From the LA Times - This is a continuation of this article By Veronique de Rugy May 18, 2012 Talks to...
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"I .... think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in...
Granted, I get a lot of my information second-hand but Syriza, the alternative communist party in Greece is getting airtime...
So you have the 3 biggest parties at the last election refusing to speak to each other, even though their...
Forget what you have been reading in the news, Greece is not suffering because of austerity, Greece is suffering because...
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza as usual has defined the Greek crisis perfectly in an interview with Reuters. "It's...
"Greeks used to be very happy people because we were living off money that didn't belong to us," he said...
I forget the website now, but it was basically a page of funny photos with a funny comment to go...
Samaras had a nice piece in the Wall Street Journal today which has been reproduced by Athens News. (Included below)...
This is all over the news in Greece. The spin seems to be how dishonest Greeks are. Let me tell...
I have written about the property tax in Greece before. The gist being that the govenrment is seeking to bypass the...
The BBC, as usual over simplify the issue and get it completely wrong. The BBC claims things are cheaper in...
Before we get into it, we first have to recognise that the Greek government is a separate entity from the...
Papoulias is either misguided or is deliberately trying to manipulate Greeks. (more…)
There is one fundamental issue that could affect all Greeks in a default. Despite the economic problems in Greece being...
There are 2 fundamental issues in Greece which could completely dissolve the Troika's control. 2 things that if they are exploited by...
But why? Germany has made it quite clear that it is the Greek government's choice as the whether they want...
The Greek economy has been mismanaged by consecutive greek governments. The Greek central bank has been instrumental in allowing successive...
Ekathimerini spotted this important statement In his interview with CNBC, Papademos also stressed the need for wage reforms. “What you...
Despite massive pressure from the international banking cartel as well as other European countries and her own electorate Merkel continues...
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...
How democracy has ended in Greece without so much as a single news article in the media I do not...
Athens News carries an editorial today about the Greek governments debt problems, with the title "biting the bullet", like putting ammunition...
Athens News carried an article today saying how 3 out of 5 Greeks approve of Papademos as Prime Minister. How...
This week Sarkozy and Merkel along with Papandreou have tried to turn to say the Greek crisis is down to...
The message from the EU is very clear, either Greeks support the government the EU wants or Greece can leave...
Papandreou's referendum decision shows the complete contempt with which he holds the Greek people. (more…)
First of all I do not believe that Papandreou calling a Greek referendum was a suprise to the people closest...
The Greek referendum will end in a no vote. Every Greek I have spoken to say the "shock" referendum announcement...
So it was announced today that Greek has been granted the next tranche of the bailout by the troika. The...
Apparently when a government takes over the running of something, it is not a nationalisation. That comes from the Greek...
Merkel is almost a hated figure in Greece which shows just how much the Greeks have been misled (more…)
A nice article in the Guardian today about the Greek financial issues. It is getting boring saying the same thinig...
