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Ronaldo beats Messi to Ballon d'Or triumph
Portugal and Real Madrid great Cristiano Ronaldo lifted his third FIFA world footballer of the year award on Monday in an overwhelming win over eternal rival Lionel Messi, Barcelona's Argentine magician.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Wins Ballon d'Or Award for Third Time
Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2014 annual award for the second year running on Monday.
This is the third time the Portugal forward has grabbed the trophy awarded by FIFA and France Football magazine after winning it in 2008 and 2013.
Ronaldo captured 37.66%of the votes cast by the captains and coaches of each national team plus one journalist from each country.
George Soros Calls for USD 50 B Aid to Ukraine, Continued Sanctions Against Russia
George Soros expressed his opinion that the European Union (EU) should reorient its current policies towards Russia and Ukraine.
Soros proposes a two-way approach, which balances the economic sanctions against Russia with an increased financial assistance to Ukraine.
Olympiakos hires Vitor Pereira as tearful Michel departs
Olympiakos announced on Wednesday the hiring of Portuguese manager Vitor Pereira, while his predecessor, Michel Gonzalez, issued a touching farewell 24 hours after surprisingly being shown the door.
'Grexit' is back: A Greek exit from the euro raises fears of fiscal contagion
By Simon Kennedy
Mario Draghi?s July 2012 pledge to do ?whatever it takes? to keep the euro intact has kept speculators at bay for almost three years. Bond yields fell from Dublin to Athens, giving governments room to cut budgets and start revamping their economies.
Germany Considers Grexit Manageable Scenario -Report
The German government believes that a Greek exit from the eurozone will be manageable, should it prove necessary, according to news magazine Der Spiegel.
Germany believes eurozone could cope with Greece exit, reports Der Spiegel
The German government believes that the euro zone would now be able to cope with a Greece exit if that proved to be necessary, Der Spiegel news magazine reported on Saturday, citing unnamed government sources.
High level of consumption means little is left for investments
The high rate of private consumption in Greece constitutes an obstacle to the strengthening of investments, according to a report published on Tuesday by Eurobank.
Italian bonds show Greece is on its own
As Italy sold 10-year bonds on Tuesday at a record-low yield of less than 2 percent, rates on similar-maturity Greek debt were spiraling toward 10 percent.
Compare that with 2011, when Greeces troubles were grouped with Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain and Italian borrowing costs exceeded 7 percent.
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Vucic: 2015 will be year of investments
BELGRADE, - The Serbian government has shown that it can manage public finances transparently, and the coming year will be marked by investments, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said at his end-of-the-year news conference held at the government headquarters on Saturday.
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