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The Venus de Milo at the Louvre museum in Paris (Photo: Rik_C)

Germany failed to pay WWII compensation, Greece says

Athens has accused Germany of failing to meet its World War II compensation obligations following the Nazi occupation of Greece in 1941, a claim Berlin has firmly rejected.

In a radio interview on Wednesday (24 February), Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos criticised Germany's attitude towards the ongoing Greek debt crisis, adding that Athens had never received adequate war reparations.

"They took away the Greek gold that was at the Bank of Greece, they took away the...

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The Venus de Milo at the Louvre museum in Paris (Photo: Rik_C)

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