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2012-01-26
Globe and MailEU Financial Tug of War and the Greek CatalystHuffington Post (blog)The modern Greek drama might not be as unexpected and destructive after all. Greeks have been prisoners in the parent-state sponsored bubble for decades. The corruption-infected blister is the result of a long populistic policy.Crisis: Greece, severe demands to Papademos from troikaANSAmedAn economy crumblesThe Economistall 2,191 news articles »
2012-01-17
Greek ReporterGreece Submits Legislation on Public-Sector Disciplinary ActionBloombergGreece's government submitted legislation to handle cases of corruption and other illegal or unethical behavior in the public sector, as part of its reform drive. “The practices of the last decades show there is inherent weakness of the present ...Greece Submits Legislation to Decrease Corruption in Public SectorGreek Reporterall 4 news articles »
2012-01-25
BloombergGreek Default Looms With a Touch of Schadenfreude: The TickerBloomberg``The elites in Athens don't appear willing to abandon their own sinecures or to fight corruption and tax evasion.'' He rejects calls for more bailout money for the peripheral nations. ``A Greek exit from the euro could have a disciplining effect and ...'The EU Will Pay Even If Greece Doesn't Deliver'Spiegel Onlineall 1,065 news articles »
2012-01-26
CORRUPTION: Soyinka, Bakare, others move against presidential systemVanguardThis growing discomfort about the presidential system of government, has so far, attained a frightening stage, given that the problem of institutionalized corruption, believed to be holding Nigeria down, is seen as a fallout of the practice of this ...and more »
2012-01-18
$10 Million Returned to Victims of Public Corruption Scheme, Including Kodak ...7thSpace Interactive (press release)Those receiving restitution include the Eastman Kodak Company, the Town of Greece, IBM, ITT Industries, Inc ., RG&E, and Global Crossing. The companies and town were all victims of real property tax appraisal and assessment schemes spearheaded by John ...and more »
2012-01-20
Greek bond deal won't fix Athens' debt woesmsnbc.comPoul Thomsen, the International Monetary Fund mission chief in Greece, met with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos in Athens, Friday. European Union and International Monetary Fund representatives start new round of talks with officials in the ...and more »
2012-01-26
Business InsiderTHE ADVENTURES OF NIKOS KASSIMATIS: The Man Who Owes $1.23 Billion To The ...Business InsiderThe corruption was uncovered in 2001 and an investigation began on the tax fraud. The Greek justice system filed charges against dozens of tax and customs officials, five of whom are now in jail. Business people who teamed up with Kassimatis in the ...and more »
2012-01-27
PolicyMicGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel Should Do Whatever it Takes to Save the Euro ZonePolicyMicOn the flip side, Greece's ride on the euro has been one of D's: decline, debauchery, and debt. Greek corruption, incompetent tax collection, and outlandish civil service wages are not entirely to blame for what has transpired.and more »
2012-01-28
Oman Daily ObserverRomanians take their anger to streetsOman Daily ObserverBy Isabelle Wesselingh - ANGER over austerity measures and corrupt politicians used to be discussed privately in this ex-Soviet bloc country but slowly the street has become the stage for Romania's winter of discontent. Thousands of protesters have ...and more »
2012-01-24
CBC.caGreece urged to reach deal with bondholdersEuropean VoiceFinance ministers tonight (23 January) urged Greece's government and private bondholders to reach a deal on Greek debt restructuring after deciding that the latest plan was unacceptable. Ministers from the eurozone's 17 member states, ...Debt crisis: as it happened January 23, 2012Telegraph.co.ukall 4,149 news articles »
2012-01-26
No matter how inspiring the future European vision might be, the strategy towards it, unfortunately, bears neither fiscal nor social morality over the people. The domino effect has started from Greece.
2012-01-26
Even though we had discussed it at length, and agreed that it was necessary, the impending agreement on Greece's debt reduction forces us to ask: How is it possible that Greece is bankrupt?
2012-01-22
Hope never dies! All that is left now is to hope for the best. It is not clear anymore what is best from a purely economic point of view. The government and the EU officials should eliminate the Greek public deficit, but not by firing people and cutting minimum wages.
2012-01-17
Slovak politicians head into March elections embroiled in a massive corruption probe prompted by the publication of an alleged intelligence file code-named 'Gorilla'. It suggests that members of leading political parties colluded with financiers in privatisation and public procurement projects. EurActiv Slovakia reports. More »
2012-01-25
Learn which countries are included in the PIIGS and why they are grouped together.
2012-01-17
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- Last year alone, a large number of young people in capitalist countries were thrown into a cesspool of crimes, a product of corrupt society.
2012-01-01
It is often wrongly suggested that the ruling class of politicians is not honest (just because billions indeed have disappeared in shady projects that no one has ever seen, various useless state contracts such as armaments, countless traffic of influence, pharaonic bribes or pure, undiluted, sheer incompetence).
2012-01-12
ATHENS (Reuters) - Simplifying its tax system is an urgent task for Greece as it tries to fix its inefficient bureaucracy and restore its battered image abroad, the head of the EU's taskforce in Athens said in an interview on Thursday. "The most dramatic need is to simplify and codify the tax legislation. It is so complex that everybody can interpret as they want," Georgette Lalis told Reuters ...
2012-01-12
ATHENS (Reuters)- With the money tight all over Europe, one high-flying Greek businessman allegedly found a novel way of getting easy credit: two years ago he bought a controlling share in a bank, installed his own managers and then loaned himself and his associates nearly 600 million euros. Greek prosecutors allege Lavrentis Lavrentiadis, 39, turned the country's Proton Bank, which has since ...
2012-01-24
CHICAGO (AP) -- A judge delivered a sharply worded ruling in denying a corruption retrial for longtime Illinois powerbroker William Cellini.
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