Greek to me!

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

“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.

On the edge. Negotiations’ progress, government’s chance to rule that country, public feeling’s breath to breath. All have been kept on the edge, day to day, during the first 100+ of Alexis Tsipras.  Have a look on the latest updates find it on moodhackerblog

  Higher incomes have to pay the burden in Greece this time, not the weaker ones, as usually has happened     
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 .

Greek Prime Minister: 

"On our second meeting with the Chancellor, we came closer"   find more

Greece will get €460mln for migration program, the EU Commissioner Demetres Avramopoulos announced  to Greece, undelining that actions have to be taken immediately in response to the crisis situation in the Mediterranean. According to the Plan, European Member States will have to ensure fingerprinting of all migrants.

National Intelligence Service and the Greek Police have been set on the Alert on the country’s Entry Points for the possibility fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) to entry Europe through Greece among the hundreds and thousands immigrants that arrive daily on the islands of Eastern Aegean. Go to our Greek2m eye story

We agreed to reopen the exploratory talks, which concern the continental shelf in the Aegean, and to continue the discussion on confidence-building measures, on which I would say we have already had some success. said Nkos Kotzias thankning his counter minister. "We have already agreed on and announced confidence-building measures for maritime safety, which include 9 technical aspects that we won’t go into in a press conference."

Anger as Greece sends its migrants to Germany  "Certainly, if the former Greek government did not act in accordance to EU law, this must be punished and prosecuted by the European Commission.”,

“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

"Oh, this is Greece's Best Looking Man!"
Tieless, as you see, John Stamos gave the  dress code alibi to the Greek FM who was the special guest in White House hosted by the US  President who was on tie at the  White House reception for the Greek Independence day, April 2015 .
Enjoy on CNBC John Stamos' narration for this meeting,  where he was present on the chat of the two, but he didn't say a word.

Wow! see John Stamos' ad in US, that made Greek Yoghurt such a trend .

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From today's celebrities around the world to the famous poets and writers of older and contemporary times, the feeling of meeting Greece is often described as meeting another stage of being Intellectual people of the world have found this sense penetrative enough to get inspired and write about this instant high,whith which Greece signs on whoever meets her. What is it about Greece More

Greece’s demand on Germany’s World War II dept “rebuffed” , the German Press wrote Since the very first days of this governmenet, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias took the Greek claim of  World War II Reparation from Germany in his jacket pocket when he visited Berlin for talks with his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday. “In my inside pocket, I’ve got that part of the speech from the prime minister who addressed the issue (of reparations),” Kotzias said during the joint press conference with Steinmaier.

"Ethics can not be a la carte in Europe, dear Germany. You used legal tricks to avoid paying Greece for the repatriations, emphasised Tsipras in Parliament, Tuesday March 9, 2015 ...In 1990, the legal and political conditions were created for this issue to be solved. But since then, German governments chose silence, legal tricks and delay,” Tsipras said in his speech in Parliament

Such a lack of interest for tax transparency, by the memorandum Governments, said Switzerland

German newspaper Die Welt recently accused Greece, -but mainly the ex Greek government this time-, for  not acting on opportunities to recover billions in lost tax, “The Greek government has done nothing for a year to recover supposedly untaxed assets of Greek citizens in Switzerland.find more

Greece and Germany in Cold War, says New Europe

The statements of Wolfgagang Schäuble who said that Greece must guarantee that the existing MoU is fulfilled,as to get any money form now on adding also,- after the crtitical eurogroup on Monday March 9, that Minister Varoufakis was the only minister in the Eurogroup to believe that time was not lost, and emphasing troika, must once again return to Athens,were interpreted by Athens as a “declaration of war." read more 

 "(Jean Claude Junker), ... Show me the money!"

Indeed.... Greece’s rebellion succeeds to make Europe recognize Humanitarian Crisis after all. Two billion Euros promised finally on March 19th as a Eurozone's Response to what, till now unrecognized, Greek drama has caused  , More by the March 19, 2015 article  

“Good afternoon comrade!”

Vladimir talked to Alexis in Greek

Since the first three days of Alexis Tsipras election

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received a congratulatory phone call from former US president Bill Clinton while in Rome. The premier is expected to meet Clinton during the event hosted by his foundation, the Clinton global initiative (CGI) in the summer in Greece.