The message from the EU is very clear, either Greeks support the government the EU wants or Greece can leave...
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Papandreou calling for a referendum has not only put Greece in an interesting situation but also Angela Merkel (more…)
First of all I do not believe that Papandreou calling a Greek referendum was a suprise to the people closest...
About the authorTakis Pappas is an associate professor of comparative politics at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece (on leave)...
Usually the 28th of October is day of celebration for the whole of Greece with the largest event being the...
The Greek debt problem is extremely easy to solve. Before it can be explained why, we first need to understand...
A source close to George Papandreou say he will introduce a bill before the end of 2011 to changed to...
Stop Cartel video streaming with English audio commentary Click here for list of other streaming links Athens News is also...
Continuation from yesterday's strikes and protests throughout Greece Athens Syntagma Protests Global Revoltution - Live Video Streaming Syntagma Skai...
So it was announced today that Greek has been granted the next tranche of the bailout by the troika. The...
The following links show live video streaming of the mass protests in Athens in today. (more…)
It seems that every Greek I speak to says Samaras is the same as Papandreou, all politicians are looking out...
As I wrote in yesterday's article the Papandreou regime seems to get a buzz from causing chaos in Greece. I...
Doesn't matter what animal, Lion, Tiger, DEI (the Greek state power company) he will take anything and anyone on. That is...
The primary reason why Greece has its current problems is the monopoly of power in Athens. 95% of all taxes...
Athens has a unique way of dealing with stray dogs which cities around the world could learn from. (more…)
How can Greece be forced to do such extreme measures for the sake of "cantagion". The answer is that the...
A Greek default is almost inevitable. Employment is falling and GDP is shrinking and things are only going to get...
Just because the threat of violence stops people from rebelling violently does not make the threats any less violent. Make...
Greece sinks deeper into fascism with the latest law passed yesterday. If there was any doubt among Greek that they...
First of all let me summarise some of the key points as given by the Greek media and Greek politicians...
So the Greek parliament has passed the law which allows the public owned power company to collect an "emergency property...
1. The key to the Troika (IMF, EU and World Bank) plan is to bring the government deficit down to...
The Scotish newspaper the Scotsman came out with an interesting article quoting Venizelos. (more…)
Forget about the bail outs, forget about Greece's next tranche of bail out cash from the Troika. Even if the...
1. VAT Increases The less you earn the greater proportion of your earning you spend every month. The less you...
It was announced that the Greek economy shrank by almost 7% in the first half of 2011 yet the government...
An article in Ekathimerini today is typical of the type of government propaganda that is wide spread in the Greek...
As a sign of the corrupt times we are living in and if it could not be more obvious that...
It is official, democracy has left the building in Greece. The Greek government is now arbitrarily introducing random taxes on...
Papandreou's Agenda Papandreou has made every Greek citizen in Greece a slave of the international bankers and for what? For...
Greek government implies one thing and that says something else. Athens News today A statement by Sata President Thymios Lymberopoulos...
It is high time that legislation was introduced to regulate the Internet that will impose on these so-called news media...
The German finance minister is quoted as saying. What does he base this on? (more…)
ekathimerini.com has come out today and said the Greek government is proactively cooking the books to make the economic situation...
I have criticised the Greek central bank governor before for his comments but today's quote in Athens News was the...
Although it is not completely clear the situation as per ekathimerini.com seems that the Greek state is softening it's stance...
So many different views from so many different people on the issue of the taxi strike. Let me start with...
The tatic employed by the taxi drivers seems to be rolling convoys of taxis which do not completely block the...
So the taxi drivers in Greece have been on strike for the past 2 days and no person in the...
I thought I would put a page together that linked to a variety of pages on Facebook that are related...
I have written before about Venizelos taking Newspeak to new levels. Today he is quote with this absolute peach Our...
Today Athens News carries a headline Venizelos: 'No danger of default'. Yet in the same article it quotes Venizelos as...
I had the pleasure of speaking to an accountant who is working in Greece at the moment and I asked...
The BBC has a nice article regarding the parallels between the Argentinian crisis and the current Greek problems (more…)
I have said before how Venizelos the Greek finance minister is living is his own fantasy land and today Athens...
Despite threats by the Athens council that the "indignants" should be forcefully removed from Syntagma Square by police, protestors from...
Something that has been said over and over again. When a government increases taxes it's revenues actually decrease and so...
It was televised live on several national telveison networks. Greece was the victim of an economic coup d'etat and there...
When I say turd I refer to the government beauracracy. Possibly a bit strong but that is what it is....
Athens News reports that Venizelos is "confident" that Greece will return to the financial markets in 2014. Again I ask,...
To anyone that was whatching the live video streams of the Greek protests in Athens the completely out of control...
Says Junker of the current bail out conditions. Are we seeing the end of Greece as an independent country? (more…)
A nice article in Athens News with the view that Samaras did Papandreou a favour by voting NO. It is...
Greece could have cut public spending alone and progress would have been made, unfortunately they have raised taxes as well...
14.11 Police in full riot gear charge into corwd of peaceful protesters and use tear gas (more…)
“I cannot accept this raw blackmail that comes from the EU. After we sell our state assets for a song,...
Greek politicians had the choice today. They could act in the best interests of their people or they could vote...
That is what the Greek deputy prime minister has said will happen if Greece defaults (more…)
Athens News carried a story today regarding a statement made by Evangelos Venizelos the new finance minister. (more…)
I have been trying to think of reasons why Papandreou would continue his course of action given all the evidence...
Merkel is almost a hated figure in Greece which shows just how much the Greeks have been misled (more…)
It can be seen at any meaningful protest in Greek society. A small group of unknowns start to vandilise property...
You would have thought that EU politicians would be wary about getting involved in making a cup of tea let...
So says Brendan O'Neil of Spiked. He may be right but what he has to remember is that the Greeks...
Pumping money into Greece now to pay international bankers does nothing for Greece (more…)
A nice article in the Guardian today about the Greek financial issues. It is getting boring saying the same thinig...
It is obvious to anyone who walks down a commercial street in any city in Greece that a carefully constructed...
Papandreou is constantly saying something along these lines "we need the money to save the country" (more…)
Why is it whenever the Greeks have something meaningful to protest against, the action gets overshadowed by "anarchists"? (more…)
The global economic conditions in the World regarding Greece is the same as it would be if Greece had already...
More and more it is being said in the international media that the economic problems in Greece stem from the...
Athens News has an interview with an "economist" Megane Greene To me, it is a complete mystery of why a...
Intersting Editorial in the online version of ekathimerini today Drachma is no solution Greece stands at a crucial crossroad: It...