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...Duncan MacDonald, author of the 1812 The New London Family Cook, noted that bride cake is “ . . . without having any ornament whatever on the top, as it should appear of delicate, plain white”....
...He was supported by Alexis Tsipras of Greece, whose country was also required to sell off state companies in return for bailout funds....
...During bailout negotiations in 2015, Alexis Tsipras hoped that a referendum demonstrating the will of the Greek people would strengthen his position. It did not....
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...But Alexis Lautenberg, a former Swiss ambassador to the UK, said there are interesting parallels to note as Britain manages a trade-off between greater control over immigration and future access to EU markets...
...Importers will welcome the pound’s rise, says Rudi Alexis of Barclays. “It gives them a bit of respite, but they are not out of the woods whatsoever,” he says....
...It exalts what the 19th century French liberal Alexis de Tocqueville called “the tyranny of the majority”. The creators of the American constitution had a similar fear....
...Ms Merkel made her views plain to Alexis Tsipras at the weekend. Bundestag: where is the IMF? Bild Zeitung reports on growing unease among German lawmakers over the third Greek programme....
...Also preparing to travel is Alexis Tsipras, the leftwing Greek prime minister and one-time firebrand, who tweeted: “Goodbye, comandante.”...
Breakthrough would see non-Syrians sent back from Greece
...Greece risks becoming a vast holding pen for tens of thousands of migrants arriving by boat from Turkey as neighbouring countries close their borders, prime minister Alexis Tsipras has warned....
...In today’s FT, Maggie Fick, James Politi and Duncan Robinson explore the EU’s latest plan – centred on striking partnerships with African governments in which they would undertake to crackdown on people...
...In a call with Ms Merkel on Wednesday, Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, expressed “intense disappointment” at the EU’s failure to live up to its commitment....
...In an address to parliament on Wednesday night, Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s prime minister, vented his frustration, accusing Austria in particular of acting irresponsibly by excluding his country from the 10...
...Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras led a chorus of criticism of the Austrian move during an often heated late-night summit on migration in Brussels on Thursday....
...The Turkish and German leaders were due to discuss the resettlement scheme in a meeting with Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, before a “mini-summit” with eight other leaders....
...Several European ministers and senior EU officials see the threat of pushing out Greece over “serious deficiencies” in border control as the only means left to persuade Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s prime minister...
...While some in Athens believe the Nato mission is now their last best hope to avoid their nation becoming “a warehouse of souls”, as prime minister Alexis Tsipras warned this week, others fear it could quickly...
...Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras demanded to know what a European border guard could achieve that a domestic official could not....
...Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has long-argued that Greece should not be turned into a “black box” for refugees....
...Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, has already complained that EU plans to build more migrant processing centres in his country — and possibly reinforce the border with Macedonia — risk making Greece...
...Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister who has feared such a move, has warned that his country could become a “black box” for refugees....
...According to officials who attended the meeting, hosted by Werner Faymann, the Austrian chancellor — which included the German chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek premier Alexis Tsipras — several of the leaders...
...Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras called it a “trip to hope”. Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, made the hop from Brussels to see them off last week....
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