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Posts on January 2018
Name and shame
Until Sunday’s protest over the Macedonia name issue, Thessaloniki’s most recent notable contribution to Greek politics was to host Alexis Tsipras in 2014, when he set out SYRIZA’s plan for governing Greece.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (374), Greece (479)
How Greece sleepwalked off a cliff in 2009, in black and white
Nine years since facing bankruptcy and subsequently having experienced the most severe economic crisis in its modern history, which took away a quarter of the economy and employment, a country should at least have identified the reasons that it found itself in such a mess.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Politics (374), Economy (316), Greece (479)
A year of risk and reward for Greece
Greece enters a new year that could prove to be a watershed in its long and meandering traipse through three successive bailouts and faltering efforts to overcome the chronic weaknesses that contributed to one of the most damaging economic crises the developed world has seen.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (374), Economy (316), Greece (479)