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Ex BoG governor: “IMF warned in 2008, Greece’s long-term debt would soar to 800% of GDP”

April 1, 2016 Economy Comments Off on Ex BoG governor: “IMF warned in 2008, Greece’s long-term debt would soar to 800% of GDP”

Former Governor of the Bank of Greece Giorgos Provopoulos revealed that the in May 2008, the head of the IMF’s mission to Greece Bob Traa had estimated that Greece’s debts were over 800% of the GDP. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Federation of Hellenic Food Industries (SEVT), Provopoulos …

Scandal in Greek Parliament: retired MPs to get €100K retroactive since 2008

December 30, 2015 Politics 6

Yes. Yes. Yes. Our esteemed ‘servants of the public interest’. Our lawmakers, who first of all think about themselves and their own interests. The retired MPs want back – retrospective – thousands of euro. The sad thing is that the government complies with these demands and accepts the decisions of …

ELSTAT: 20.1% of Greeks Are Threatened by Poverty

January 4, 2012 Society 2

The poverty data in Greece in shocking. One in five Greeks is threatened by poverty, according to statistics from 2010. If one should add the statistics of 2011, that has not been gathered yet, the picture of the Greek reality in times of IMF, bailout, strict austerity and recession, will be much more …

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