‘The Athens shopping mall is full of young people buying the latest mobile phones and gadgets. So much about this recession remains confusing’

'Conditions in Greece are grim, as one can see from the elderly ladies silently begging for their family's next meal'

'What happens if Greece can't pay its enormous debts back to the ECB? Inevitably, the banks from Germany, the netherlands and Finland will have to pay'

For the sake of the euro, the peoples of southern Europe have turned their backs on the sea that once gave them prosperity