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‘The People Will Not Be Blackmailed’: Thousands March in Athens Against Austerity

By ickonic Posted on June 23, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with activism, athens, greece, protests, rallies

‘Throngs flocked to Athens on Sunday to call on the ruling Syriza party to stand up to international creditors and reject further austerity measures. In the second mass demonstration this week alone, thousands of protesters chanted “No to the euro” and “The people will not be blackmailed.” “We’re here to show there are a lot […]

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Collapse, Part 1: Greece

By Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert Posted on June 22, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bankruptcy, debt, default, ecb, eu, greece, Headlines, Oligarchs, tina, troika

The theme this week is collapse. It’s a big, complex topic because there are as many types of collapse as there are systems. Some systems appear stable on the surface but collapse suddenly; others visibly decay for decades before finally…

Getting Greece to budge on bailout is like giving birth with forceps, warns top EU official – but are European leaders about to hand over another £13BILLION to bail them out again?

By ickonic Posted on June 22, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bailouts, debt, ecb, eu, greece, imf

‘Forcing Greece to compromise on its deficit ahead of crunch talks to keep them in the European Union has been like delivering a baby with forceps, a senior official admitted today. Greece has offered new proposals offered to European leaders ahead of an emergency summit in Brussels, suggesting a deal to end the country’s debt […]

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European Central Bank Extends Credit on Fears of Greek Bank Collapse

By ickonic Posted on June 21, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bank run, central banks, credit, ecb, greece

‘The European Central Bank (ECB) intervened again Friday to prop up Greece’s banks, as savers, fearing their imminent collapse, withdrew record amounts of deposits. Following the collapse of talks between Greece and its creditors—the European Union (EU), the ECB and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—over the terms of a further spending cuts programme, billions of […]

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Greek Bank Run Accelerating; Is It ‘Game Over’ Soon?

By ickonic Posted on June 20, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bank run, ecb, euro exit, greece, imf, Russia

‘When the money dries up, it’s “Game Over.” And that’s what Greece is facing now that bank runs are accelerating rapidly! Consumer and business depositors have reportedly yanked 1.85 billion euros from the Greek banking system in just the last two days. That’s more than 115 million euros PER HOUR, assuming two eight-business-hour days. More […]

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EU shouldn’t view itself as economic hub of universe: Greek PM

By ickonic Posted on June 19, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bailout, debt, eu, greece, imf

‘Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras has said that Europe Union needs to understand that the center of world economic development is shifting to other regions. Speaking at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia on Friday, Tsipras said that the financial hub of the world “has already shifted” as new powers are playing a more and […]

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Greek journalists were ‘coached’ by IMF to report with pro-austerity bias – ex-envoy

By ickonic Posted on June 19, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Bias, debt, greece, imf

‘The Greek authorities want to investigate alleged misconduct by a number of journalists who attended seminars organized by the IMF and were allegedly instructed to promote the organization’s advice to Greece. The accusations were voiced by Greece’s former representative to the International Monetary Fund Panagiotis Roumeliotis, who testified Tuesday in front of a special parliamentary […]

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Russia and Greece sign €2billion deal on Turkish Stream gas pipeline

By ickonic Posted on June 19, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with greece, Russia

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Russia ‘ready to consider bailing out Greece’

By ickonic Posted on June 19, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with bailout, debt, eu, greece, imf, Russia

‘Russia says it is ready to consider offering loans to debt-stricken Greece, which is struggling to secure financial aid from its Western creditors. “We will support any decision (on the Greek debt crisis) that is proposed by Greece and our European partners,” Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said, local Russian media reported. “The most important […]

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Russian Pivot: Greek PM Schedules Putin Meeting Ahead Of ‘Lehman Weekend’

By David Icke Posted on June 16, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with debt, eu, greece, pipeline, Putin, Russia

‘Earlier this month, we reported that Greece is prepared to sign an MOU of political support for Gazprom’s Turkish Stream Pipeline, when Alexis Tsipras visits St. Petersburg for the International Economic Forum this week. The […]

‘Lehman Weekend’ Looms For Greece As Europe Readies ‘Emergency’ Sunday Meeting

By David Icke Posted on June 16, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with drachma, ecb, eu, euro, greece, imf, Russia, syriza, tspiras

‘Last week, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras submitted two three-page proposals that were ostensibly designed to close the gap with creditors. EU officials were incredulous, calling the drafts “not serious.” Tsipras had effectively resubmitted Greece’s previous […]

Starvation Is the Price Greeks Will Pay For Remaining In The EU

By David Icke Posted on June 16, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with ecb, eu, greece, imf, syriza

‘Syriza, the new Greek government that intended to rescue Greece from austerity, has come a cropper. The government relied on the good will of its EU “partners,” only to find that its “partners” had no […]

IMF bears criminal responsibility for Greece economic crisis: Tsipras

By David Icke Posted on June 16, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with Crisis, drachma, euro, greece

‘Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras has strongly criticized the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s policies toward his country, saying the international institution bears “criminal responsibility” for Greece’s debt crisis. “The IMF has criminal responsibility for today’s situation,” […]

Greece accuses Europe of plotting regime change as creditors draw up ultimatum

By David Icke Posted on June 16, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with austerity, debt, eu, euro, greece, regime change

‘Greek premier Alexis Tsipras has accused Europe’s creditor powers of trying to subvert Greece’s elected government after five years of “pillaging”, warning in solemn terms that his country will defend its sovereign dignity whatever the […]

German daily says IMF ‘torpedoed’ European Commission proposal on Greece debt

By David Icke Posted on June 15, 2015 Posted in Aggregated No Comments Tagged with debt, ecb, greece, imf

‘The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has “torpedoed” a recent bailout deal proposed by the European Commission to Greece which was made in an attempt to avoid a potential default by the cash-strapped country, a report […]