Rick Steves' Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese amazon.com
Bust: Greece, the Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis - By Matthew Lynn amazon.com
Greece's 'Odious' Debt: The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community - By Jason Manolopoulos amazon.com
Understanding the Crisis in Greece: From Boom to Bust - By Theodore Pelagidis amazon.com
The Imminent Crisis: Greek Debt and the Collapse of the European Monetary Union amazon.com
Eyewitness Greece - Athens and the Mainland - 352 Pages
Financial markets and economic growth in Greece, 1986-1999 [An article from: Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money]
Athens Demographics:
The population count for Athens was 10,964,020 in 2001. According to eurostat, in 2008 Greece had a total estimated population of 11,262,000. Of this, some 695,979 are estimated to be non-Greek.
June 25, 2010
Government: rumor of Greek islands for sale not true
Wall Street Journal on Papandreou's response to erroneous reports that certain Aegean islands were being prepped for sale:
The UK Guardian newspaper accelerated the rumors by flatly stating what Papandreou's government denies:"The Greek government Friday flatly denied that the country is seeking to sell some of its islands to slash its budget deficit.
Earlier, U.K. daily The Guardian published an article saying Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfill their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sun-kissed islands, in an attempt to repay its mountainous debts.
"The Greek government has no involvement is any sale of land on Greek islands...these transactions occur between private parties which is nothing new," said government spokesman George Petalotis on in a statement.
"The notion that the Greek government is negotiating with Russians and Chinese investors to sell land on the island of Rhodes is also equally misleading," the government spokesman said. "
"Now Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfill their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sunkissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts."
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