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Greece wins approval from Eurogroup, but seriously, what was the big fight between Varoufakis and Schäuble all about?

On Friday, after days of intense and difficult negotiations, Greece and the Eurogroup were able to approve an agreement covering the next four months. Whereas Greece wanted to call the deal “bridging finance”, the Eurogroup insisted on calling it a…

People over markets

By Marianella Kloka*. We have almost had a month of coalition government since the elections of the 25th of January. There is no doubt that throughout this period we have heard things that the majority of Greeks wanted to hear,…

Two-thirds of the Three Billion Internet Users Come from Developing World, But…

Human Wrongs Watch Current estimates from the International Telecommunication Union show that there are almost 3 billion Internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world today.  These numbers tell us that technology is now common even in areas…

TTIP, a taste of things to come. E.g., Tobacco

Those working to establish a Free Trade Agreement between US and the EU, aka TTIP, are planning a system of Courts to deal with disputes between prívate corporations and governments that clearly benefit the former and reduces the capacity of…

Swimming with the sharks

OpEdNews ran an article which introduced how massive – educational in this case – debt was accumulated by the likes of Goldman Sachs derivatives but only as way to highlight how one US state avoided same, whereas the others were…

South Africa still hit by load shedding

South Africa – The giant electricity supplier of South Africa Eskom is switching off the lights left and right to households and businesses. This process of load shedding hits both private and public sectors, and occurs at specific time schedules per…

Greece edges closer to an exit from the Euro as Germany gets ready to push

The game currently being played by members of the Eurozone to see who will change position first is coming into its final days. Greece is asking for time to come up with a new plan and to receive financing to…

Blackstone: “you are not untouchable” (video)

Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca or PAH – Platform for People Affected by Mortgages is a Spanish grassroots organization that takes direct action to stop evictions and campaigns for housing rights.  PAH was set up in Barcelona in February…

Yemen: 900,000 Children Malnourished

Human Wrongs Watch Geneva — The political and economic crisis engulfing Yemen is having a dangerous impact on the country’s youths, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on , 13 February 2015 said as it warned that increasing numbers of children…

Stand With The People Of Greece

Dear Friends of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy,        We’re writing to urge you to attend this critical Greece solidarity event, which CPD is co-sponsoring:       Wednesday, February 11 at 6 p.m. DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TO THE UNITED…

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