ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS / The Associated PressJul 7, 2019
Kyriakos Mitsotakis' conservative New Democracy party triumphs, but far-right parties fail, bucking Europe's populist trend. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
The Associated PressJul 24, 2018
Wildfires raging through seaside resorts near the Greek capital of Athens have torched homes, cars and forests. Twenty-six of the victims were found huddled in a compound. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Elaine Margolin / TruthdigMay 18, 2018
In a new book addressed to his daughter, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis explains capitalism well but fails to empathize with its victims. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 21, 2015
Most of Sunday's snap general election results are in -- and it seems Syriza has claimed another important victory in Greece and Alexis Tspiras will continue to lead the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 21, 2015
One day after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned and called for an early election to deal with a party rebellion over the country’s third bailout deal, Greece’s president has asked the country’s main opposition party to form a new government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtAug 2, 2015
In the modern global banking system, all banks need a credit line with the central bank in order to be part of the payments system. Choking off that credit line was a form of blackmail the Greek government couldn’t refuse. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtJul 16, 2015
The crushing Greek debt could be canceled the way it was made—by sleight of hand. But saving the Greek people and their economy is evidently not in the game plan of the Eurocrats. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
As Greek lawmakers prepare to vote on EU austerity demands attached to a new bailout, civil servants announced a 24-hour strike, and hundreds of protesters gathered in Athens to show their opposition to the terms. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
In a move that looks at once like a boost for Greece's economic cause and grounds for further complication among eurozone member countries, the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday warned that it might pull its support for the proposed bailout plan unless other nations agree to whittle down some of Greece's debt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday continued the diplomatic high-wire act that his country's economic crisis has obliged him to attempt by working hard to persuade members of the Greek Parliament and the general population to accept the bailout package he was just offered in Brussels. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 13, 2015
To get desperately needed funds, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has submitted his country to harsh economic reforms that the people had rejected in a referendum just a week earlier. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 10, 2015
“There is no end in sight to the suffering of the Greek people,” writes Guardian editor Larry Elliott following the prime minister's capitulation to European demands. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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