Greek crisis
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Greece-China: Antonis on a business trip
17 May 2013821 To Ethnos Athens -
Eurozone: Finland reveals the fine print of the loan to Greece
15 May 201317620PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Greece: ‘Hedge funds once again betting on Greek banks’
14 May 201330PresseuropDer Standard -
Greece: Three years of collective failure
25 April 201315529 I Kathimerini Athens -
Portrait: Andreas Georgiou learns the unwritten rules of Greek statistics
18 March 201311415 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Greece: ‘No way to earn our bread here’
28 January 201316814 I Kathimerini Athens -
2012 in cartoons: Greek funeral
24 December 201260 To Ethnos Athens -
Austerity: O Christmas tree…
21 December 2012115 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: A therapist’s worst nightmare
19 December 201211028112 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Greece: Boomerang effect
18 December 201228 I Kathimerini Athens -
Eurozone: Greece’s creditors offer the minimum
27 November 20124943 To Vima Athens -
The front page: 26 November 2012
26 November 2012PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya, To Ethnos, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
Greece: Aid is fine, but ideas would be better
13 November 20128420 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: Crossing the desert
13 November 201252 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: “Last chance” vote a Pyrrhic victory
8 November 201210852PresseuropTo Vima, To Ethnos, I Kathimerini -
Greece: Man overboard!
6 November 201231 To Ethnos Athens -
Greece: Why I published the Lagarde List
31 October 2012156390 The Guardian London -
Greece: The same old song
29 October 201229 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: Mystery of Lagarde List deepens
29 October 20121147PresseuropDimokratia, To Ethnos -
Greece!: Let go
25 October 201240 To Ethnos Athens -
Greece: Chinese making Piraeus blossom
16 October 201225385 The New York Times New York -
Greece-Germany: She comes too late
10 October 201213722 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
Germany-Greece: Angela in Athens
8 October 201243 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Greece: It’s sealed
2 October 201227 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: Surrounded
26 September 201247 To Ethnos Athens -
Immigration: The other Greek crisis
19 September 2012181182 The Wall Street Journal Europe Brussels -
Greece: Sold
18 September 201225 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: Exarchia — the Hell’s Kitchen of Athens
17 September 20121446 To Vima Athens -
Germany-Greece: Apocalypse postponed
24 August 201250 The Independent London -
Debt crisis: Banks are preparing for “Grexit”
22 August 2012852PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Eurozone crisis: Helsinki and Vienna brace for Grexit or euro break-up
17 August 201210824PresseuropKurier, The Daily Telegraph, Bild -
Greece: New government in place — a start at least
21 June 2012226PresseuropTa Nea, To Ethnos, I Kathimerini -
Editorial: Respite will be short-lived
18 June 201221Presseurop -
Greece: Grexit — what do the Greeks think?
1 June 201284 L'Hebdo Lausanne -
Greek elections: For Europe’s sake, save us from our saviours
1 June 201298556 London Review of Books London -
GREECE: All guilty
31 May 201216337 Coulisses de Bruxelles Brussels -
Schengen: Europeans preparing to lock down borders with Greece
30 May 201236022PresseuropDer Standard -
Greece: Safety cord
28 May 201227 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
Editorial: Grexit — let’s stop scaring ourselves
25 May 2012872Presseurop -
Greece: We’re all in the same boat
24 May 201254 The Guardian London -
Greece: A safe investment
23 May 201232 Le Monde Paris -
Greece: The comedy of power
14 May 201214760 To Ethnos Athens -
Greece: Athens “must leave the euro now”
14 May 20128614PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Economy: The Greek crisis will fast expose Hollande
8 May 2012296100 Financial Times London -
Greece: Who will restore order?
8 May 201212364 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: On the road to chaos
7 May 2012134141 I Kathimerini Athens -
Greece: World’s best civil servant is Greek
4 May 20121902 Público Lisbon -
Greece: Most crucial elections in Greek history
12 April 2012805PresseuropTo Ethnos, Ta Nea -
Greece: Really the last time
27 March 201222 National Post Toronto -
Debate: Germans and British understand each other less and less
20 March 20127079PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung
On 23 April 2010, the prime minister of the day George Papandreou appealed for international help to prevent Greece's collapse. But the three years that followed saw a series of blunders by the Troika and the Greek state, according to a series of economic analyses. 
