The Greek Government has hired Foreign Workers to Clean out the Underground Tunnel Leading from the Parliament to the Sea Port of Piraeus in Preparation for an Evacuation of all MPs
I just became aware of this report from Kontra channel here in Greece. Apparently, a tunnel that leads from Lykavitos to the Greek parliament, and from there to the sea port of Piraeus, is being cleaned out by foreign workers in preparation for the possible evacuation of Greek MPs in the event of a storming of parliament ahead of Wednesdays vote on the new memorandum.
The situation here is getting completely out of control. I really dont know how much longer the people will be willing to wait this thing out. The mood here in Athens is one of intense disillusionment with a government that seems increasingly detached from its own people.
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This just in. Greece officially pooched in the finance department.
Greece had its credit rating cut three levels by Standard & Poors, which branded the nation with the worlds lowest debt grade and said a restructuring looks increasingly likely.
The move to CCC from B reflects our view that there is a significantly higher likelihood of one or more defaults, S&P said in a statement today. Risks for the implementation of Greeces EU/IMF borrowing program are rising, given Greeces increased financing needs and ongoing internal political disagreements surrounding the policy conditions required.
The downgrade follows Moodys Investors Services decision this month to grade Greece only one level higher and may intensify pressure on European governments to stem the regions sovereign-debt crisis. Credit-default swaps on Greece, Ireland and Portugal surged to records today on concern governments struggles to resolve the turmoil will threaten their ability to pay off their debts.
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Found on the web: Men in impeccable suits on Swiss terraces cannot hide their anxiety. One might even lose it and jump a hotel maid - you never know.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
