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As is typical in the Greek media, details are sketchy to non-existent. (more…)
This is all over the news in Greece. The spin seems to be how dishonest Greeks are. Let me tell...
I have written before about the constant stalling on the holding of general elections in Greece. The news today is...
Athens News published a supposedly confidential IIF report on the cost of a Greek default. Here is my analysis. There...
I have written about the property tax in Greece before. The gist being that the govenrment is seeking to bypass the...
Time and time again I see Greek media telling the half the story. Today it is Kathimerini stating how it...
Athens News ran an editorial today saying how important it was for the Greek government to reform, not so the...
It is reported than the number of people killed on Greek roads has declined by 13.6%. Unlike other stories the government...
No matter what happens I am always surprised at the next communist steps the Greek government takes. The whole point...
Are Greek politicians being unwittingly used to manipulate Greeks into accepting the surrender of their countries sovereignty to Europe? Greek...
The inflationary policy of the Fed vs the sound money policy of Germany. Is this battle of ideology being waged...
The Greek recession has been, and is being deliberately induced by the Greek government. The purpose is vilify German economic...
Let me first says the Max Keiser is awesome. He brings an amazing amount of insight to the subjects he...
The ECB is currently influenced by German politicians (Bear with me, it takes a while for me to get to...
The BBC had a little piece on how Goldman Sachs had cooked the books to allow Greece to join the...
There was an excellent article in Athens News today which highlights how hypocritical I believe the the paper can be...
The recession in Greece is completely artificial and completely unnecessary. The Papandreou and now the Papademos regime have had to work...
Athens News covers an intelligencesquared debate held in Greece yesterday. Roubini is one of the most respected economists on the...
Having seen this video it seems the Greek government is making the exact same mistakes as the US government. What...
Assuming Germany and the EU decide not to "bail out" Greek bank depositors. What does that say about the last...
Naked Capitalism has an excellent article detailing the Greek government debt crisis. Here it is, the comments on the article are also...
The single biggest issue with a Greek government default will be the effect it has on the banks in Greece....
The politicians no longer represent the wishes of the electorate. That is the one simple fact. It is that simple....
Links to site showing live video streaming of the Athens riots against the suicidal austerity measures http://www.livestream.com/epamwebtv Global Revoltution – Live Video...
German finance minister Schaeuble is quoted today by Reuters as saying; "The promises from Greece aren't enough for us anymore,"...
Ekathimerini did a nice little write-up on what is in the package demanded by the Troika. I'll got through it...
Ekathimerini carried an article today outlining the proposed increases in property tax and the negative effects this will have on...
You have to feel for Samaras. I think he wants to do the right thing for Greece but he is...
The Greek government is telling the Greek government that they must raid their pensions account to find cost savings. Apparently...
http://www.debtocracy.gr/indexen.html For the first time in Greece, a documentary produced by the audience. “Debtocracy” seeks the causes of the debt...
It is constantly pumped out by the media worldwide that Greece has a problem with tax evasion. I put it...
There are 2 fundamental issues in Greece which could completely dissolve the Troika's control. 2 things that if they are exploited by...
I do not know about you but I was under the impression that when the news was talking about a...
The minimum wage in Greece should be abolished completely not simply reduced. But why does Greece have a minimum wage...
The Greek economy has been mismanaged by consecutive greek governments. The Greek central bank has been instrumental in allowing successive...
It has been in the news for month now. Greece's lender taking a 50% haircut on the their loans. But...
At a time when the Greek GDP is not enough to service the Greek debt load, Papademos has announced that...
Ekathimerini spotted this important statement In his interview with CNBC, Papademos also stressed the need for wage reforms. “What you...
As usual the mainstream media in Greece has not missed the opportunity to denigrate and belittle the Greek people in...
Before talking about the new Drachma, we first have to identify the problem with the current Euro currency system and...
Angela Merkel has publicly stated that Greece is free to stay in the Euro no matter what happens to the...
Despite massive pressure from the international banking cartel as well as other European countries and her own electorate Merkel continues...
In a succession of statements designed to coerce the Greeks into new austerity measures the central bank governor of the...
Greece is apprantely sourcing 30% of it's oil from Iran. Why? (more…)
Kathimerini is one of the biggest newspapers in Greece. Today "the editors" have come out with an article dealing with...
It started on the weekend with the governor of the central bank of Greece telling people he will send the...
I wrote yesterday how the media in Greece was ramping up the propaganda about how bad life would be for...
Provopoulos the governor of the Greek central banks has, in an interview on the weekend, outlined his strategy for the...
Something big must be on the horizon for Greece. For no apparent reason the privates banks have been on a...
Paris Ayiomamitis is featured in article today in Athens News. This is the paragraph that is attributed to Paris Ayiomamitis. Loser 2011...
Since Papademos took over the country as an unlected Prime Minster the talk of a general election has been clouded...
The bankers control of the Greek economy is set to increase in January 2012 with the private banks to start...
How democracy has ended in Greece without so much as a single news article in the media I do not...
GDP Greek politicians are now saying tax increases are off the table. Savings will have to come from cuts. If...
You would think the government would realise that Greeks don't like taxes and they don't want to pay taxes so...
So Papademos has been in power for around a month and the Greek propaganda machine has come and said there...
Greek riot police used to evict the homeless from an autonomous shelter - Thessaloniki, Greece (more…)
If there was any doubt that increasing taxes reduces government tax revenues the Greek economic crisis proves it. Despite massive increases in taxes over the...
Tax evasion as a "problem" in Greece is a fiction put forward by successive Greek governments. The purpose of creating...
Athens News carries an editorial today about the Greek governments debt problems, with the title "biting the bullet", like putting ammunition...
Lucas Papademos From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (more…)
Athens News carried an article today saying how 3 out of 5 Greeks approve of Papademos as Prime Minister. How...
EKathimerini carried an opinion piece today by Stavros Lygeros. And the article is as good an example as any of how...
Wikipedia defines tyrant as Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as, "one who rules without law, looks to his own advantage...
Due to Greek government's current financial problems Greek oil companies are finding it hard to get supplies, at least on credit. Iran has stepped...
Athens News carried a nice article regarding the Greek Central Bank statement "last such opportunity" Most of it is the...
From day one Samaras has said it was a mistake to raise taxes in a recession and expect to increase...
The reason Greece has the problems it has, is that investors were silly enough to believe just becuase Greece was...
Nigel Farage brings up Barroso's past and calls him a communist. httpvh://youtu.be/JPhilPEqIyo (more…)
I'll get straight to the point. This is the quote In a July article in The Globalist, an online political...
Athens News appears to support the appointment of Papademos but I view it as a moral hazard, Greece is promoting the person...
With a "unity government" in Greece and with a supposedly neutral PM, could this be the shape of democracy in Greece...
A TV station in the UK called Chanel 4 did a TV series called Go Greek For A Week The...
Sure its warm in there and he has told you he will look after you but you know you can't...
One of the main men involved in Greece's fraudulent entry into the Euro could be made Prime Minister of Greece....
For the last 3 years it has seemed like the PASOK regime has folded like a handkerchief in the face...
Like all governments, Greece spends more every year than it takes in in taxes. Also like all governments, Greece is...
This week Sarkozy and Merkel along with Papandreou have tried to turn to say the Greek crisis is down to...