Greek statistics are now finally reliable, even according to Eurostat. However, the man largely responsible for a shake-up of working practices in the country is now facing charges of treason. 
Victims of the crisis and its consequences, non-European migrants have started to head home. In a centre in Athens, they talk bitterly of the setback that repatriation represents for them. 
A German trauma therapist journeys to Greece. What he sees there surpasses his worst fears. Greek society is crumbling under the pressure of the crisis. 
After a series of tough negotiations, the agreement on reducing the Greek debt reached by the Eurogroup and the IMF allows about €44 billion in aid to be released and gives Athens a little breathing room, but does little to help the country in the longer term. 
Its European partners have given Greece’s government two more years to lower the deficit, but Greece will still have to wait on the 31.5 billion euro aid tranche. Once these negotiations are over, though, the groundwork for a new economic development must be built – not the easiest task awaiting the country. 
Greece's MPs have passed the new austerity plan the country needs before a new tranche of aid is transferred. But this vote, following lengthy negotiations in a parliament besieged by protesters, will not save a country that is sinking into political crisis, writes the Greek press. 
In 2010, the so-called “Lagarde List”, which names more 2,000 Greek tax evaders, was handed over to the Greek government. But nothing was done. Kostas Vaxevanis, editor in chief of Hot Doc, was recently arrested for publishing it. For him, it’s a symptom of Greece's corruption. 
Since taking over part of the historic Greek port of Piraeus, Chinese company Cosco has seen cargo traffic double over the last year. The other Greek side of the port is looking on with scepticism about working conditions, but perhaps also envy, according to this New York Times report. 
A sign of good will, a symbol, a gesture.... The German press has hailed Angela Merkel’s goodwill visit to Greece, but it is too little, and comes too late, complains a FAZ columnist. 
Already hit by the crisis and austerity measures, Greece must also cope on very limited resources with the arrival of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Here too, it is getting little in the way of solidarity from its EU partners. 
Historical stronghold of anarchists in the heart of Athens, the square has become a thermometer of Greek society during the crisis. Among the artists’ squats and trendy youth dropping by to breathe the air of protest, trafficking and violence are growing. 
In the June 17 Greek elections, the electorate is likely to reject those political parties too close to the technocrats and financial bodies that preach austerity and that, many fear, are supplanting democracy. This is why the Greek people must be supported, argues philosopher Slavoj Žižek. 
A majority of the Greek population considers that the eurozone and the IMF are too demanding, and is likely to vote in favour of anti-austerity parties to cast in the upcoming June 17 elections. But, if the Greeks do not want to fail yet again, they will not be able to avoid reforms that have been put off for too long. 
The Greeks, as well as everyone in EU, are waiting to see if the leaders of the three main parties can agree to form a government and avoid elections that would further aggravate the crisis. But for now, they seem rather more preoccupied with ensuring their own political futures. 
Whether Hollande will maintain his anti-austerity stance and side with Greece or whether he will back German policy remains to be seen. No matter how much tweaking of EU fiscal agreements he can negotiate, the political storm brewing in Greece is likely test him sooner rather than later. 
The elections of May 6 have shaken the Greek political landscape to its core and a majority capable of governing cannot be reached. Yet, notes Kathimerini, the politicians discredited by the electorate and their European partners are supposed to find the path to recovery. 
On May 6, the Greeks heavily punished the two traditional parties, who implemented the austerity programme, and let the radical left and far-right parties come into force into the Parliament. This result could lead to a powerless government and even violence, fears a columnist. 
Whichever party wins the May 6 elections, reforming the state will be one of its major challenges. Yet in a way that is as encouraging as it is surprising, it was a Greek who was elected ‘Best Official in the World’ by an American institution. - 1 of 2
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