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Updated: February 09, 2010 at 09:20 AM EST

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Greece hikes pension age, calls for bonus cuts

AFP - Feb 09, 2010
Greece's government on Tuesday unveiled a hike in the average retirement age and called on striking civil servants to accept bonus cuts to pull the country out of an unprecedented financial crisis.... »

eKathimerini

eKathimerini - Feb 09, 2010
Prime Minister George Papandreou yesterday put up an impassioned defense of his government's bid to grant second-generation immigrants citizenship, presenting a vision of a country inhabited by Greeks of all ethnic backgrounds... »

Strike to cancel all Greece flights (Globe and Mail)

Law to protect Asopos River from toxic waste (eKathimerini)

Synagogue gets backing (eKathimerini)

Gang of six used stolen IDs to take out loans (eKathimerini)

Greeks Support New Measures, Oppose Pension Move, Poll Shows (Business Week)

Greeks protest against synagogue attacks on Crete (Earthtimes)

Greece plans to ban early retirement (BBC)

Tax policy tweaked as strike action looms (eKathimerini)

Unions threaten more strikes against Greek govt (Reuters)

Size of public debt catches up with Greece (Guardian)

Greece to unveil plan to cut government waste: minister (AFP)

Greek PM seeks Singh’s advice to tide over economic crisis (Economic Times)

David Cameron aide wins government contract in state Tory leader backs for EU (Telegraph.co.uk)

France to issue citizens' handbooks to every child (Guardian)

Greece Not Named as New EU President Sets Tone for Summit (Business Week)

Eurogate -- The New Fannie, Freddie and AIG (Huffington Post)

Greek Ouzo crisis escalates into global margin call as confidence ebbs (Telegraph.co.uk)

New finance bill squeezes Portugal budget (BBC)

Iran begins enriching higher-grade uranium, says state TV (Guardian)

Toyota in global recall of Prius (BBC)

Bad malaria pills raise drug resistance fears (MSNBC)

Chinese police shut down hacker training op (MSNBC)

Genes reveal 'biological ageing' (BBC)

Yanukovych 'wins Ukraine's poll' (BBC)

Greek unions threaten austerity moves (Times Online)

Greece invites bids for Vevi lignite mine (Reuters)

Greece Readies Tax Change to Fight Crisis (ABC News)

Greece sticks to austerity plan: finance minister (Reuters)

Super-wealthy investors move billions out of Greece (Guardian)

Greece trips, euro could fall (Sydney Morning Herald)

Cisse strikes twice as Greek league leader Panathinaikos beats Larissa 3-0 (Canadian Press)

EURO 2012 qualifying draw in full (UEFA.com)

AEK comes from behind to beat Xanthi 3-1, Aris vs. Panthrakikos games suspended (Canadian Press)

Nigeria sack coach with World Cup looming (Reuters)

Cousin happy with Greek loan (SkySports)

Cousin heads to Greece (SkySports)

A Byzantine church in North London (ChristianToday)

Kirk-Giannoulias head into general election for Senate (Daily Herald, IL)

Deep fryer looked at in fire that destroyed Greektown restaurant (Chicago Sun-Times)

Fire controlled at popular Greek eatery Costa's on Near West Side (Chicago Sun-Times)

Papadakis Taverna in San Pedro is nearing its last dance (Los Angeles Times)

AHEPA Marrow holding National Basketball Tournament in Chicago

Opinions/Articles/Editorials

A new service by Phantis, featuring opinions, articles, editorials and user feedback

Are you born or do you become Greek? (by Nicolas Mottas) - 9 February)

A Greek plan to refute Cassandras (by Nicolas Mottas) - 1 February)

The Farmers’ Blockades Symbolize the Trap the Greek State Has Created for Itself (by George Picoulas) - 25 January)

Are you born or do you become Greek?

by Nicolas Mottas

The true essence of Greekness doesn’t exist in race, blood or religion but in Hellenism’s admirable capacity to assimilate foreign cultures.

A Greek plan to refute Cassandras

by Nicolas Mottas

The various speculations against Greece’s economic situation by financial élites and interest groups consist an indirect, but distinct, attack on the Eurozone.

The United States and
the Making of Modern Greece:
History and Power, 1950-1974
Author James Edward Miller
demonstrates how U.S. officials sought,
over a period of twenty-five years,
to cultivate Greece as a strategic
Cold War ally in order to check the
spread of Soviet influence.
astore.amazon.com

On this day...

February 9

474: Zeno I ascended to the Byzantine throne.
1950: Martial law, imposed as a result of the Greek Civil War, was lifted throughout Greece.
1976: The European Common Market accepted the application of Greece for full membership.
1995: Four members of the Northern Epirus "Omonia Party" were released from prison by the Albanian authorities.
Births: Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine emperor (1404); Charilaos Michail, EOKA fighter (1935); Katerina Stanisi, singer (1957); Angelos Charisteas, footballer (1980).
Deaths: Dionysios Solomos, poet (1857).