GREECE News, Aug 21, 2011

Greek bailout could stumble on collateral debate: experts AFP "We've struck a deal with Greece and now it's up to the other eurozone nations to approve it," Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen told reporters Wednesday. Analysts at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research said that the deal between Finland and Greece ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Skopje-Athens dispute: Who "owns" Alexander the Great? Monsters and Critics.com Every attentive student knows from history class that Alexander the Great belongs to Greece just like the Acropolis in Athens. And still Greek history professor Basi Gounaris in Thessaloniki says, 'This conflict is never going to be solved, ... See all stories on this topic »

Trojan horse BBC News Greece's minister of finance has declared that his government will make "a superhuman effort" to fulfil the conditions of the recent bailout. The declaration has a slightly ominous ring, and I can't help thinking back to one of the most ancient Greek... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Kadi joins Greek club KickOff During a chat from Greece, the former Bidvest Wits striker confirmed that he has put pen to paper on a short-term deal. “I have joined a Second Division team called Veria on a one-year deal,” he told KickOff.com. Kadi was loaned out by Wits to ... See all stories on this topic »

A Euro tragedy….can Zeus fly to the rescue? Malta Business Weekly Greek prime minister Papandreou gained enough votes to win the crucial vote of confidence in Parliament, which will help him pass the latest austerity measures, so Brussels and IMF now have little choice but to cough up the cash. ... See all stories on this topic »

Party girl Tara Reid ties the knot with her fiance in Greece Monsters and Critics.com Newlywed Tara Reid has taken to Twitter to share her honeymoon photos. The 'American Pie' star wed Zack Kehayov after getting engaged just hours earlier on theGreek island of Santorini. Now she is showing off her honeymoon by posting pictures online. ... See all stories on this topic » Monsters and Critics.com

Local creative thinkers recount artistic journeys both at home and abroad Columbia Daily Tribune The group spent five weeks in Greece, learning modern Greek in the mornings and then splitting into various writing workshops — fiction, poetry, translation and food/travel writing — in the afternoon. Most evenings, the group was enlightened by ... See all stories on this topic »

UMD Calls For Greek Metropolitan's Excommunication - OpEd Eurasia Review “This rhetoric is barbaric and injurious to Greece, the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the GreekOrthodox Church. Instead of promoting Christian values of peace, tolerance and togetherness, Anthimos uses his position of trust to incite the Greek nation to ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Merkozy's damp squib really a hand grenade? Irish Independent Three countries (Greece, Ireland and Portugal) are in financial rescue programmes, unable to borrow as the markets have priced in high probabilities of default. Several other countries, including much larger ones, are now threatened with the same fate. ... See all stories on this topic »

Bacalis: The traditional meaning of 'icon' Richmond Times Dispatch This comes directly from a Greek word that also means image or picture. The second definition references the Eastern Orthodox Church use of the word icon as a sacred image of Jesus, Mary, a saint or a scene from Scripture. ... See all stories on this topic »

Belgium adds to call for euro bonds, bigger bailout (NEWS.GNOM.ES) NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release) Bickering over the latest Greek bailout and lingering disappointment over Wednesday's Franco-German summit helped drag European shares to near two-year lows on Friday. Fears that major world economies are heading for recession are adding to worries ... See all stories on this topic »

Lender or borrower? DAWN.com ... now, the effect is not be limited to Greece. Ireland and Portugal, Spain and Italy are not far behind. Default would mean the end of the dream. So the pressure was mounted on the Greekgovernment to pass austerity measures and accept more debt. ... See all stories on this topic »

Panicky investors surely can't be expecting a quick cure for this malaise The Guardian Anxious bond investors demand austerity, austerity, austerity: Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Italy and now even France have lined up to offer civil servants' scalps and taxpayers' hard-earned cash to convince their creditors they're back on the straight ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Euro crisis and China Times of Malta Many believe China actually has a game changing presence in Europe now. It is reported to have focused on the Mediterranean and south-eastern EU member states most in need of Chinese cash. Figures suggest Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain now represent ... See all stories on this topic »

REIN IN THESE ROGUE BANKS Express.co.uk RBS's fi gures reveal that it managed to lose £733million through holding Greek bonds. So how did RBS manage to lose so much? Why can't this state-owned bank do better? How on earth did it miss the news that Greece was in trouble? ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek stock market tumbles - Yahoo! News Read 'Greek stock market tumbles' on Yahoo! News. ... Debt-ridden Greece became the first European Union country to seek an international bailout last year, ... news.yahoo.com/greek-stock-market-tumbles-101009263.html

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