The Guardian, 25 June 2010
“Greece puts its islands up for sale to save economy,” headlines the Guardian. The London daily has learned that the Greek government is “preparing to sell, or is offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sunkissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts.” Part of Mykonos, one of Greece's top tourist destinations, is to go on sale, with Athens looking for a buyer “willing to inject capital and develop a luxury tourism complex.”
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