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Germany's finance ministry revealed that it had received €360 million in interest payments from Greece since 2010 through its bailout loans to the crisis-stricken country.“In the coming years the government expects only low income [from Greek debts] for the [German federal] budget, at the level of around €20 million per year,” the finance ministry wrote in an answer to parliamentary questions from the Left (Linke) party.
A court has decided to fine former MP Sebastian Edathy €5,000 after he admitted on Monday to downloading child pornography images and video onto his official parliamentary laptop.The controversial “Paragraph 153” rule, under which a trial can be abandoned if prosecution and defence agree and a fine is paid to a “public interest organization”, leaves Edathy without a blemish on his criminal record.
Privatising Greek regional airports will have disastrous consequences for the economic and social fabric of provinces, the union of civil aviation workers OSYPA said during an online press conference on Wednesday.He went on to say the move will harm regional communities, travelers, Greek tourism and the country.The airport fees will jump to 26.5 euros from 12 euros today per departing passenger during the first year of operation after the German investor takes over and then to 32 euros in the fourth year, Alevizopoulos said.“Germans want to turn the country into their own fiefdom. It’s a big game played at the expense of the industry and tourism,” he added.
Man spends £10K on search for kitten killer
Shortage of chick sexers in the UK, despite £40,000 salaryNot a single chick sexer was hired last yearDespite an above average £40,000 annual pay-packet, the UK’s poultry industry has a shortage of “chick-sexers”.Firms are finding it so tough to hire people to determine whether a chick is male or female, that the British Poultry has requested the job be put on an official government list of occupations with chronic staff shortages.If the occupation was on the government list, it would make it easier for the industry to recruit outside of the EU, including from South Korea, where chick sexing is considered a high-status job.Chicken sexing is a delicate task which requires dexterity and good eyesight, and cannot be replicated by a machine. Workers are required to examine “minuscule differences” in chicks’ genitalia to decide the sex.Those who work in the industry are expected to sort as many as 1,000 chicks an hour – between 13 and 20 a minute — and hit 98 per cent accuracy rates over a 12-hour shift, without harming the animals.
Greece Participates in Eurovision with ‘One Last Breath’
An "exceptional" tomb from the 5th Century BC likely to be that of a Celtic prince has been unearthed on the outskirts of Lavau in France's Champagne region.The grave containing Greek and possibly Etruscan artefacts was discovered in a business zone, the National Archaeological Research Institute (Inrap) said.The deceased and his chariot are in the burial chamber.The 5th and 6th Century BC were characterised by the rise of Etruscan and Greek city states like Marseille in southern France.
‘Go Back to Dirty Greece’: Greek Restaurant Receives German Hate MailThe letter reads: "Your new Greek government is brazen, impertinent and behaves like a mob of crude, mannerless jerks.” It goes on to accuse the Greek government of "extorting other hardworking countries" in order to continue its "lazy and comfortable lifestyle.""Pay taxes...why? Work...why?" the letter continues, "Laying in the sun is much more comfortable, especially when others pay for it.""As long as this government continues to sordidly disparage and offend the particularly hardworking and economical Europeans and Germans, we will no longer be buying anymore Greek goods, nor stepping foot in your premises," the letter promises. "Go back to your own corrupt, rotten and totally incapable dirty Greece."
Quote‘Go Back to Dirty Greece’: Greek Restaurant Receives German Hate MailThe letter reads: "Your new Greek government is brazen, impertinent and behaves like a mob of crude, mannerless jerks.” It goes on to accuse the Greek government of "extorting other hardworking countries" in order to continue its "lazy and comfortable lifestyle.""Pay taxes...why? Work...why?" the letter continues, "Laying in the sun is much more comfortable, especially when others pay for it.""As long as this government continues to sordidly disparage and offend the particularly hardworking and economical Europeans and Germans, we will no longer be buying anymore Greek goods, nor stepping foot in your premises," the letter promises. "Go back to your own corrupt, rotten and totally incapable dirty Greece."I would rather spend time in "dirty Greece" than amongst a bunch of arrogant, goose stepping Nazis who shpuld have been wiped out in their own ovens!http://www.newsweek.com/go-back-dirty-greece-greek-restaurant-receives-german-hate-mail-311553?piano_d=1
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