The Economist

2.3 Billion Dollars in Losses for Greek Gamblers in 2013

According to an article at the Economist, the earnings of the global gambling industry have reached 440 billion dollars in 2013, as showed in a survey conducted by the British consulting firm H2 Gambling Capital. Australia has the biggest gambling...

Economist: Troika is Eating Away the Countries it Saves

An article published on Friday by the British financial magazine “The Economist” exercises harsh critic on the representatives of Greece’s creditors, comparing the troika to the mythical three-headed hellhound Cerberus. “In Greek mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed dog guarding the...

Economist: High Risk of Social Unrest in Greece

The Economist included Greece in its list of countries with high risk of social unrest during the year 2014. Other countries included were Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and Nigeria. Greece was the only European Union country among the nineteen...

The Economist Gives Greece Only Two Weeks Before Collapse

British financial journal, The Economist, published an article under the title “Is “Grexit” at hand? Greece has only a couple of weeks left to convince its creditors” expressing doubts whether the Greek government can succeed in convincing Troika that...

The Economist: The Troika is Coming and Asking for Further Spending Cuts

The Economist magazine reported on troika's upcoming return to Greece. Entitled 'The Troika is Coming: Greece's new government is scrambling to find more spending cuts," the editor comments that "Greece tried but failed to find €11.5 billion of spending cuts demanded...

Once Bulgaria Hoped to Be Like Greece, Now it Hopes to Survive, Reports The Economist

"According to Bulgarian analyst Ivan Krastev, Bulgaria had the big hope 20 years ago that it might become like Greece. That is to say, moderately democratic, but moderately corrupt," begins The Economist article. "Now, they hope that Greece may become...

The Economist: 'The Greek Run and the GREXIT'

The British magazine The Economist published an article about the Greek crisis, showing a 20-Euro-note burning by the flame of an Olympic torchbearer. Titled "The Greek Run," the article reports on "the ugly term for what may soon become an...

'The Economist' Predicts that Papademos Will Be Vice-President of Samaras Government

In its latest article concerning Greek politics titled “Steady as she goes, surprisingly”, the Economist expresses the belief that despite the fact that bipartisanship in Greek politics will be overthrown after the forthcoming elections, the outcome is unlikely to...

The Economist Says Greek Holiday Allowances are Among the Most Generous

According to The Economist, when considering the amount of holiday each employee is entitled to in any particular country, some clichés hold fast. North Americans are more industrious than South Americans, according to data compiled by Mercer, a consultancy. Asians...