Dimitris Christoulas
Greece
'Independent': "Greeks Suffer From the Most Idiotic Economic Experiment"
After the suicide of Dimitris Christoulas at Syntagma Square, journalist Amol Rajan writes in the British Independent that "Greece suffers from the most idiotic economic experiment in modern history."
"Europe owes Greece a ," he comments. The journalist was in...
Greece
Protesters Injure Policeman After Memorial Service for Retired Pharmacist Who Shot Self
Greek protesters marching in memory of a man who killed himself over financial woes that he blamed on the government attacked a policeman in Athens on Saturday, leaving him bloodied and stealing his bulletproof vest.
The demonstrators marched after a...
Economy
Dimitris Christoulas' Political Suicide Won’t Change Anything in Greece
ATHENS – As crowds gathered under the tree in Syntagma Square where retired pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas, 77, killed himself because he said his pension had been cut by a heartless government to the point where he couldn’t buy medicine...