Press review December 13
Draft legislation to make property tax permanent is put before parliament; developers push for casinos in Athens; Nobel laureate economist and former euro proponent calls the currency a mistake; Tsipras…
Draft legislation to make property tax permanent is put before parliament; developers push for casinos in Athens; Nobel laureate economist and former euro proponent calls the currency a mistake; Tsipras…
While public spending was being cut back in almost every other area, fees paid by the Finance Ministry to banks and private consultancy firms rose tenfold with 636 million paid…
Ancient trees that have lived through the rise and fall of empires finally meet their end under chainsaws wielded by people looking to make quick cash.
The George Soros funded Open Society Institute donates heating oil for schools closed due to insufficient funds to keep classrooms warm, but parents reject offer questioning Mr Soros’s true motives.
The troika drives a hard bargain over absolutely everything; 60% of the workforce is jobless; no denial over troika’s ‘freeze all new pensions’ email; big delays over power reconnections of…
69 years on from the ‘Dekemvriana’ (the December Events), the days that led to Greece΄s civil war, we uncover a forgotten controversial documentary, produced but censored by Channel 4, examining…
Christine Lagarde says the IMF must acknowledge that it underestimated the effect austerity would have on the Greek economy. On the same day prominent MEP Hannes Swoboda says certain demands…
Figures released today by the Hellenic Statistical Authority show that the unemployment rate rose once again in September, despite confident government predictions of a new surge in employment.
The image of fragile Grecovery is shattered by new economic data; new evidence emerges of Golden Dawn΄s fascist activities; troika may demand no new pensions in 2014; EC VP Almunia…
With a deal still yet to be struck with the troika, shadows of suspicion and doubt are cast by German news sources over Greece. Some question whether the Greek government…