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News Headlines May 18, 2013

North Korea Launches Three Short-Range Missiles Somaliland Marks 22 Years of Independence Meteor Smashes Into Earth’s Moon Greece’s Golden Dawn Makes Genocidal Anti-Muslim Statements Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Will Not Step Down, Grants Rare Television Interview Russia Deploys 12 Warships to Syria Pakistan Female Politician Zahra Shahid Hussain Assassinated in Karachi Lebanese Man Murders Sister […]

News Headlines May 17, 2013

Greek Golden Dawn MP Shouts ‘Heil Hitler’ During Parliamentary Session Russia Confused About International Outrage Over Syrian Arms Sales UK Public Accounts Committee Chairperson Margaret Hodges Tells Google: ‘You Do Evil’ in Underpaying Taxes Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Protest Israeli Defense Ministry Plans to Draft Them Bashar Al-Assad Winning in Syrian Civil War Internet Sensation, […]

Greece’s Golden Dawn Offers Greek Youth a Far-Right Alternative

Austerity and its effects on Greek society have caused many disaffected youth to seek political solutions to their social ills, a trend that Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party is exploiting to the worry of many progressive Greeks. Armed with a nationalistic and anti-immigrant message, the Golden Dawn promises unemployed youth an outlet for their […]

Council of Europe Moves to Ban Greek Eleni Zaroulia and Hungarian Tamas Gaudi Nagy

Eleni Zaroulia, leader of Greece’s far-right anti-semitic Golden Dawn party, and Tamas Gaudi Nagy of Hungary’s Jobbik party, may find themselves banned from the European Parliament if a Council of Europe motion to do so is approved. Eleni Zaroulia infamously referred to immigrants as subhuman and both Zaroulia and Nagy’s parties have storied histories.

27-Year Old Greek Man Arrested for Blasphemy Against Greek Orthodox Elder Paisios

A 27-year old Greek man has been arrested after accusations of blasphemy against famous Greek Orthodox Elder Paisios were leveled at him. Using a play on words to make fun of the Elder’s surname, Geron Pastitsios was a satire Facebook page made mocking the Elder by depicting his picture holding the pastitsios pasta dish. Prompted […]

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Talks to Form Greek Coalition Government Collapse – New Elections Expected as Euro Zone in Turmoil

Greek President Karolos Papoulias has announced that talks to form a coalition, technocratic government have failed and new elections are expected. Evangelos Venizelos, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), has presided over three failed coalition talks and is now instrumental in forming a caretaker government to chaperone Greece into its next round of elections. […]

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Germany Threatens to Cut Greece Off

Responding to Greek leftist coalition Syriza’s leader Alexis Tsipras’ vow to abandon the debt resettlement terms, German leaders vowed today to cut Greece off from any international monetary aid if they fail to support the debt renegotiation settlement terms. Struggling to form a government in the wake of the May 6 elections, Greece’s leadership has […]

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Greek Political Crisis Emerges as Leftist Coalition Syriza’s Leader Alexis Tsipras Vows to Reject Austerity

The fate of Greece rests in the hands of a newly elected far-left leader, Alexis Tsipras, propelled to power on a platform that Greece could no longer support her international loan agreements. The anti-austerity, leftist coalition, Syriza, emerged surprisingly strong after this past weekend’s poll, winning 16.8% of the vote. News of Greek anti-austerity measures […]

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Greek Rage at the Polls Results in Seats in the Parliament for Nationalist, Neo-Nazi Party the Golden Dawn

The start of voting in an early general election in Greece has not gone well for proponents of the European idea: After two years of austerity and financial crisis, the Greek public is turning away from the traditional conservative New Democracy party and the socialist Pasok, the two poles of Greek political life for decades. […]