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Greece Nixes Erdogan’s Mosque Offer

"Greece has rejected Turkey's offer to finance the construction of a mosque in Athens, the only European capital with no mosque", the Turkish newspaper Zaman reported. "The Greek government will fund the construction of a mosque in Athens," Deputy Foreign...

Munich’s Greeks To Samaras: Where’s Our Schools?

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' visit to Bavaria in Germany, was met with a barrage of protest from Greeks living in Munich who protested that they don't have schools for their children while he was boasting he had solved...

Greek Loan May Wait Until December

While the Greek Parliament has given the go-ahead to a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan needed to secure release of a long-delayed $38.8 billion installment from international lenders, the money may not be disbursed until December,...

Der Spiegel Accuses Samaras Of Nepotism

The German magazine Der Spiegel claims that while Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' government is about to pass a $17.45 billion spending cut and tax hike plan and fire thousands of public workers that people close to him are...

Schaeuble Says Greece Will Get Loan Installment

As German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to visit Athens on Oct. 9 to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäeuble said Greece will get a delayed $38.8 billion loan installment that is the last due...

For a Lesson in Hardship Look at Greece

Andrew Neather, a journalist from the London Evening Standard, came to Greece to get a first-hand look at what austerity measures hath wrought and wrote that he was stupefied by how difficult life is for so many people. He had...

EU Court Blasts Greek Treatment of Immigrants

Greece has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for two cases of maltreatment of immigrants, and ordered to pay 8,000 euros damage to an illegal immigrant from Georgia, Zane Bgilasvili. In that case, the court found Greece...

French PM Ayrault Says Rich Greeks Should Pay

During an interview in Mediapart, a French online newspaper, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that it's unethical that rich Greeks are not paying their fair share of taxes during a crushing economic crisis that has seen big pay cuts,...

Greece, Switzerland Near Deal on Tax Evasion Treaty

After long negotiations, Greece and Switzerland are reportedly set to sign an agreement that would give the ailing Greek government access to information about accounts held in Swiss banks by Greek citizens. The document was detailed in the the German...

A Part of German Media Now Singing Greece’s Praises

What seems like a relentless barrage of negative articles in the German press about Greece's economic crisis and portraying Greeks as lazy and corrupt is gradually being replaced by more positive stories, the President of the Federation of Greek...