German historian and professor of Political Economy at London School of Economics Albrecht Ritschl has advised the German government not only to help Greece through its crushing economic crisis instead of backing more harsh austerity measures but be happy to do so because, “Maybe someone decides to send us back some old accounts.” In an [...]
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Houvardas Talks About National Theater
The Artistic Director of the National Theater of Greece, Yannis Houvardas, talks about Greece and the crisis in a full-page interview to the Austrian newspaper Wiener Zietung, in the light of his directing (his first directing in Vienne) of the play The Marquise of O., by Ferdinand Bruckner. The play is to be premiered April [...]
Stamatopoulos Says Ties Tight With Bulgaria
“No matter the economic and political difficulties that Greece and Bulgaria face at the moment, their bilateral friendship and cooperation will not be hampered,” Greece’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Thrasyvoulos Stamatopoulos, said in an interview with the Bulgarian English-speaking magazine Vagabond. During the interview, which had the title From Greece with Optimism, he added that, “Greece [...]
It’s Not Easy Being Greek in Germany
Socratis Papastathopoulos plays soccer for the Greek national team, but also for the German team Werden Bremen as a defender, skills he has to use these days not in his game, but defending his country against animosity by many Germans. He told German media that a barrage of negative stories about Greeks – that they [...]
Austrian Minister Says Greeks Fell Off Hammocks
Maria Fekter, Minister of Finance for the People’s Party in Austria (OVP), said that Greeks did not properly use the billions of euros they are borrowing from international lenders and raised again the notion they are lazy. She said Greeks who are now protesting austerity measures “were lying in a hammock, the fell, and now [...]
Schaeuble Says Greece Will Get Loan Installment
As German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to visit Athens on Oct. 9 to meet Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäeuble said Greece will get a delayed $38.8 billion loan installment that is the last due from a series of $152 billion in rescue monies even though the Greek government hasn’t finalized [...]
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