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Germans head to Greek restaurant to devour the Greek crisis – literally!

Berlin’s Restaurant Z has dishes inspired by the Greek crisis. The Greek owner Georgos Chrissisi hopes to bring Greece’s financial woes to the fore with his limited edition menu with dishes that include a Varoufakis platter and Grexit plates… and for dessert, why not a little bit of Sweet Angie?

After 'Goodbye Lenin', a Berlin resurrection

Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The Soviet leader will gaze again on the people when the 3.5 ton piece is resurrected from its current grave, a sandpit under a pile of rocks home to a colony of lizards.

Varoufakis points to Greece’s own Treuhand – Selling the country!

Yanis Varoufakis took to his blog (yet again!) to focus on what he claimed were European creditors’ “vindictive privatization plan for Greece”, as outlined in an article he wrote for the Project Syndicate, which bills itself as a global platform for statesmen, policymakers, intellectuals and activists.

Cashtration sale: Greece sells its heirlooms to save banks!

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras unconditional surrender of Greece to Berlin and Brussels will go down as one of the most curious U-turns in history. It’s hard to fathom how a leftist government that won elections on January 25 while campaigning to end austerity could end up passing one of the most neo-liberal programs ever imposed on Greece.

Beer is a Bargain in the Balkans, Study Shows

Balkan people by and large are moderate beer drinkers compared to many nations in Europe. Paradoxically, however, beer in the Balkans is much more cheaper than in most of the rest of Europe, a recent study shows.

The average price for a 33 cl beer goes for a bargain price of only 1.97$ in Belgrade compared to $2.58 in Berlin, $3.85 in Barcelona and a thumping $4.52 in London.

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