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How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part XI)

May 14, 2013 Society Comments Off on How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part XI)

Economic crisis and decreased income trigger frustration. And a never-ending struggling to make ends meet. Scratching together the last euro to come up for daily expenses, cover basic needs, children’s essentials. Economic crisis spoils the fan of life and leaves you there with an endless longing for the times that …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part X)

May 13, 2013 Society 4

How does it feel to see the crisis hitting you and your family and you see your life turn upside down in just a couple of years? How does it feel to see your children without job or struggling for what I often call “bag of peanuts”? How does it …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part IX)

May 11, 2013 Society 3

Three years Greece in the crisis do not frustrate only the Greeks. Expats who permanently or temporarily live here seem to be not shielded from the crisis, even when it comes just to develop a critical approach to Greeks who change under the new circumstances. Below the story submitted by Sian: “I …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part VIII)

May 10, 2013 Society 2

The issue of negative stereotypes towards Greeks in the crisis and the lack of understanding from the side of people living abroad are been featured here in the story I received a couple of days ago. And I would say “yes”, it’s difficult to understand how the system works here …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part VII)

May 8, 2013 Society Comments Off on How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part VII)

Easter holidays are over, they were spent in a nice and peaceful atmosphere, I suppose and hope. Now we can comfortably return to our Greek reality, specifically to our expat stories, where foreigners write down their experience and how they come along with the Greek crisis. Three years after the …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part VI)

April 29, 2013 Society 2

In the expats-series KTG features short stories submitted foreigners living in Greece and how they come along with the crisis. If the country of origin is not in economic crisis, one may decide to go and try to built something new there. But how about expats living in Greece whose …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part V)

April 29, 2013 Society Comments Off on How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part V)

In the series “how expats experience the Greek crisis”, KTG received another personal expat story. The story is written by somebody who built up an existence here and decided to go away, unable to survive the economic crisis. Somebody who still asks herself three years later, whether “leaving was really …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part IV)

April 27, 2013 Society 1

This is another story I received today for the series “How expats experience three years Greece in the crisis“. Because as often mentioned, the Greek crisis affects all of us living here: whether Greek or expat. The story was submitted by Katerina from UK. Below the story by Katerina: “It …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part III)

April 26, 2013 Society 27

One more story on Greece in the crisis seen by the eyes of expats. Submitted by Catherine, a British woman who moved in the country twenty years ago and after two decades struggles to get along. Below the story submitted by Catherine: “I came to Greece almost 20 years ago …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part II)

April 26, 2013 Society 1

Here is another post written by a KTG-reader on the topic “how expats experience the Greek crisis”. In fact it was a comment to my post “23 April 2010 – 23 April 2013: Greece under IMF – Not saved yet?“. But AntonisX – a Dutch – has a very good …

How expats experience “three years Greece in the crisis” (Part I)

April 25, 2013 Society 6

Two days ago, I wrote an article to “celebrate” the anniversary of then prime minister George Papandreou announcing that Greece had to ask its rescue from international lenders, especially from the international Monetary Fund. The article “23 April 2010 – 23 April 2013: Greece under IMF – Not saved yet?” …

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