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- Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history
- Amal Clooney accuses Turkey of hypocrisy on freedom of speech in Armenian genocide trial
- Greece demands fair deal with creditors and will not 'submit' to EU
- Germany calls on Greece to be ‘fair’ to Europeans
- China says double-checking Greek port sale halt
- Tsipras aims to avert catastrophe but Greek markets sink further
- German Econmin says cannot imagine a haircut on Greek debt
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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 |
Bloomberg: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised to avoid a “catastrophic clash” with creditors and European governments, as stock and bond markets extended their declines to lows not seen since the peak of the country’s debt crisis.
Greece
Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Spanish air base, killing 10 (The Idaho Statesman: Jan. 26)
Greek singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68 (BBC: Jan. 26)
Greek health cuts a matter of life and death on Samos (Yahoo! News: Jan. 22)
Police arrest Xiros' alleged accomplice (Jan. 22)
Greek Tomb Held at Least Five Corpses (Discovery News: Jan. 19)
Politics
Greece demands fair deal with creditors and will not 'submit' to EU (Economic Times: Jan. 28)
Tsipras aims to avert catastrophe but Greek markets sink further (Bloomberg: Jan. 28)
German Econmin says cannot imagine a haircut on Greek debt (Reuters: Jan. 28)
Greek PM Tsipras pushes on with radical change, markets tumble (Reuters: Jan. 28)
Greek PM Tsipras says has mandate for radical change (Reuters: Jan. 28)
Amal Clooney accuses Turkey of hypocrisy on freedom of speech in Armenian genocide trial (The Telegraph: Jan. 28)
Germany calls on Greece to be ‘fair’ to Europeans (Daily Times: Jan. 28)
Russia considers condemning "annexation" of East Germany (The Killeen Daily Herald: Jan. 28)
Zimmer: After Syriza win, creditors must help Greece (Deutsche Welle: Jan. 26)
Real Madrid top football rich list for 10th year running (BBC: Jan. 22)
Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history (BBC: Jan. 28)
Saudi King Abdullah dies at 90 (Jan. 23)
Laser-etched metal 'bounces' water (BBC: Jan. 22)
IMF trims global economic outlook (Jan. 20)
Richest 1% 'to own more than the rest' (BBC: Jan. 19)
Business
Euro hits 11-year low as Greek leftists sweep to power (Reuters: Jan. 25)
ECB must include Greece in bond-buying plan, says Greek fin min (Reuters: Jan. 22)
Greece leads European stocks lower as Syriza beefs up lead (Reuters: Jan. 21)
Sports
Sunderland’s Mavrias to join Celtic on loan? (Hartlepool Mail: Jan. 28)
Olympiakos overcomes depleted OFI at Iraklio (eKathimerini: Jan. 24)
Tremendous Spanoulis sweeps Laboral Kutxa (eKathimerini: Jan. 24)
Cash-strapped Niki Volou relegated from top Greek league (Reuters: Jan. 24)
OFI Crete is going under (eKathimerini: Jan. 21)
Aitor Karanka hails Dimi Konstantopoulos after Middlesbrough win (The Football League: Jan. 18)
Top Stories - Picks
Tsipras takes control (Jan. 26)
Greek F-16 fighter jet crashes at Spanish air base, killing 10 (The Idaho Statesman: Jan. 26)
'Unnatural' Greek coalition could be short-lived (Digital Journal: Jan. 26)
EU open to later Greek debt repayment, not forgiveness (Daily Mail: Jan. 26)
Zimmer: After Syriza win, creditors must help Greece (Deutsche Welle: Jan. 26)
New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras forms cabinet (BBC: Jan. 27)
What’s the Greek word for suicide? (Hurriyet Daily News: Jan. 22)
Greek leftist widens poll lead, says to end 'humiliation' (Reuters: Jan. 22)
Greek health cuts a matter of life and death on Samos (Yahoo! News: Jan. 22)
Real Madrid top football rich list for 10th year running (BBC: Jan. 22)
Elections 2015 | Facts & Figures (eKathimerini: Jan. 22)
Saudi King Abdullah dies at 90 (Jan. 23)
Police arrest Xiros' alleged accomplice (Jan. 22)
Radical Left political outsiders prepare for power in Greece (The Olympian: Jan. 22)
ECB must include Greece in bond-buying plan, says Greek fin min (Reuters: Jan. 22)
On this Day
January 28
- 1826: Andreas Miaoulis defeated the Turco-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Araxos and supplied the besieged at Messolonghi.
- 1974: Archbishop Makarios III declared a 3-day mourning period, throughout Cyprus, over the death of his political opponent Georgios Grivas.
- Deaths: Anastasios Metaxas, architect, Olympic athlete (1937), Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece (2008).
Editor Picks
Who is the 'radical' new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis? (Deutsche Welle: Jan. 28)
Why aren't markets panicking about Greece? (BBC: Jan. 26)
Syriza victory: Turning point for EU? (BBC: Jan. 25)
Explainer: why the Greek election is so important (The Conversation UK: Jan. 23)
What’s the Greek word for suicide? (Hurriyet Daily News: Jan. 22)
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