USA stoped talking, said German sources, when asked by Schaule to pay 50blns for #Greece...
While President Barack Obama was exressing his personal determination for the Greek euro crisis to be solved, on his talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Bavaria, German sources, as Greek media announced, leaked the telephone conversation between the Finance Ministers, Wolfganng Schauble and Jack Lew, were the US Finance Minister appeared as “comporomising” with the German to Greece demanding stance , when …”he heard the bill”. Go to moodhackerblog for our full story
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It's them Who decide for Greece's life
Dijsselbloem: “We get hugs and wet kisses with Juncker”
Greeces Hope and Survival lies in their minds. But Who are these guys? This is what they say about their friendship go to this story
.. by the five months empthy (of euros) trailer he tries to swallow, since his first day of election, on 25 of January. Now, at the point of no cash throughout the whole country , eurolenders finally made him, and the Greeks, well understand that Greece IS in need of their mercy. But we are talking of a no-mercy Europe, were solidarity simply is out of question. Fairness also (at least on deals) seems now such a naive expectation. Which Europe do we want, in the end?
by Nicolas Vadot (b. 1971), a Franco-British cartoonist, born in London and grown up in France, before moving to Brussels at 17. Winner of the Press Cartoon
Greece Scandalous
Parliament President Zoi Konstantopoulou on Monday said she plans to summon Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras, a former Greek finance minister, to testify before Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee in connection with the Siemens case, so that he might brief MPs on an out-of-court settlement between the Greek state and the German multinational that he had signed as minister.
Good Moooooorning Europa, still climbing uphill…..
While
Greece’s debt crisis has dominated the headlines, two European
politicians are looking to the long term -- proposing radical changes to
the way the eurozone operates.
[Gabriel and Macron] call for the setting up of “an embryo euro area budget”, “a fiscal capacity over and above national budgets”, and harmonised corporate taxes across the bloc. The eurozone would be able to borrow on the markets against its budget, which would be financed from a kind of Tobin tax on financial transactions and also from part of the revenue from the new business tax regime.
They also propose a new system to handle government debt defaults, so the Greek crisis of 2010-2015 (and counting) isn’t repeated.
June 4, 2015 Find it on our Top Story
and all over the country,
the people
whose guest you have been,
wear mourning clothes …”
German Nobel laureate for Literature, Günter Grass (84) had warned on June 2012, -three years before his death- that Europe should be soulless without Greece, if it were to leave, as Greece was the one that had dreamed up the European idea More
Awaited at the Parliament...
Optimism 4Greece
Optimism 4Greece
Up 45,6% tourist arrivals, January-March 2015
More specifically, arrivals from Germany and France rose by 35.9 pct and 94.2 pct respectively, while arrivals from the United Kingdom rose by 37.7 pct. Finally, turning to the non-EU-28 countries, arrivals from Russia fell by 66.9 pct to 9,000, while those from the United States increased by 49.7 pct to 48,000. In January-March 2015, travel receipts increased . Find that
NEW! Up 2.103 blns the primary surplus Jan-April 2015
NEW! Up 2.103 blns the primary surplus Jan-April 2015
In an announcement on state budget execution, on an amended cash basis the budget showed a deficit of 510 million euros in the four month period, from a deficit of 1.146 billion euros in the corresponding period last year and a budget target for a deficit of 2.918 billion euros. The primary surplus was 2.103 billion euros, from a primary surplus of 1.046 billion last year and a budget target for a surplus of 310 million euros.
- State budget net revenues totalled 15.815 billion euros in the January-April period, up 2.4 pct from targets, while
- regular budget
revenues totalled 14.290 billion euros, down 0.7 pct from targets.
- Tax revenues totalled 12.221 billion euros in the four-month period, down 6.7 pct from targets.
The ministry attributed this development to an
- 11.4 pct shortfall in direct taxes (4.869 billion euros) and to a
- 3.4
pct decline in indirect taxes (7.352 billion).
- VAT revenues were down
6.5 pct from targets while
- other consumption taxes surpassed targets by
5.7 pct and other non-tax revenues surpassed targets by 38.9 pct.
- Tax returns totalled 943 million euros in the four-month period, up 100
million from budget targets.
- Public Investment Program revenues totalled
1.525 billion euros, up 465 million from targets.
- State budget spending totalled 16.324 billion euros in the January-April period, down 2.037 bln from targets, while
- regular budget spending
totalled 15.503 billion, down 1.628 billion from targets and down 2.4
pct from the same period last year.
- Public Investment Program spending totalled 821 million euros, down 409 million from targets and down 577 million from last year.
Seriously injured the 19
Russian tourists
Russian tourists
STRIKE ON THE TOURISTS’ HEAD INSIDE the ANCIENT GREEK PALACE
–Nineteen Russian tourists on Friday, May 29, 2015, were
injured in a lightning strike at the archaeological site of Knossos, on
the island of Crete.
