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Greece’s new leftist finance minister Yanis Varoufakis (R) talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (L) in the parliament in Athens on February 6, 2015. (REUTERS/Panayiotis Tzamaros/FOSPHOTOS)

Greek leader to reject EU’s austerity, lay out leftist programme

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 8, 2015 | World

Athens, Reuters—New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will lay out his radical left-wing government’s policies in a speech later on Sunday, firmly rejecting any more austerity forced on his debt-strapped country by its euro zone partners. In his first major...

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Carabinieri patrol Chigi Square by Italian Prime minister offices in Rome on April 29, 2013 the day after a Carabiniere police officer was shot by an apparently disturbed man while the country’s new ministers were being sworn in. Source: AFP Photo/Filippo Monteforte

Europe Poised to Soften on Austerity as Italy Alters Course

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 29, 2013 | World

Berlin, Bloomberg—Europe may accelerate a shift away from its austerity-first agenda this week as the new Italian government changes course and a German-Spanish investment pact underscores a renewed focus on combating record unemployment. Sunday’s swearing in of...