financial crisis

Greek renowned singer Nana Mouskouri gave an interview to Austrian Wiener Zeitung, occasioned by her upcoming concert in Staathalle concert hall in Vienna on Friday, April 27. The anniversary concert celebrates 50 years after the German-speaking CD release of...

When people read about Dimitris Chrystoulas' suicide outside the Greek Parliament due to the financial crisis, everyone was devastated. Now, another man has taken his life as well. Savvas Metikidis, 45, was a teacher and renowned trade union member. During the...

"There is still much work to be done for Greece," announced managing director of the IMF Christine Lagarde. Lagarde answered many questions posed by journalists at a press conference. In regards to Greece, she repeated the well-known phrase of hers "application,...

Canadian newspaper National Post published an interview with Greek Ambassador Eleftherios Aggelopoulos. Titled "After the painful debt restructuring, Greece tries to develop," the Greek diplomat answers questions concerning Greece. Should the memorandum become enforced and new investments become available to...

The countries of the Iberian Peninsula are following in the footsteps of Greece. The Greek movement “I Don’t Pay” has been spreading across Europe, where the impact of the fiscal crisis is mostly felt. The financial crisis is threatening the...

The Belgian newspaper De Morgen published a reportage from Athens, under the title "Olympic Sorrow." The Belgians stress the fact that every aspect of Athens has fallen into disuse over the past years. "Nothing has been left behind the glory of Athens...

Austerity-hit Greeks are having less sex as a result of their country’s economic crisis. Urologists in Athens surveyed six hundred men and women on their bedtime behaviours and found a link between belt-tightening and sex drive. “Financial problems and sexual activity...

A pan-Cypriot fundraiser is planned to take place on February 21, in all private and public schools of the Republic of Cyprus, aiming at financially supporting the poor students of debt-hit Greece. The initiative was introduced Tuesday during the meeting...

Shocking as it may seem, it is true: a man from the island of Rodos has posted an advertisement on aggelies.vres.gr website, in which he is selling his kidney due to financial problems. This is not the first incident of...

A series of German reports are predicting with great certainty the ominous future of debt-riddled Greece. According to most newspapers of wide circulation in Germany, the default scenario threatening the country is about to be realized, and a positive...