In Greece, art, like the country’s economy, is in suffering from austerity. The question is whether it is going to evolve or hit the skids. Greece’s economy has been in crisis for six years. Economic output has plummeted, unemployment has soared and large...
Name: Chelsea Boorman Birth place: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Occupation: Graduate student at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies Languages: English, French, Italian, Greek Currently reading: “A Brief History of Seven...
By Colin McIntyre At a time when the European Union’s borders are under siege from thousands of refugees and immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the prospect of enlarging the 28-nation bloc would seem a distant dream. Yet negotiations continue with a view...
Demonstrators hold balloons portraying Italian premier Matteo Renzi with a long nose as Pinocchio, during a protest in Rome, 12 Dec 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) By Barry Moody As the Greek crisis reached its worrying climax, nobody watched with more anxiety...
Greece’s debt woes bring back memories to Tiziana Barghini, who says this small country can teach us a lot. A woman sells bread next to posters reading ”NO to EU, IMF, ECB proposal” in Thessaloniki, 1 July 2015. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) Greece’s...