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Greek Prime Minister paid tribute to Greek patriots executed by Nazis during WWII. His message to the Germans was clear: we bailed you out, now it’s our turn. [Credit: The Guardian]
Shortly after his election last Sunday as Greece’s Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras chose not lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens’ Syntagma Square. Instead, he went to a war memorial in the Athens suburb of
Kessariani where Nazi soldiers executed hundreds of Greek Resistance fighters during the brutal German occupation.
Tsipras’s message was not lost on Angela Merkel and other European leaders: the world forgave most of Germany’s debt; now it’s Greece’s turn. Continue reading →
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