Tag: greek-crisis
What legacy for Paris 2024? Difficult aftermath after Athens 2004
Abandoned, the former Olympic baseball stadium located on the grounds of the former Hellinikon international airport (a suburb of Athens), October 25, 2017. ARNE MüSELER To the north of Athens,…
In Greece, the Minister of the Economy welcomes the recovery of his country
Kostis Hatzidakis, at the presidential palace in Athens, June 27, 2023. STOYAN NENOV / REUTERS In December 2010, Kostis Hatzidakis was attacked by demonstrators in front of the Greek Parliament.…
“Greece offers a chance for redemption to Europe”
VSIt’s ultimately a small miracle. Despite the historic depression it has experienced, Greece is today a stable, pro-European country. While the American rating agency S&P removed Greece from its status…
The European Union’s double fault in the management of the Greek crisis in the early 2010s
The Governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, in Athens, April 1, 2019. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP YAnnis Stournaras, the governor of the Greek central bank, has a nice…
In Greece, in the suburbs of Athens, the slow restart of the Eleusis shipyards
The shipyards of Eleusis, Greece, October 17, 2023. LOUIZA VRADI FOR “THE WORLD” At the exit of the Eleusis shipyards, about twenty kilometers from Athens, around ten exhausted workers kneel…