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Economy
Stavros Niarchos Foundation & Brookings Complete European Growth Project
The Brookings Institution’s European Growth Project was completed last week in Athens, with the third and final roundtable discussion on European economic issues, following previous meetings in Madrid (March 2013) and Berlin (May 2013).
The roundtable conversation was followed by a...
Crime
Corruption Costs Greece 10% of GDP
The Washington, D.C.-based prestigious think tank the Brookings Institution estimates that corruption is costing Greece some 20 billion euros ($26.7 billion) which, combined with lost revenues from the country’s notoriously tangled and inefficient bureaucracy, is crippling efforts to reform...
Greece
Anarchy at Home Blows Up Tsipras' U.S. Tour
That noise you heard when a bomb exploded at the Athens Mall was any chance that Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras ever had of becoming Greece’s leader, not that he had one anyway.
With his party...
Economy
Schaeuble Will Meet Tsipras in Berlin
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is scheduled to meet German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Jan. 14, officials said. Scheuble, after conferring with the Greek government, agreed to meet Tsipras,...
Cyprus
Cypriot President's Remarks Regarding Greece Invading Cyprus Causes Outrage
Various political parties, organisations and groups have expressed their outrage over the Cyprus President's remarks that Greece invaded Cyprus. There has been an outburst of condemnation all over social media networking sites calling Christophias resignation.
President Christophias spoke at the Brookings institute...