Beleaguered Greeks Seek a New Direction as Final Vote Looms (The Wall Street Journal)
ATHENS—For retired nurse Spyridoula Kantere, the Greek government’s nail-biting struggle to elect a new head of state is just a sideshow to her own daily struggles. Read more:
Le Noël fatal du passager suisse mort sur le ferry (La Tribune de Genève)
Cela faisait longtemps que Giorgos Doulis, Zurichois depuis près de 40 ans, n’avait pas passé les fêtes de Noël dans sa patrie d’origine, la Grèce. Malheureusement pour lui, son ultime voyage […]
Syriza’s chief economist plots a radical Greek evolution within the eurozone (The Guardian)
John Milios’s phone rings a lot these days. There are hedge funds and financial institutions and investors, all curious to know what the German-trained professor thinks. Read more:
How to Buy a Greek Island (The Wall Street Journal)
It’s the ultimate dream property of the superrich: your own Greek island, drenched in sunshine and surrounded by turquoise water. Traditionally, these islands have rarely come up for sale, staying […]
Le gréviste de la faim qui bouleverse la Grèce (La Tribune de Genève)
«Romanos est la Grèce!» La banderole s’affiche sur le fronton des universités ou des mairies, occupées une à une dans tout le pays, en soutien à Nikos Romanos. Ce jeune […]
Athens 1944: Britain’s dirty secret (The Guardian)
“I can still see it very clearly, I have not forgotten,” says Títos Patríkios. “The Athens police firing on the crowd from the roof of the parliament in Syntagma Square. […]
Comment les fouilles du tombeau d’Amphipolis ont rendu sexy l’archéologie (20 minutes)
Qui est enterré à Amphipolis? La fouille d’un tombeau monumental donne lieu depuis plusieurs mois à un feuilleton archéologique haletant. Datant de l’époque d’Alexandre le Grand (fin du IVe siècle […]
The Lignite Center of Western Macedonia (EPA)
Thousands of people work every day under harsh conditions in a landscape where brown coal dominates. Ash, dust and dense clouds of smoke from burning coal cover the sky at […]
Albania counts on TAP for gas hopes (New Europe)
ATHENS – The Albanian market will benefit from large quantities of natural gas that will come via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) and it has already been agreed than an […]
Gazprom Sees Bigger Role in Austria (New Europe)
BADEN, Austria – The first thing you notice when riding on the train after landing at Vienna International Airport is the extensive facilities of Austrian oil and gas group OMV.Even […]