Press Review February 5
05/02/2014
An SOS from Kefalonia as residents fear new earthquakes (photo tweeted by @kgmar); Greece left with €20 billion hole as the ECB refuses to extend maturity of Greek bonds; A…
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American agribusiness giant seeks European approval for GM corn strain
04/02/2014
The EU’s foreign ministers are due to vote on a proposal for the approval of a genetically modified strain of corn created by the American company Pioneer DuPont.
Former Post Bank head sees political interests behind his prosecution due to his ties with former PM Karamanlis
04/02/2014
Aggelos Filippidis, the former chief of Hellenic Postbank – the savings bank currently the focus of corruption investigations – is claiming to be the victim of a politically motivated witch…
George Papandreou: It was Angela Merkel who brought the IMF to Greece
04/02/2014
In a speech made at the London School of Economics yesterday, George Papandreou stated that it was Angela Merkel who insisted that the IMF be involved in the Greek bailout…
Press Review February 4
04/02/2014
Concern deepens over the seismic activity in Cephalonia; a final deal for Greece is expected to be struck in the spring; the Greek state has long ignored potential European support…
΄Switzerland must return the money that we stole,΄ demands cousin and accomplice of convicted former defense minister
03/02/2014
Nikos Zigras, a cousin of Akis Tsochatzopoulos – the former defense minister convicted of money laundering, has appeared before visiting Swiss prosecutors investigating potential illegal money transfers. Zigras who was…
Greece today: a €4 million reward for an escaped terrorist would lead to… €2,644,800 in taxes
03/02/2014
When convicted terrorist and former November 17 member Christodoulos Xiros decided that he had more revolutionary things to do than return to prison after being let out on leave, red…
Arms scandal goes prime (minister) time: Former PM Mitsotakis implicated
03/02/2014
Antonis Kantas, the former deputy director of the Defense Ministry’s Department of Procurement, appears to implicate in his testimony former PM Constantine Mitsotakis in the ever growing bribery scandal over…
IMF leak: European banks had committed to maintain exposure in Greek bonds after first bailout – but didn’t
03/02/2014
IMF minutes from May 2010 tell the real story of Greece’s bailout: European banks broke their promise to hold on to Greek bonds. Further shocking revelations: the Greek government itself…
Press Review February 3
03/02/2014
Germans make a final plan for Greece’s debt amid revelations of betrayal from IMF minutes; Jacques Delors, former president of the EU Commission, talks about Greece’s mistakes; Golden Dawn is…