ObservingGreece

I have previously said good things about Alexis Tsipras , focusing on his talent as a political leader who can motivate masses and convey h...

"Greece 10 years ahead" (GTYA) is the title of a study published by the Athens Office of McKinsey in mid-2011. It outlines a N...

I was still in my teens when I first saw the movie Alexis Zorbas . That was in the mid-1960s, the post-war generation in Austria. We hadn...

I went to see the Carrefour at the Makedonia shopping center at the outskirts of Thessaloniki this week because I wanted to check out some ...

I have argued many times before that a haircut of sovereign debt after only a few years of crisis is the wrong instrument for a PSI or OSI....

After weeks and months of Troika-negotiations having been nearly the only issue in public debate, we finally have again an issue which fire...

This article from the Ekathimerini very well summarizes the impression I have as a frequent visitor to Greece: consumer prices are not at ...