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Both Thaksin's supporters and opponents have a history of inciting chaos and violence in the country. His supporters, called the "Red Shirts" for the color they wear, rioted in Bangkok and Pattaya last April, forcing the cancellation of a summit of Association of Southeast Asian leaders and bringing the...
It's not quite World War III, but tension over Greece's debt crisis has ignited a battle of words between Athens and Berlin, reopening old wounds and raising the specter of Nazism. As Greece struggles to avoid default, and Germans debate whether to bail out their spendthrift neighbor, the...
The spat between the two E.U. members is evidence of the how old enmities in Europe linger. Greek-German relations have been largely friendly in recent decades, the horrors of the war papered over by the benefits of modern European cooperation. Today, 2.5 million Germans flock to Greek beaches and...
During its 1941-1944 occupation of Greece, Germany diverted Greek crops to their own troops, sparking a famine in Athens. In all, an estimated 250,000 people across the country died of starvation. Greek guerrillas waged a fierce and dedicated resistance against the occupiers, but their bravery was countered by...
Vassilis Tsimpidis, a Greek dockworker who protested this week against government austerity measures, echoed the sentiments of many Greeks when he said Greece's modern problems could be traced to German's wartime sins. "German people believe bad things about Greeks, but we want to remind the German people that...