A 46-year-old woman suffered a heart attack and she is being treated in
hospital. Another nine people were slightly injured and others are
suffering from shock.
Not a mob!
Not a mob!
"…No ancient stones are going to wake up this generation.
A city without a soul, is just a mob."
A nation in crisis…
A town out of hope…
Justice Returns to Athens more
Two Athenian attorneys pursue litigation for the return of the Parthenon
Marbles. As the bronze statue of Athena Promakhos used to stand guard
in front of the Parthenon, both must find the courage to stand in
defense of what they love.. Despite the bitter phrases of the
scenario that broke our heart, but never believed they represented the
Greeks ( find below )a Promakhos was what Greece desperately needed
during 2014,indeed...
Watch the trailer on our travel ur mind Page, as of Autumn 2014 by Greek to me !
"We are not burying Democracy"
Tsipras : "We have no right to bury the European democracy at its birthplace"
"The insistence of the institutions on new pension cuts after five years of memoranda looting is nothing more than political expediency. The Greek government heads to the negotiation with a plan and well-documented counter-proposals. We will be patiently waiting until the institutions join realism," Tsipras underlined.
"We are carrying the dignity of a people and
the hope of the peoples of Europe on our shoulders. The responsibility
is too heavy to ignore. It is not a matter of ideological obsession. It
is a matter of democracy," he added. more on greek2m eye
Hello, dear Chancellor
Prize for worst article of the week on Greece surely already wrapped up by Giavazzi. The FT on something of a run.
June 9, 2015 12:41 pm
Francesco Giavazzi
Sorry, No Deal yet
By Bloomberg View's Leonid Bershidsky, Today, June 10, 2015, 15.30
Better avoid to bet for Greece again, Greece will always surprise you
( Bloomberg suggestion as of June 3rd, 2015, day of the critical Brussels Tsipras-Juncker meeting and meeting)
Alexis Tsipras accused Greece's lenders of massively backtracking on measures agreed in recent months. Denouncing their offer, Mr Tsipras emphatically said, two days after the meeting in Brussels that
"the strangulation of a country is a matter of moral order which conflicts with the founding principles of Europe.""I
have to admit" said Alexis Tsipras briefing the Parliament on Friday 5,
evening, "that the suggestion I recieved in Brussels from Jean Claude
Juncker surprised me disobligingly. I could not have imagined, I
confess, that after three months of step by step negotiations we would finally deliver a proposal thay would have not taken into account the Brussels Group negotiations. Find our article on Linkedin Pulse
Check out whose eyes are looking straight and whose not Brussels June3,2015)
But on the week that followed, between June 3 and June 10, big clouds shadowed the Tsipras-Junker relationship. The President of the European Comission Juncker openly commented that he was dissapointed with Alexis Tsipras, because he misinterprented his stance on the negotiations table. Indeed, Eurozone sources, after the Junde 3rd Tsipras-Juncker meeting, said they were optimistic that a staff level agreement between Greece and the institutions "was just days away". Finally, on Wednesday June 10, when the two men met, a warm hug by Jean Claude Juncker broke the ice again
Refusing to cave in, as international
press wrote , Alexis Tsipras emphasized that "the Greek proposal is the
only “realistic” option'
"We still reject some of the
creditors’ proposals", he said, instead of an announcment of an agreement
, as Associated Press had earlier mentioned that could have taken
place .
"There are points that no one would
consider as a base for discussion,"
God Bless the Deal, and Greece, please
Well done Alexis, you reversed the game, commented French Press on the PM's article on Le Monde
Alexis Tsipras is showing the example to the European leaders by his paradigm of remaining stable on his “red lines” strategic, and by resisting to the “irrational strategic of the loop” the creditors have applied to Greece, wrote today the editor of economic newspaper « La Tribune» Romarik Gkonten , read more on moodhackerblog
Athens: A Canvas for Austerity-Themed Street Art
Here, a common theme: that of a nation ready to break away.
Plan for a joint agreement and the Cancelling of Trust and Hope
Plan for a joint agreement and the Cancelling of Trust and Hope
"I do not know if it is a matter of time, but it is certainly a matter of a short time, that's the government's aim, until the end of May or early June to be in position to have reached a mutually beneficial agreement" , by govt spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis, more
The
more desperate younger Greeks become by the daily screen of misery, the highest the intention of political mobilization..
On a National University research that measured pubic feeling under the influence of the daily life pictures of despair, researchers proved scientifically that
that images of the crisis increase the pessimism in men more than women and mainly in men under the age of 23, but it is them, who show the highest sense of political competence in crisis, finally and the intention for grater mobilization..go to story
Silk for the trick
Silk for the trick
Resist to tie, Alexis, even if silk…
Resist to tie, Alexis, even if silk…
They greeted him
with smiles, hugs, flowers and silk .
