Germany denies accusations it failed to pay WWII reparations to Greece

[Joanne98]

Tension between Germany and Greece has risen after offensive doctored photographs have appeared in both countries' media. Some Greek officials have also claimed Germany owes them billions in war reparations.

Germany has discarded recent accusations by a Greek official that the country still owed Greece billions of euros in reparations for World War II.

Greek Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos was quoted on the BBC Web site that Germany "took away the gold that was in the Bank of Greece… and they never gave it back."

Andreas Peschke, spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry, rejected the accusations at a press briefing in Berlin by saying Germany had paid Greece the equivalent of more than 4.4 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in formal war reparations and compensation for slave laborers.

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