by Anthee Carassava The TimesSeptember 30, 2019 He made his name as the face of the anti-austerity movement but Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s rebel economist, is now one of the country’s wealthiest politicians. After being removed from a left-wing government in which as finance minister he became too radical, Mr Varoufakis wrote a book and built …
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by Tony Barber Financial TimesSeptember 19, 2019 Ten years ago Greece plunged into a debt crisis that threatened to sweep away much of the political, social and economic progress achieved after democracy replaced military dictatorship in 1974. The economy shrank by a quarter, unemployment soared and Greece came close to crashing out of the eurozone. …
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by Helena Smith GuardianSeptember 8, 2019 Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has pledged that after almost a decade of being dependent on international rescue funds, his debt-stricken country will soon prove to be a “pleasant surprise for Europe”. With investor confidence in Greek bonds better than at any time in the past 10 years, Mitsotakis …
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by Kerin Hope Financial TimesSeptember 8, 2019 Greece’s new prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has announced tax cuts and structural reforms aimed at rebuilding the country’s credibility with investors, after three international bailouts and a grinding eight-year recession. “Greece has turned a page,” the prime minister said in a speech on Saturday evening to businesspeople in …
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by Michael Peel, Kerin Hope & Laura Pitel Financial TimesSeptember 2, 2019 Greece has launched an urgent effort to move hundreds of asylum-seekers from a heavily overcrowded island camp as fears rise of a further influx of people fleeing a Turkish clampdown on migrants and the long-running war in Syria. Athens started to take people …
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by Kerin Hope Financial TimesAugust 26, 2019 Greece will fully lift capital controls on September 1, ending four years of restrictions on transfers abroad by companies and individuals, finance minister Christos Staikouras told parliament on Monday. The move, which was proposed last month by the country’s central bank, was agreed with the Single Supervisory Mechanism, …
by Kerin Hope Financial TimesAugust 18, 2019 Greece’s new finance minister has said that implementing sweeping tax reforms will be his “key priority” as his country seeks to boost growth and rebuild credibility with investors following a decade of international bailouts backed by the EU and IMF. Christos Staikouras told the Financial Times that the …
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EconomistJuly 29, 2019 Over the past decade Greece has not been the easiest place for politicians who want to be liked by voters. The newly elected centre-right government is trying its best. In his first few weeks in office Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the prime minister, has announced tax breaks for ordinary Greeks as well as for …
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by Frank Bruni New York TimesJuly 26, 2019 Over my 54 years, I’ve pinned my hopes on my parents, my teachers, my romantic partners, God. I’m pinning them now on a shrub. It’s called mastic, it grows in particular abundance on the Greek island of Chios and its resin — the goo exuded when its …
by Aristides N. Hatzis Washington PostJuly 16, 2019 Greece has a new prime minister. Kyriakos Mitsotakis took office immediately after leading his conservative New Democracy party to a landslide victory in the country’s general election on July 7. His dramatic victory ended 4½ of government by Alexis Tsipras and his far-left Syriza party. And that’s …
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