“Climate was so friendly” , as Greek PM stated in Riga to the press. Hugs from Eurogroup President , sweet smiles from the Chancellor, flowers to host his presence, and also … “silk for the seal “.
In a more than warm, hearty welcome that was waiting the Greek leader on the Eurogroup summit this time, Alexis Tsipras definitely took a breath from the unstoppable four months’ soul-and-mind daily attacks a whole nation recieved since the very first day of Alexis’ governance.
Agreement comes within a few days, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced today to the Greeks a day after the Riga summit, where the French the German leaders agreed on the significant progress achieved so far by the new government and the negotiations’ team, as was announced, and focused more, concentrated, to the open issues of the negotiation.GO TO FULL STORY
Goodbye luxury, this is Greece and its social rescue govt...
Yes, Greece is on Emergency! Greek PM, and team flying by C130 to Riga
No to cure that's worse than the disease
No second round of compromises, concessions and austerity, the deal
"There will not be a second 'generation' of compromises, concessions and austerity measures," he said, adding that the agreement reached must be economically sustainable but also politically and socially honest and defensible.
.....But the reality of the talks is very different. Our government is keen to implement an agenda that includes all of the economic reforms emphasized by European economic think tanks. Moreover, we are uniquely able to maintain the Greek public’s support for a sound economic program.
So, if our government is willing to embrace the reforms that our partners expect, why have the negotiations not produced an agreement? Where is the sticking point?
The problem is simple: Greece’s creditors insist on even greater austerity for this year and beyond – an approach that would impede recovery, obstruct growth, worsen the debt-deflationary cycle, and, in the end, erode Greeks’ willingness and ability to see through the reform agenda that the country so desperately needs. Our government cannot – and will not – accept a cure that has proven itself over five long years to be worse than the disease.
To avoid that, what we ask from our eurozone partners is to treat Greece as an equal and help us escape from this Sisyphean trap" Yiannis Dragasakis on his FT article
Who said it's fair with Greece...?
"Greece has been fully consistent with its obligations towards its lenders and also towards employees and pensioners .
Since August 2014", PM has emphasised, "
Greece paid 17.5 billion Euros for loan obligations, while (since August 2014) the country did not receive a single euro from the lenders side "
Citizens' majority said that the government should not retreat in the negotiations with Greece's lenders while
- 54% approve government's handlings on the negotiation for the debt, according to an opinion poll conducted by Public Issue for Avghi newspaper.
- 89% of the respondents
said there is no need for general elections.
The citizens' concern for the economy is clearly reflected provided that
- 55% of those asked believe that their bank deposits are not very secure in Greece.
- Regarding their expectations over the condition of the economy, 48%
percent said it will get worse, 27% that it will remain the same,
and 25% percent that it will get better.
- Regarding the media stance towards the government, the citizens said that 49% percent of the media is against the government, 28% that is friendly and 4 percent did not answer.ANA-MPA
Greece the Blue Zone, of the worst countries to be aged. But hosts centenarians! Guess why ...Meet the oxymoron
Sweden is first , Germany third and USA is at nr.8. Now the EU and Germany wants this Blue Zone, but for them, in case they could live for ever...
Learn how this is well programed and organised, click on our fully detailed article of Greek to me !
"In any case, any agreement reached must be made within the framework of the people’s mandate", Alexis Tsipras clarified.Greece has made recorded efforts and is totally consistent on the fulfillment of its obligations
proving in parallel its volition for an agreement, of a mutually
beneficial agreement, for which, and Greece’s partners should make the
appropriate moves. go to story
Firstly there has been an agreement at the Brussels group discussion. on the principle that there should be appropriate reforms which will shift the burden from those on the lower income to those on higher incomes, was Prime Minister's Office official announcement
To deal or not to deal ?
To deal or not to deal ?
“We won’t go beyond the limits of our red lines. It’s clear that we cannot cut pensions.” Gabriel Sakellaridis, Alexis Tsipras spokesman, made clear.
Yianis, keep going ....
Yianis, keep going ....
Greece is cash- strapped, and the situation is worsening. But despite the evident deterioration of the country's liquidity position, we believe Greece can still survive, for another month or so, without external financial support.
By Credit SuisseResearch Analysis, intelligentnews, 23/4/2015
Awake the World
Awake the World
“Do they want to support us to have growth… or do they decide to have Greece struggle, to punish Greece and to create an example of what happens to a country that has a left government,” Kotzias said at the end a four-day visit to Washington and New York, go to our story
Greece must come up with a package of credible economic reforms measures.
And if it does that, the challenge for the IMF, and everyone else involved, is to show enough flexibility to help resolve the situation. Jack Lew, May 9, 2015
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has called on all parties involved to resolve the Greek crisis quickly before it blows out of control.
Speaking
at the London School of Economics (LSE), Lew stressed that institutions should show greater flexibility in order to
avoid further crisis if Greece demonstrates intention to proceed with
reforms.
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