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Half of Greeks queue outside banks, other half at petrol stations & supermarkets

June 29, 2015 Society 30

Flour, sugar, pasta, rice, milk and canned tomatoes, food items that do not expire soon are been hastily removed from the super-market selves and land into the housewife’s basket. “There was quite some queue at the cash register and people had their baskets full of pasta, sugar and flour,” a …

Outgoing BoG Governor had “sleepless nights” not knowing what currency Greece could possibly have

June 11, 2014 Economy Comments Off on Outgoing BoG Governor had “sleepless nights” not knowing what currency Greece could possibly have

Outgoing Governor of Bank of Greece Giorgos Provopoulos certainly touched the heart of millions of Greek jobless and low-pensioners who shared with him more or less and for other reasons the nightmare of the Greek crisis. In the same mode like his successor Stournaras, Provopoulos claimed he spent sleepless nights …

Greeks trapped, worry about wages & pensions as Cypriot banks remain closed

March 21, 2013 Economy, Society Comments Off on Greeks trapped, worry about wages & pensions as Cypriot banks remain closed

Thousands of Greek employees and pensioners with accounts in Cypriot banks in Greece worry about their money. “Will the Cypriots banks explode in my hands?” a retired neighbor asked me last night. Several months ago, he opened a bank account at the branch of a Cypriot bank in Athens, because …

Cyprus bailout: Greeks do not feel well either… FinMin Stournaras’ statement

March 16, 2013 Economy 1

The eurogroup decision to violently grab private bank deposits in Cyprus could not but trigger a panic also in Greece. And most probably to the citizens of every economically weak EU country. – My father, 85, came early in the morning shouting, we should withdraw our weak deposit from the …

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