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 )
Staff / TruthdigDec 31, 2015
As the countdown to the new year begins, we take a look at 2015's most popular stories. As the countdown to the new year begins, we take a look at 2015's most popular stories. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 20, 2015
Forgotten by banks, the government and whole “swaths of the modern world,” Agios Efstratios in the Aegean Sea is so remote that the mobile phone network can’t process data and ATMs are nowhere to be found. If taxes rise in the wake of the Greek bailout, the effect could be catastrophic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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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 )
Staff / TruthdigJul 11, 2015
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss Greece’s pursuit of another bailout from the EU, two major security breaches of U.S. government databases and whether Donald Trump could win America’s Latino vote. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 8, 2015
The German chancellor is being advised by the likes of Thomas Piketty and Jeffrey Sachs, among others, on how her decisions regarding Greece will shape how generations come to view her; a writer argues that there is "quiet racism" in Instagram filters; meanwhile, AirBnB may be destroying the creative class. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 7, 2015
The Guardian's Phoebe Greenwood visits Athens' street markets and cafes to discover nearly empty establishments as Greeks cut down on everything from meat to fruit and dairy while their country's fate remains unresolved. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 1, 2015
The esteemed U.S. political economists say Western financial institutions are keen to bail out Greece because if they don’t, the country's existing creditors -- other Western financial institutions -- will fail to recover money they previously lent to Greece. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 22, 2015
“There has been nothing but bad news,” writes The Guardian’s economics editor Larry Elliott of the Greek debt crisis. “Yet, through it all, the relative calm in the financial markets has reflected a belief that, despite everything, the drama Tsipras of Athens will have a happy ending.” Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 28, 2015
Their country would stop cooperating with creditors if negotiations failed and aid was not forthcoming, government leaders said as they submitted a long-awaited list of 18 policy reforms to eurozone administrators. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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