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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
In the shapeshifting world of Alexis Tsipras, it is difficult to know where things actually stand. His relatively brief time in power is littered with skins that have been shed and vows that have been broken.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (282), Politics (387), Economy (331), Greece (498)
The men who would be prime ministers
There has been much consternation in Greece over the last few years about the economy’s inability to grow and produce sectors that can flourish. The country’s politicians have come up with a unique way of tackling this problem by creating a growth industry of their own: founding new political parties.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
Tsipras and the IMF: Another miscalculation?
Following Saturday’s leak of the exchange between the International Monetary Fund’s European Department director Poul Thomsen and the head of the mission to Greece Delia Velculescu, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s reading of the situation and his reaction to the WikiLeaks publication were puzzling.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)
A misstep away from absurdity
Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas could find himself out of a job or demoted soonbecause he slipped up in an interview. That his position is in peril for a verbal faux pas when others are going about their jobs unperturbed despite helping running the country into the ground is a pretty succinct statement on the interminable absurdity of Greek politics
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (387), Greece (498)
Greek banks: Taking stock of a rough 2015 and looking at what lies ahead
Greek banks concluded the release of fourth-quarter (Q4) results in the first half of March. All core banks posted net loss at the bottom line largely due to one-offs, higher provisions and seasonally increased operating expenses.
Contributor: Manos Giakoumis
Categories: Economy (331), Greece (498)