Greek, German leaders to meet amid sour notes
The ongoing negotiations have fuelled popular opposition in Germany to the new Greek government
Berlin
THE leaders of debt-wracked Greece and economic powerhouse Germany meet in Berlin on Monday after weeks of bad feeling over Athens' debt woes, bitter wartime memories and an offensive hand gesture.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive Greece's radical left-wing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who has blamed her insistence on tough austerity for his country's "humanitarian crisis" of poverty and mass unemployment.
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