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.
July 8, 2010
Strikes shut down country early Thursday
ABC news coverage by Helena Smith from Athens:
"The strike has brought the country to a virtual standstill.
Thousands of tourists are believed to have been affected by the disruption of flights in and out of Greece as air traffic controllers, heeding calls from labour unions, also walked off the job.
The strike, which paralysed Greece for a sixth time in as many months, came ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on legislation overhauling the pension system.
The pension system is said to be one of the root causes of the debt-ridden country's economic woes.
The reform, demanded by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, has stirred unprecedented protests and dissent within the ranks of the governing socialist party."
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