely to leave the eurozone and the EU if it fails to reach an agreement to unlock a €7.2 billion bailout installment, said a statement from the Bank of Greece.
“Failure to reach an agreement would, …, mark the beginning of a painful course that would lead initially to a Greek default and ultimately to the country’s exit from the euro area and – most likely – from the...
Greek Minister Claims Europe at War With Athens
European countries, international creditors and the Greek opposition have declared a war on Greece (resembling the one on Yugoslavia) but the government will stay true to its election promises, Labor Minister Panos Skourletis of Syriza said.
“The months following the elections were extremely hard. Never before has the government, which received a clear popular mandate, faced such a war waged...
IMF walks out of bailout talks with Greece
International Monetary Fund representatives have cut short negotiations with Greek officials in Brussels, after they failed to present a viable reform plan. The move has left Athens, due to repay €1.6 billion by the end June, on the edge of default.
“The ball is very much in Greece’s court,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told the media during a specially scheduled announcement, before his team...
Anti-auterity protesters occupy Greek Finance Ministry
Greek anti-austerity activists have occupied the Finance Ministry building in the capital, Athens, in protest of new austerity measures dictated by international creditors.
The protesters took down the European Union (EU) flag waving over the building and put up a banner with portrays of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras alongside his predecessors, George Papandreou and Antonis Samaras, reading “We...
Greek Communist MP Cheers Pakistani who allegedly Won the Lottery
In response to the false news story that a Pakistani had won the Joker (the Greek lottery), SYRIZA MP Maria Kanellopoulou took the opportunity to draw fire against the Greeks through a deeply anti-Greek, racist delirium!
“Hahahahahahahaha….. What am I hearing??? What am I reading???? What am I learning???? A Pakistani won the Joker???????? There is a God after all!!!!”
The SYRIZA MP concludes...
Greek Lesbos Island In State Of Emergency, Mayor Begs for Illegals Removal
Exclusive photos including selfies and prayers shots of their “transfer” to Athens!
The island of Lesbos receives hundreds of illegal immigrants daily. With inflows management now impossible, the Mayor has appealed to have these persons transferred from the island to Athens.
The situation appears to be dramatic in Mytilene, since the influx of immigrants is massive and the local government is...
Greece has no money to make IMF payment, interior minister says
Greece will not be able to make next tranche of debt repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the country has no money to pay, the Interior Minister said.
“The four installments for the IMF in June are 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion), this money will not be given and is not there to be given,” Nikos Voutsis told Greek Mega TV’s weekend show on Sunday.
Asked about the...
Greek June 5 payment impossible without deal
Nikos Filis, parliamentary spokesman of Greece’s Syriza Party.
The Greek government says the repayment of its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) scheduled for early next month will not be possible unless a deal is reached between Athens and its international creditors for unblocking a bailout fund.
The parliamentary spokesman for Greece’s ruling Syriza Party said Wednesday that the government...
Greek economy contracts 0.2 percent, slipping back into Recession
A new report shows that the economy of Greece under SYRIZA has slipped back into recession after having contracted by 0.2 percent during the first quarter of the current year.
The report was released by the national statistics agency, ELSTAT, on Wednesday, showing the second consecutive quarterly fall in Greece’s national output, after it had grown for most of 2014, AFP reported.
The downturn, the...
Moody’s downgrades Greece credit rating over debt uncertainty
Moody’s rating agency downgrades Greece’s debt to junk.
Moody’s rating agency has downgraded Greece’s credit rating further into junk territory over growing uncertainty about the country’s ability to make its debt payments.
On Thursday, Moody’s slashed Athens’ rating to Caa2 from Caa1 and assigned it a “negative” outlook.
The rating is just two steps away from the level signaling...
Greek finance minister attacked by anarchists
Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis arrives with his wife, Danae Stratou, at the Greek Parliament in the capital, Athens, February 21, 2015.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says he and his wife came under an attack by a group of anarchists while dining at a restaurant in the capital, Athens.
Varoufakis said in a statement on Wednesday that he and his spouse, Danae Stratou, were assaulted...
Greece's Main Goal to Remain in Eurozone says Prime Minister
The communist Syria party mislead Greeks to falsely believe that Greece will exit the EU if elected but now, only 3 months later after they were elected into office, Syriza Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says his government’s main goal is to remain in the Eurozone and find an all-European solution to the country’s financial problems, Alexis Tsipras said Thursday.
Speculations about Greece’s possible...
Greece under invasion, more than 500,000 illegal immigrants - Greek Coast Guard
What Golden Dawn repeatedly says about this issue of illegal immigration in Greece, which of course the media pimps characterize as excessive and most certainly “racist”, are fully confirmed by the officers of the Greek coast guard who experience every day the de facto invasion of illegal immigrants from our sea borders.
More specifically, the Staff Association of the Coast Guard of Lesvos, Lemnos...