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Fireworks explode...
Fireworks explode over the Acropolis in Athens as the city saw in the year 2009. The celebrations included a concert in Syntagma Square, which was attended by hundreds of people. |
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No time to start new fires
There is mounting concern over Ankara's continued provocative stance in the Aegean, a stance whose purpose is to cast into doubt Greece's sovereign rights and create gray zones.
Led by President Karolos Papoulias, Greece has taken the right approach by dealing with this situation with a strong, firm and steady manner.
It will take a very cool head and some tactful diplomatic maneuvering if we want to avoid reaching a difficult situation in which Ankara presents us with a fait accompli and a crisis develops in the Aegean.
In order for this necessary calmness to exist, however, Greece's politicians and its media should be cautious and careful in choosing their words and deciding what to say to the public. |
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2008: The end of illusions
Even before the year started, it was evident that 2008 would be difficult, mainly because of the storm clouds gathering on the horizon as the housing market crashed in the United States. At the time, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and his minister for the economy, Giorgos Alogoskoufis, were adamant that the Greek economy was «armor-plated.» The fortifications, if they did exist, were useless: The crisis was here even before the storm crossed the Atlantic. |
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