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Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Two-Way

Cyprus President Tries To Calm Public After Anger Over Bailout Deal

People queue to use an ATM outside of a Laiki Bank branch in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Saturday. Many rushed to cooperative banks after learning that the terms of a bailout deal with international lenders includes a one-time levy on bank deposits.

March 17, 2013 President Nicos Anastassiades went on television to say he was working to amend parts of the bailout deal struck with negotiators from eurozone countries and the IMF. The deal would levy taxes on all bank deposits, the first time the eurozone has dipped into people's savings to pay for a bailout.

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Friday, January 25, 2013

Planet Money

Episode 331: How Office Politics Could Take Down Europe

Andreas Georgiou (left) is the technocrat charged with running the Greek statistics office. Konstantinos Skordas (right) sits on a governing board for the statistics office

January 25, 2013 If you're looking for the beginning — and, possibly, the end — of the European financial crisis, you can find it in a single building: The Greek statistics office, at 46 Peireos Street in Athens.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Planet Money

The Fake Economist Who Conned A Nation

Artur Baptista da Silva, on Portuguese TV

January 24, 2013 His secret: He told people what they wanted to hear.

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