Creditors hold Tsipras to ransom as general strike looms
Socialist Worker — Workers across Greece are set to walk out in a general strike on Thursday of this week against deep cuts to their […]
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Greek problems here to stay warns tax chief, as government battles for creditor cash
The Telegraph — Greece is battling to secure the release of €2bn in bail-out cash as one of the world’s foremost tax chiefs has warned […]
Bloomberg on the Greek economy: Without creativity, obedience will lead to a mediocre outcome.
Bloomberg View — Greece has been gone from the headlines since Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was re-elected to run the country in September. No news […]
Stress tests for the Greek prime minister
New York Times/Hugo Dixon — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received good news over the weekend when a stress test showed that the top Greek banks […]
Typically Greek, delayed land register is never-ending epic
When Greece applied for its first international bailout in 2010, only two countries in Europe lacked a computerised register of land ownership and usage. Albania […]
The language of Greek politics
Chania Post –In the past few years the Greek crisis has, with predictable regularity, dominated European headlines and there is hardly anyone left, who in […]
VW could pose bigger threat to German economy than Greek crisis
The Age Australia — The Volkswagen emissions scandal has rocked Germany’s business and political establishment and analysts warn the crisis at the car maker could […]
Paul Mason: From today we get Syriza v2.0
Channel 4 — It was a Greek family christening. In a modest restaurant in the suburbs of Athens yesterday an extended family – originally farmers […]
Paul Mason: Greece ‘a laboratory of a new kind of Europe’
ANA-MPA — Paul Mason, an economic editor for British broadcaster Channel 4 News and author of several books, among them “PostCapitalism- A guide to our […]
Paul Mason: Europe’s changing political reality
Irish Times — Tony Blair, in a last-ditch attempt to dissuade Labour from backing Jeremy Corbyn, introduced an interesting proposition: that Corbyn, together with Syriza […]
Hope dies last in politics….
Driving into the town of Chania you can still see on bustops and notice boards old faded rainbow coloured Syriza posters left over from last […]
Syria torn while US – Russia vie for dominance in the area
A Greek official confirmed on Monday that the United States has asked Greece to deny Russia the use of its airspace for supply flights to […]
Varoufakis: Democratizing the Eurozone
Project Syndicate — Like Macbeth, policymakers tend to commit new sins to cover up their old misdemeanors. And political systems prove their worth by how […]
The Grexit plan: My experience with Wolfgang Schäuble
Yanis Varoufakis — The video below is part of an interview with Yanis Varoufakis on his experience during his Euro crisis negotiations with the Eurogroup, in […]
European left looks to Varoufakis amid Greek turmoil
France 24 — As the anti-austerity dream spun by Greece’s Syriza party is squashed by a new massive international bailout and more belt-tightening measures, former […]