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Posts by Yiannis Mouzakis
How SYRIZA lost and New Democracy won
Sunday’s European Parliament elections result in Greece confirmed that the dominance of Alexis Tsipras in the country’s politics, which started with a win in the same contest in 2014, has come to an end.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)
Chasing investment, the Greek dream
The component of Greece’s gross domestic product (GDP) that experienced the most precipitous collapse during the crisis was investments.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (329), Greece (496)
Are you not entertained?
The tone of the day is celebratory for some. After eight years, myriad Eurogroup meetings that lasted until the early morning hours and hundreds of billion euros in loans, the eurozone is probably happy that it doesn’t have to spend any more time, energy and money on this small country at the corner of Europe that represents 2 percent of the total eurozone economy.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (329), Greece (496)
For better or worse: Greece's bailout exit deja vu
As Greece stands on the cusp of exiting the third, and final, of its painful bailouts, there is a discussion about the terms under which it is exiting and how they compare to the conditions that were on offer the last time the country was close to the MoU finishing line, about four years ago.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
About last night
The most tumultuous period in Greece’s modern history concluded in the middle of the night, with just a few usual suspects to share the moment on Twitter, a World Cup game being replayed on the television and the live stream of a Eurogroup press conference on the laptop screen.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Europe (281), Economy (329), Greece (496)