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“Nobody forced Greece to enter a fiscal aid program”, German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble roared during the G20 meeting in Istanbul, fondly known as Constantinople during the Byzantine millennium.

Schaeuble said he does not yet understand how the new Greek government will be able to handle its problems.

By John Glover

Bonds of Greece?s banks extended declines, with notes of National Bank of Greece SA falling to a record, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reiterated his government?s rejection of the country?s bailout program.

The American coming-of-age tale "Boyhood", filmed over 12 years, won a BAFTA for best film on Sunday but the British awards ceremony was dominated by the Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything".
      

The air traffic control agency, SMATSA, expects to earn more than 68 million eurofrom route charges in 2015, after some major European airlines relocated flight paths over Serbia and Montenegro due to the armed conflicts in Ukraine.

Sam Smith, the British soul singer who was virtually unknown a year ago, dominated the Grammys Sunday with four awards, although adventurous rocker Beck was the surprise winner of Album of the Year honors.
 

A cache of secret bank files shows that HSBC's Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers avoid taxes and hide millions of dollars, according to a report by a network of investigative journalists released Sunday.
      

Fresh-faced Sam Smith could make history Feb. 8 at the Grammys with a chance to sweep top categories, but the music industry's big night could also coronate Beyonce or Pharrell Williams.
      

Greek government bonds declined on Friday, with three-year yields rising the most in a week, as the chair of the euro area?s finance ministers? group said governments won?t grant a request by Greece for short-term financing.

?Nobody knows where this is going,? said Peter Schaffrik, London-based head of European rates strategy at Royal Bank of Canada.

Queen Elizabeth II on Friday celebrated 63 years on the British throne as she neared the record set by Queen Victoria for the longest-reigning monarch.