Press Review April 1: World War III to start in 2014

The country is facing a massive brain drain of young degree holders; the government is hoping for good news from today’s Eurogroup summit; Greek bonds returned profits of 439% in 20 months; a campaign is launched against the ‘Greek Guantanamo’; and WWIII will commence in 2014.

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1 Απριλίου 2014 | 08:00:11

	ELEFTHERI ORA Vanga: World War III will happen in 2014 But… “the end of the world will come in… 5079” Russian researchers return again and again to the ‘prophecies’ of the blind Bulgarian following the events in the Ukraine.
	AGGELIOFOROS The Greece that is being lost 70% – 80% of degree holders are emigrating! The flight of new scientists and professionals out of the country has grown to enormous proportions recently. “There is a tremendous flight of human capital. The loss of people for whom we have spent money on their training is increasing,” according to experts.
	ELEFTHEROS TYPOS What Greece is expecting in today’s Athens summit: A Eurogroup decision for the loan tranche and a return to the markets A positive appraisal from the European partners for the disbursement of 6.3 billion euros on the 17th of April and another 3.4 billion from the IMF in May. The target for the primary surplus can also be met this year. The Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem is also In favour of a return to the markets along the lines of the Irish and Portuguese model. The spreads fell to 500 points.
	NAFTEMPORIKI Profits of 439% in 20 months from Greek bonds Greek bonds led in profits during the first quarter, performing better than the bonds of other states as the positive climate for investment in the country improves on a daily basis. Greek bonds ‘rewarded’ investors with profits of 23% during the first quarter, the largest among the 34 sovereign debt markets that are tracked by Bloomberg Indexes. The European Central Bank President Mario Draghi had committed in July of 2012 to offer support to the Eurozone by buying the sovereign bonds of over-indebted states. If investors had taken a position on Greek debt the day of Mr Draghi’s announcement they would have secured today, 20 months later, profits on the order of 439% according to calculations by Bloomberg. The performance of Greek 10-year bonds has fallen now to lower levels than the end of March 2010.
	EFIMERIDA TON SYNTAKTON The Greek Guantanamo The group “Action against the Greek Guantanamo” denounced the bill drafted by the Justice Ministry as having ‘fascistic tendencies’ and is launching a campaign against the new maximum security prison planned in Domokos. There are also protests from correctional workers.