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Press review December 24
24/12/2013
Government plays down snap election scenarios; Thousands of people work with no salary; The plot thickens in the submarine scandal; Finance Minister becomes increasingly isolated ; Fabled archaeologist passed away.
Merkel: It is not in our interest for Greece to leave the euro
23/12/2013
If Greece departed from the euro-zone, the country would eventually be followed by all the other members of the monetary union ‘in due course.’ That is what Angela Merkel reportedly…
Εconomic adviser to the European Commission resigns, turns on the politics of austerity
23/12/2013
In a recent talk in Athens Philippe Legrain, a former economic adviser to the European Commission, admitted that European policies helped cause the crisis and were never designed to help…
Press Review December 23
23/12/2013
More revelations in the defense contract scandal; tax authorities seize cash from thousands of accounts without warning; the government looks to sell bonds in the US; the coalition’s parliamentary majority…
Through the good times and the bad, Greeks keep on smashing plates
20/12/2013
In amidst economic misery, one classic Greek tradition appears to be bouncing back (or not exactly): smashing plates.
“We must make their lives unbearable.” Shocking comments made by Greek Police Chief advocating immigrant abuse
20/12/2013
The Greek news magazine HotDoc has posted a sound recording of shocking comments it says were made by the Greek Chief of Police Nikos Papagiannopoulos to a gathering of top…