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Thu, May 17 2012 02:40:54

Greece: Dire rhetoric, rocky road to new elections

  1. Cost of Greek exit from euro put at $1tn
    UK government making urgent preparations to cope with the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the single currencyThe British government...
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  2. Greece swears in caretaker prime minister
    A senior judge has been sworn in as Greece's caretaker prime minister with the sole task of holding new elections on June 17.
    Aljazeera
  3. Eurozone Live Blog | Al Jazeera Blogs
    Greek politicians have failed to form a government and will now head towards holding a new election. Polls show the vote could favour the...
    Aljazeera
  4. Eurozone crisis live: Cameron to warn of huge risk from euro breakup
    Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the eurozone financial crisis. Coming up ... David Cameron is due to warn of the des...
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  5. Exclusive: ECB stops operations with some Greek banks
    BERLIN/FRANKFURT | Wed May 16, 2012 5:39pm EDT BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to ...
    Reuters
  6. joannakakissis
    Joanna Kakissis@joannakakissis
    Greece's embittered cabinet sworn in. Now on to bizarro parliament. Will Golden Dawn give Nazi salute? Ah democracy. #zeushelpus
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:22:42
  7. greekdude
    Alεxandros@greekdude
    Iran mode on (part 3): The new Greek MPs are about to be sworn in by the archibishop of Athens. #Greece #theocracy
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:21:34
  8. greekdude
    Alεxandros@greekdude
    The new Greek parliament (for a day) is about to be sworn in. Among them a neo-nazist party. Hopefully no fascist salutes. #Greece
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:14:36
  9. ThePressProject
    The Press Project@ThePressProject
    Σαμαράς και Πάγκαλος βρίζουν χυδαία και τερατολογούν ασύστολα, έτσι για καλημέρα. Αυτά, οι συνετοί,οι καθωσπρέπει, οι "ευρωπαίοι. Bad losers
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:13:55
  10. Cyberela
    Cyberella@Cyberela
    That's cause Greece is already bankrupted and Greek media cannot refer to the term in order terrorize people.
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:16:22
  11. Cyberela
    Cyberella@Cyberela
    Interesting is that Greek media are referring about the probable exit from eurozone but they don't use the term "bankruptcy" anymore.
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:13:49
  12. tzaf
    Menelaos Tzafalias@tzaf
    Dear followers of the #left, #Greece leaving #euro not necessarily a good thing -- read #Munchau in the #FT -- might do you some good
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:09:57
  13. dianalizia
    Diane Shugart@dianalizia
    and gloves are definitely off for the election campaign, which officially begins after pmt is dissolved tomorrow
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:10:59
  14. dianalizia
    Diane Shugart@dianalizia
    good morning...caretaker govt sworn in, papademos has handed keys to maximou to pikramenos. revolving door pmt to be sworn in shortly
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:08:30
  15. Bezesteni
    Chumba@Bezesteni
    Αυτό που με θλίβει είναι ότι οι μέχρι χτες συνεργάτες υπουργών θα πρέπει τώρα να ξαναδωσουν ΑΣΕΠ #bye_bye
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:05:02
  16. NickMalkoutzis
    Nick Malkoutzis@NickMalkoutzis
    If New Democracy or PASOK think they'll benefit from polarisation during the new election campaign, they're in for a rude awakening #Greece
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:05:40
  17. NickMalkoutzis
    Nick Malkoutzis@NickMalkoutzis
    New Democracy chief Samaras uses surprisingly harsh language to attack SYRIZA in speech to MPs. This is going to be an ugly election #Greece
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:02:03
  18. Cyberela
    Cyberella@Cyberela
    Το γραφείο Τύπου της Βουλής αποκλείει τους φωτογράφους από την ορκωμοσία της κυβέρνησης http://www.paron.gr/typologies/?p=19453
    Thu, May 17 2012 01:00:21
  19. YBoyio
    Yannis Bogiopoulos@YBoyio
    έχουν και πιτυρίδα :) RT @Arhsx: "Αργόμισθοι δημόσιοι υπάλληλοι & φοροφυγάδες οι ψηφοφόροι του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ" λέει ο Πάγκαλος (ΣΚΑΙ)
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:59:11
  20. helion
    tiritomba@helion
    Jean-Claude Juncker: "we know exactly what we should do; we just don't know how to get re-elected if we do it". gu.com/p/37jmx
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:55:44
  21. ikostaki
    Irene Kostaki@ikostaki
    Αυτό. RT "@Mosxovas: Μόνο στην Ελλάδα, οι εκπρόσωποι της Δημοκρατίας θα ορκιστούν στο Θεό, αλλά δεν ομνύουν στην ίδια τη Δημοκρατία..."
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:52:03
  22. stratosathens
    Stratos Safioleas@stratosathens
    @mkhalili There is no button; just our own patriotic Greeks, stashing their money in the real estate market in London. Waiting. #simple
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:52:37
  23. mkhalili
    Mehran Khalili@mkhalili
    Pushing a new button: Greek fear of Big Conspiracy. MT @stratosathens Papademos: "There are those waiting to profit from [Grexit]" #Greece
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:49:14
  24. helion
    tiritomba@helion
    τίποτα. έπρεπε να είχε γίνει το δημοψήφισμα τότε
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:47:33
  25. AkouAuto
    Evi X.@AkouAuto
    πω φαντάσου και τα κακόμοιρα τα Ελληνάκια του μέλλοντος που θα πρέπει να παπαγαλίζουν το κεφάλαιο "η κρίση του '12". τα καημένα.
    Thu, May 17 2012 00:31:04

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