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Gunmen have stormed the compound of a Lebanese construction company in northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers. Those abducted include a Briton, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese. The kidnapping ranks as the biggest of … read more »
By Belayneh Abate I suppose readers would not mind if I start my message with part of a conversation I had with one of my friends. Indeed I had a discourse with my longtime friend (also considered as a family … read more »
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press release Greece is seriously failing to respect the rights of asylum-seekers and migrants, Amnesty International warned in a briefing published today. Every year, tens of thousands of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers from the Middle East, Asia and Africa cross … read more »
Stuck in a small Athens flat all day to avoid being caught by police, earning another stint in prison and possibly a beating, 29-year-old Cameroonian Eugene Manaa rues the day he came to Greece. “Life is not just difficult here. … read more »
By HARVEY MORRIS,/rendezvous.blogs LONDON — In the early hours of Tuesday, units of Spain’s paramilitary Civil Guard rounded up a group of would-be African immigrants on an otherwise uninhabited Spanish rock off the North African coast and shipped them back … read more »
/mg.co.za Immigrants and refugees living in Mayfair in Johannesburg are living in fear after threatening, xenophobic letters began circulating in the area. A group calling itself the South African Blacks Association (Saba) has made graphic threats of violence against foreigners … read more »
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Tagged Greece, Human rights, immigration, IndepthAfrica, Mayfair, Non-governmental organization, Somalia, South Africa, South African Human Rights Commission
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Yuri GAVRILECHKO The globalization actually encompasses all aspects of private and social life. It also has a dramatic and miserable side of the coin: the differentiation of society, the breakup of traditional interpersonal ties (the decline of family values is … read more »
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Pyotr ISKENDEROV On July 1 Cyprus has taken over the EU presidency from Denmark that headed the Union hit by financial and economic crisis. Its presidency will hardly smooth over the situation in Europe. Cyprus is moving in the direction … read more »
Pyotr ISKENDEROV The recent rerun in Greece gave the EU a sense of certainty Europe had lacked for quite some time. Considering that the frontrunner in Greece automatically gets extra 50 seats in the 300-seat legislature as a bonus, the … read more »
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Funny MONEY and credit instruments, laced with creative financing and fuzzy math models, have left America wounded, putting the entire economy in structural shock; teetering and tethering. Extension of credits by instruments, a model developed and preached by the West, … read more »
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other world leaders at a meeting of the world’s 20 most important economies can breathe a little easier after a political party that favours staying in the eurozone came in first in Greece’s national elections … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Antonis Samaras, Canada, Greece, Greek, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, New Democracy, Stephen Harper, Sunday
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Tomas Rosicky has warned the Czech Republic they will slip up in the face of fervent Polish pressure if they play for a draw. The Arsenal man believes he is fit to face the co-hosts on Saturday night, when a … read more »
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Russia look to seal last eight spot against Greeks Russia will look to cement their place in the last eight at on Saturday when a draw will suffice in their game with Greece. They will hope their fans are on … read more »
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By Desné Masie The 2008 Financial crisis and the attendant Eurozone crisis are reshaping the future of global finance. But what are the implications of this for Africans? Why have financial institutions rushed to the aid of Greece, yet African … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African Development Bank, African news, African people, Eurozone, Greece, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Late-2000s financial crisis, Malawi
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Team: Poland Nickname: The White Eagles Rankings: FIFA (65), ELO (39), SPI (36) Odds: 58-1 Euro History: Qualified (2008) Last Five Tournaments:DNQ – GS – GS – DNQ – DNQ History: Polish soccer hit its apex in the 1970s and … read more »
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oters across Europe have spoken in the last week and the message they have sent has upended the fragile consensus that budget cuts and fiscal discipline would bring the continent back from the brink of debt Armageddon. In national elections … read more »
Igor IGNATCHENKO On May 6 Greece is to hold snap parliamentary elections against the background of unparalleled social-economic and political crisis. No matter all the bail out “aid” tranches received the situation us not getting better a bit, one can … read more »
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Vladimir NESTEROV | The last three years the European Union has faced the most grave economic crisis in its history. It’s not so much about preserving the «social oriented» market model that it has been so proud of the last … read more »
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Vladimir NESTEROV At the moment, it is open to debate whether the Greek default is a fairly inescapable outcome or an accomplished fact, but, clearly, getting the Greeks out of trouble is not the point for those who handle the … read more »
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After 13 hours of overnight talks ending Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., euro zone finance ministers put together the latest rescue package for Greece. “We have reached a far-reaching agreement on Greece’s new program and private sector involvement that would … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Athens, European Central Bank, European Commission, Evangelos Venizelos, Greece, Greek, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Monetary Fund, Jean-Claude Juncker
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Eurozone finance ministers have approved a 130bn euro ($170bn) second bailout package for Greece to resolve the debt-ridden nation’s immediate repayment needs. The deal reached after 13 hours of tortuous talks in Brussels, however, is unlikely to revive Greece’s ailing … read more »
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Tagged Athens, Economy of Greece, European Central Bank, Greece, Greek, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Jan Kees de Jager, Lucas Papademos
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upted in Athens. The so-called Eurogroup, made up of the 17 countries which use the single currency, will discuss whether the Greek government has done enough to trigger a second 130bn euro bailout. In a sign of just how seriously … read more »
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Tagged Athens, Brussels, Eurogroup, European Union, Evangelo Venizelos, Greece, Hellenic Parliament, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Lucas Papademos
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On Friday the 13th, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the credit status of nine European nations. The ratings of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain were lowered by two notches while Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia were lowered … read more »
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Tagged European Central Bank, European Union, France, Greece, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Italy, Nicolas Sarkozy, spain, Standard & Poor
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Part 1 Back in summer of 2008, amid difficulties with the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty on reforming the EU many officials in the EU government began to speak at their informal meetings about the future of Europe “at different … read more »
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Tagged Brussels, European Union, Greece, Herman Van Rompuy, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, London, Middle East, Sanctions against Iran
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By: Pyotr ISKENDEROV The resolutions of the December 8-9 EU summit which had evoked heightened expectations eventually left a mixed impression. The official agenda of the forum appeared all-embracing, with the leaders of the 27 countries of the united Europe … read more »
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Tagged Brussels, European Union, Greece, Herman Van Rompuy, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, London, Middle East, Sanctions against Iran
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The European Union was never about Democracy and therefore it comes as divine justice that the ball which represents the Eurozone crisis was kicked off by a currency sculpted graphically around the Greek letter epsilon and rolls back, precisely, to … read more »
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Angela Merkel, European Central Bank, European Union, Eurozone, France, Greece, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nicolas Sarkozy
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September 19, 2011 by benim
Vienna – Austria on Monday detained 16 Somali nationals for illegally entering the country, police said. The 10 men and six women, aged 17 to 32, arrived by bus from Greece with the help of human traffickers who managed to … read more »
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Athens – A top Libyan official has sought Greek mediation to end the bombardment against Libya by Nato, the Greek state news agency ANA reported overnight on Saturday. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have been battling rebels since February. The … read more »
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November 2, 2010 by benim
Letter bombs exploded at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, officials said, with three more suspected devices found at embassies. The New York Times said no injuries were reported as Greek counter-terror officers questioned two suspects in … read more »
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Tagged Athens, Bombs, bombs exploded, diplomatic mission, disasters-news, Environment, Greece, Greek Police, Improvised Explosive Devices, Indepth Africa, Letter bomb, letter bombs, New York Times, Nicolas Sarkozy, Switzerland, War Conflict
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