Greece

  • May 21, 2010
  • 6 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Low inflation paves way for higher VAT

High budget deficits and debt levels mean many governments in the EU will seek fiscal...

  • May 19, 2010
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Crisis shapes monetary union debates

Greece's crisis reduces the probability of realising the most grandiose visions of currency union.

  • May 17, 2010
  • 7 min read

MACEDONIA: Ethnic and identity issues defy resolution

The police killed four ethnic Albanian gunmen near the border with Kosovo early last Wednesday....

Macedonia
  • May 14, 2010
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Oil is resilient to Greek crisis

Prices for Dated Brent, the crude benchmark for Europe, fell almost 4 dollars in the last month. ...

International
  • May 14, 2010
  • 2 min read

GREECE/TURKEY: Erdogan makes landmark Athens visit

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Athens today, with ten ministers and 100...

Greece
  • May 13, 2010
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Confidence crisis bolsters gold

Gold has reached all-time high price levels over the past two days. The sovereign debt crisis in...

International
  • May 12, 2010
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Gold standard lessons for Greece

The conflagration in Greece is a super-sovereign crisis, a rare but not unprecedented case in...

Greece
  • May 12, 2010
  • 2 min read

GREECE: First quarter results defy expectations

GDP contracted by a better-than-expected 0.8% quarter-on-quarter in January-March, following a...

Greece