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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

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

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

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