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Posts by Nick Malkoutzis
Tsipras's choices are becoming clearer but not any easier
The mist is gradually lifting and the choices available to the beleaguered Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras are becoming clearer.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Greece (496)
Space and time the missing elements in Greek bailout talks
The meeting of the International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Monday ended without any clear conclusion on where the IMF stands in the Greek programme.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Cat and mouse: Greece and Schaeuble
One of the things that makes children laugh at Tom and Jerry cartoons is the ingenious ways that Jerry finds to set Tom up. But the real punchline, and the most laughter, is generated by Tom’s inexplicable ability to fall for Jerry’s stunts all the time.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Europe (281), Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Another spin of the wheel for Greece
There couldn’t have been a more fitting end to the year in Greece than the Ferris Wheel fiasco in Athens’s Syntagma Square. It was the first year the city centre’s Christmas and New Year’s celebrations were to include this attraction. It went up amid much fanfare, only to come down a few days later as the structure did not have the necessary security certificates.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Politics (385), Economy (329), Greece (496)
Why can't Greece be more like Cyprus?
During his visit to Nicosia last month, European Stability Mechanism managing director Klaus Regling was particularly praiseworthy of Cyprus’s efforts to exit the crisis.
Contributor: Nick Malkoutzis
Categories: Economy (329), Greece (496)