<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv3460303403"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div id="yiv3460303403"><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2922"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2712" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2921"><div id="yiv3460303403"><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2883"><div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2764"
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 class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388109154009_3432" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388109154009_3497"><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388098249772_12" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2790 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2811 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2769 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2769 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2718"><span id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388098249772_39" style="background-color:transparent;">In January 2013, </span><span id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5247" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;">Greece was already "literally breathing
 in the fumes </span></div><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388098249772_12" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2790 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2811 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2769 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2769 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2718 yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388113060050_2816"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;">of its recession."</span><br></div>







<div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388098249772_14" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2794 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2815 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2773 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2773 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2722"></div><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388098249772_16" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2795 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2816 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2774 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2774 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2723">







<div class="yiv3460303403p1" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5161"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-fog-of-austerity-this-smoke-cloud-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-greeces-depression/272626/" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5164">http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/the-fog-of-austerity-this-smoke-cloud-is-the-ultimate-symbol-of-greeces-depression/272626/</a></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5161"><br></div></div><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388098249772_18">







<div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2817 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2775 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2775" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373"><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2724" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">A year later, Greek Macedonia's largest city, Thessaloniki, is facing an</div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2725" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">insidious environmental disaster with <span style="font-size:12pt;"
 id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_3411">long-term public health
 implications.</span></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2727" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">







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 of a</span><br></div></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2797 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2732" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2797 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2778 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2778 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2733" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">looming environmental and public health crisis, one third of the governing </div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2797
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 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2734" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">coalition "New Democracy"
 party’s <span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388111586644_32">deputies (MPs), tabled a motion seeking </span></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2797 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2779 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2781 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2736" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388112100893_23">easing of tax </span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_3016">on heating oil, which was reflexly rejected by Greece's illustrious</span></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2797
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 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2784 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2739" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388112100893_27">government </span><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_3319">ministers of finance, environment, </span><span id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388111586644_26" style="font-size:12pt;">and health.</span></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2797" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathremote_1_25/12/2013_533750"
 id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_3018">http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathremote_1_25/12/2013_533750</a><br id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_3009"></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica
 Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2900" class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2819 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2784 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2788 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2743"><br id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2899"></div><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2785 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2789 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2744"><br></div></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2798 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2820 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2786
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 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2745" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size:12pt;" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1388112397037_41">N.B. Of possible interest is the recent op-ed (in Greek) by Professor B. Markesinis</span><br></div><div class="yiv3460303403p1 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2799 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2822 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2788 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2792 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2747" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ">spelling out a strategic plan to counter Greece's grueling downward
 economic spiral.  <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.dimokratianews.gr/print/21302" id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5376">http://www.dimokratianews.gr/print/21302</a></div><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388110625054_2800 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2823 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112100893_2789 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112397037_2793 yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388112722822_2748"><br></div><div id="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388098249772_5373" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; " class="yiv3460303403yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388111586644_2824
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