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Greece
Foreign Media Comment on Greek Election Outcome
Foreign media outlets report on the outcome of Greece’s double elections, commenting on the first place secured by the country’s main opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party and the increased approval ratings of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn...
Greece
Foreign Media Reactions on Greek Elections
International media continue to comment on the forthcoming European Parliament elections and the prospect of Greece’s main opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party topping the vote, while also referring to the possibility of early national elections in...
Economy
Bloomberg: Agriculture Could Dig Greece Get Out of Recession
Bloomberg mentioned Tuesday in an article that the agricultural sector in Greece could help the country out of recession, while referring to several successful Greek agriculture exporters.
“Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is calling on manufacturers of traditional foods and beverages, from fish-roe...
Crime
Tackling Tax Evasion: Bloomberg Follows Greece's Fraud Squad
In a recent story, a Bloomberg correspondent followed Greece's Financial Crime Unit (SDOE) performing random spot checks at several locations across Athens, unraveling step by step the Greek mentality of evading taxes, which “has its roots back in the Ottoman Empire".
The...
Business
Greek Start-ups Need More Help to Reduce Unemployment
Greek entrepreneurs have told Bloomberg that Greece’s government support to start-up companies will not be enough to turn around a labor market in which one out of four are unemployed.
Bloomberg notes that Greece has lost one-quarter of its GDP during the past...
Greece
Papandreou Says Vote Against Omnibill Was 'Principled Stance'
Two days after voting against the article in the Greek omnibus bill addressing the new framework on the recapitalization of Greece’s banks, which caused major disagreement within government and PASOK, party leader and former prime minister George Papandreou and was interviewed by Bloomberg...
Business
Bloomberg: The European Debt Crisis (Video)
The news agency Bloomberg with a short animated film, explains the reasons that led to the economic crisis outburst in Eurozone with disastrous consequences for Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
The news agency thoroughly describes how the crisis started. In...
Diaspora
BBG: Greeks Forced to Steal Electricity to Survive
In a detailed report, Bloomberg refers to the thousands of Greek households that reconnect their electricity supply illegally on their own, as they cannot afford electricity bills. The reason behind Bloomberg’s report was the tragic death of a 13-year-old...
Greece
Greek Healthcare System Ranked 30th Worldwide
This month Bloomberg identified the most and the least efficient health care systems on a worldwide basis, highlighting those of Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan as the world's best.
On the same list Greece holds the 30th place while the...
Economy
Greece’s Surplus Could Help Default
Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle isn't so rosy about Greece's surplus helping the economy and said it could actually pave the way for the country to default on its loans.
She noted that not paying back what it owes - some...