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A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015

 
 

 
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Circle dancing with the Greeks

By David Wisner I first drafted this note over a year ago. If anything, the tendency I described, and its implications for the future of Greece and the EU, are all the greater. A worldly Greek acquaintance likes to tell the fol...
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Saying of the day: 2/7/13

  “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” — Aristotle  
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Penalties for uninsured uninsured motor vehicles in Greece

Herewith a special warning for owners of motor vehicles with Greek license plates, especially those living abroad, about the penalty they may receive for uninsured vehicles, i.e., in storage during the winter months. The insur...
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Go to jail, do not pass Go

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Ikea Swedish meatballs withdrawn from Greek shelves

From the pages of today’s Greek Reporter: “Swedish furniture retailing giant IKEA decided to withdraw its meatballs from its restaurants in Greece after the Czech State Veterinary Administration reported finding ...
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We are fed up

By Politis We live in Greece. Most of us are Hellenes, a few others foreigners who reside here by choice; we have all lived and studied abroad. We have different ideological preferences. Some of us work for public entities, oth...
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Saying of the day: 1/27/13

  “Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise.” — Aeschylus
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En deuil

Charlie est mort, vive Charlie.
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More measures? (sigh)

By Andy Dabilis Following a report from Greece’s creditors that shows tax collections are far off course despite big tax hikes, the International Monetary Fund has warned that unless revenues rise and tax cheats are caught th...
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Saying of the day: 3/30/13

  “… we still have a system that treats you better if you’re rich and guilty than if you’re poor and innocent.” — Bryan Stevenson
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