In what is undeniably a sign of the times the student parade to celebrate the Greek National Day of Independence took place under draconian security measures. While troublemakers were kept…
After years of voting in favour of painful austerity measures including public sector layoffs, wage cuts, property taxes, solidarity taxes and more, a number of coalition MPs are threatening to…
Valued at over 1.2 billion euros the site of the former airport at Hellinikon may be sold for much less (photo by airlines470 via Flickr); Greece ‘returns’ to Europe; European…
A Greek consultant surgeon at Imperial College responds to Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis’s condemnation of the ‘rich kids’ of London who he blamed for his recent heckling at an appearance…
In his latest opinion piece, economist Yanis Varoufakis argues why Portugal’s public debt must be immediately restructured so that the errors made in the Greek PSI are not repeated. “The…
Innovative startup companies have seen remarkable growth during the crisis; the memorandum is on its way out while investors are returning; the HRADF is selling off prized public assets for…
First it was in, then it was out. Then it was in again, now it’s out again (for now). The government appears confused and divided over a highly controversial article…
The agreement struck between the troika and the government not only includes a lot of fine print concerning new measures but also prepares the ground for new government commitments even…
The initial offer for the former airport site at Hellinikon reaches 2 billion; beneficiaries of the ‘social dividend’ will receive between 500 and 1000 euros; new legislation seeks to prevent…
A biography written 50 years ago about the poet Cavafy living 150 years ago in Egypt is not the first place one would look for insights into Greece’s current crisis.…