Few people would want to be in the shoes of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou these days. Faced with an ostensible mutiny in the ruling social-democrat PASOK party, his worries have been exacerbated by the appearance of an unprecedented, continuous wave of protests in the streets of Athens by thousands of people - who had never demonstrated until a few weeks ago.   Since May 25, 2011, Greec ...

By Amitabh Pal, June 16, 2011 The global austerity agenda is encountering a hurdle in Greece: The Greek people aren’t prepared to put up with forced deprivation. In order to have loans to foreign creditors made good, international institutions, led by the European Union, are demanding ever-harsher assaults on Greek society. But the Greek people have fought back, protesting in huge numbers and causing the ne ...

NRC Handelsblad 29.05.2011 by Ingeborg Beugel. Heus, Grieken werken 41 uur per week en zijn niet verder uit te persen De vooroordelen tegen Griekenland hebben groteske vormen aangenomen. Welke Nederlander heeft drie banen om de eindjes aan elkaar te knopen? De gewone Griek krijgt de rekening betaald voor het falende beleid van de Griekse elite, betoogt Ingeborg Beugel. Voor hoe de meerderheid van de Nederla ...

I am not quite sure if this is an exageration but definitely it is worth reading it. My non Greek friends, I apologise, but the article is in Greek. Are we having a coup? ...