It is an issue that concerns the entire Greek society, since 52 of the total Greek population are women.

The demographic image of Greece

Greek legislation recognizes to foreign nationals rights concerning insurance and social protection, equal to the respective rights of Greek citizens, provided they have legal residence in the country.

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, CROWN DEPENDENCIES AND OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

If the government were simply fulfilling its campaign promises, it would already have rejected the proposal. But it wanted to give Greeks a chance to weigh in on this issue, so critical for their country s future wellbeing.

Greece had ceased to be a bottomless pit. With a bit of financial engineering, Greece s creditors could have postponed some of the payments the country owed this year payments that, it should be noted, everyone knew it would not be able to repay at this stage and enabled it to continue its gradual recovery.

The Greeks have actually managed to produce something called Retsina, which even tastes shite when you're in Greece.

Greece

2,500 years ago, members of one Greek city state considered members of another Greek city state subhuman and treated them that way. And then this moral revolution arrived, and they decided that actually, no, Greeks are human beings.

I'm neither an Athenian nor a Greek.

A Speech of Hope for Greece

Tsipras might defend his approach to the referendum by asserting that his goal was not so much to sound out the people as to reinforce his position in the confrontation with Greece s creditors. But what is the justification for that confrontation?

Because, you see, the Greeks believed you live only once, and when you die, you have to cross the River Styx.

They could not stop the Greek government from borrowing (indirectly) from the European Central Bank (ECB) as long as credit rating agencies deemed Greek debt creditworthy. If Greece chooses default, they cannot enforce their banks claims on Greek borrowers or seize Greek assets.

In fact, Greece's official creditors have granted it long enough grace periods and low enough interest rates that the burden is bearable. Greece actually spends less on debt service than Italy or Ireland, both of which have much lower (gross) debt to GDP ratios.

A New Deal for Greece

Greece s Catharsis?

The Greek Conundrum

Some analysts have even predicted a slow death of the Greek economy. Citizens themselves sense that the situation will most likely get (much) worse before it improves.

Immigrants Refugees The Greek immigrant policy, as defined by law 2910 01 and its amendments, aims, on the one hand at setting down the rules for immigration and residence of aliens in Greek territory, and, on the other hand, at guaranteeing their fundamental rights and facilitating their integration in the Greek society.

Greece s GDP, moreover, has shrunk by 25 since the start of the crisis in 2009. Its government is insolvent.

A Way Out for Greece

The Endgame in Greece

Greece is Playing to Lose

A Greek Suicide?

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May eurozone leaders have the forbearance to recognize the flawed No that has been delivered, and to be more Greek than the Greeks. May they act in a way that prevents Greece from ever having to face the true, tragic meaning of Sunday s vote.

I think we have the opportunity to one up the Greeks.

I mean, these are the great tales of the Greeks.

Greece has met its creditors demands far more than halfway. Yet Germany and Greece s other creditors continue to demand that the country sign on to a program that has proven to be a failure, and that few economists ever thought could, would, or should be implemented.

First, the new loans did not represent a bailout for Greece so much as a cynical transfer of private losses from the banks books onto the shoulders of Greece s most vulnerable citizens. How many of Europe s taxpayers, who have footed the bill for these loans, know that more than 90 of the 240 billion ( 260 billion) that Greece borrowed went to financial institutions, not to the Greek state or its people?

For example, although China has done little to bolster the Greek government s balance sheet, its active approach to the crisis has been conspicuous. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Greece in October 2010 and agreed to strengthen cooperation between China and Greece during a meeting with then Prime Minister George Papandreou timely support that the weakened Greek government was delighted to receive.

Thus far, the EU and the Greek government have failed to address Greece s structural problems. But they need to develop (and fund) an appropriate strategy for economic reconstruction, in order to make clear to the Greeks and to skittish financial markets that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

A Greek Morality Tale

Greece s Aid Addiction

Reforming Greek Reform

A Blueprint for Greece s Recovery

The Greek Austerity Myth

Greece Must Exit

The Greek Budget Myth

Headquarters of the Greek Police

Eventually, the agreement will trigger Grexit, either because the creditors withdraw their support after fiscal targets are missed, or because the Greek people rebel. Triggering that exit is transparently Germany s intent.

And if it looks like Greek to you, it's because, well, it's Greek.

I was somewhat interested in ancient Greek, but I don't think that we should force the entire population to learn a subject like ancient Greek.

I propose a four step path out of the Greek crisis. First, I recommend that the Greek people give a resounding No to the creditors in the referendum on their demands this weekend.