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by Paul Taylor PoliticoOctober 21, 2019 A little-noticed semi-miracle has occurred in Greece. After a devastating decade of depression and three wrenching austerity programs, the ancestral home of European democracy has emerged with its democratic institutions intact, social cohesion improbably resilient, its budget in surplus and extremists of both the far left and far right […]

by Jules Montague GuardianOctober 6, 2019 Ayesha is nine years old. As her father lays her down gently on a mattress at the clinic, the only perceptible sign of life is the slow movement of her ribcage as she breathes in and out. She otherwise remains almost motionless, in stark contrast to the other children

EconomistOctober 3, 2019 The airport at Hellinikon, a few miles south of Athens, closed in 2001. Planes belonging to Greece’s now-defunct national carrier still litter the runway. Nearby a stadium built for the Olympics in 2004 gently crumbles. In the distance, a marina borders the glistening Aegean. In 2011, when Greece was in the throes

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

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.

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

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

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