A Sign Of Things To Come: In Athens, Greece Hundreds of People Fight For Free Vegetables Handed Out By Local Farmers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274532/The-big-fat-Greek-food-fight-Hundreds-fight-free-vegetables-streets-Athens.html#axzz2KEGCr6va The Greek food brawl: Hundreds fight each other for free vegetables on the streets of Athens Vegetables and fruits were handed out by farmers in Athens today One man was trampled and injured in the commotion caused by the free food Event sparked debate about the situation for the Greek people post collapse By […]

Will Greek poll wreck UK’s economy? Knife-edge vote dubbed ‘financial Cuban missile crisis’ which could kill the euro and stall recovery here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160433/Will-Greek-poll-wreck-UKs-economy-Knife-edge-vote-dubbed-financial-Cuban-missile-crisis-kill-euro-stall-recovery-here.html Greek voters urged by European leaders to reject Left-wing parties threatening to rip up the country’s bailout deal Today’s vote has been dubbed “the financial equivalent of the Cuban missile crisis” Greek withdrawal from Eurozone would create social and political instability, warns German Chancellor Angela Merkel By Nick Pisa PUBLISHED: 19:07 EST, 16 June […]

Drachmageddon? Middle-class poverty. Feral gangs. Neo-Nazis. Athens waits for the volcano to explode

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2160022/Drachmageddon-Middle-class-poverty-Feral-gangs-Neo-Nazis-In-Athens-wait-volcano-explode.html By Robert Hardman PUBLISHED: 16:26 EST, 15 June 2012 | UPDATED: 18:30 EST, 15 June 2012 Antonis Perris was a devoted son. When his elderly mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s four years ago, there was no question of putting her in a state facility. He would care for her at home in Athens and […]

Greece could quit the euro, admits Merkel as global markets are plunged into turmoil

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2144074/Global-financial-markets-turmoil-government-Greece-teeters-brink-crashing-Europe.html Growing pessimism over future of single currency in current form Greek political paralysis as talks continue at 7.30pm to form government Communists vow to take to the streets as fears of civil war grow Ministers say kalashnikov-wielding gangs could take over Worsening crisis and thousands take to streets for mass protests in Spain Merkel’s […]

Mothers forced to sell their children: Mail reveals the distressing human toll of Greece’s Euro meltdown

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2143237/Mothers-forced-sell-children–human-toll-Euro-meltdown.html PUBLISHED: 17:32 EST, 11 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:55 EST, 12 May 2012 The economic crisis across Europe has perhaps been most keenly felt in Greece, where people have taken to the streets in violent and emotional protests against the austeriy measures imposed on the nation. In this heartbreaking dispatch from the streets of […]

Riots erupt in Greece after ‘martyr’ shoots himself over debt crisis

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125686/Greece-prepares-fresh-wave-anti-austerity-protests-pensioners-suicide-financial-crisis.html 1,000 mourners gather in the spot where ‘martyr’ died Dimitris Christoulas, 77, a retired pharmacist, shot himself yards from the Greek parliament He said state pension had been slashed in suicide note By Nick Mcdermott and Daniel Martin PUBLISHED: 11:42 EST, 5 April 2012 | UPDATED: 18:35 EST, 5 April 2012 He lived, said […]

‘This is a dignified end before I have to start scrounging food from the trash’: Desperate man, 77, shoots himself dead outside Greek parliament during rush hour

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125084/Greek-pensioner-commits-suicide-outside-Greek-parliament.html Man shouted, ‘So I won’t leave debts for my children’ before killing himself Greek suicide rate rising as austerity measures kick in By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:24 EST, 4 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:15 EST, 4 April 2012 cash-strapped Greek pensioner shot and killed himself outside parliament in Athens today after saying he […]

Athens ablaze as Greece votes in favour of £110bn bailout: Rioters attack police and set ten buildings on fire in protest at cuts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100099/Athens-protests-Lawmakers-endorse-austerity-measures-Greece.html By Kirsty Walker Last updated at 12:39 AM on 13th February 2012 Greek MPs last night voted in favour of a controversial austerity bill as rioters again took to the streets and set buildings alight. The punishing cuts to wages and pensions are fiercely stoking tensions in the near-bankrupt country. Yet if the bill […]