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 26, 2010
Visiting delegation to investigate future of €110 billion bailout
Wall Street Journal details the situation in Athens with IMF and eurozone officials now on the ground looking at conditions and the future of the €110 billion bailout plan:
"A delegation of European and International Monetary Fund officials began a two-week visit to Greece on Monday to determine whether to continue funding under a €110 billion ($141 billion) loan deal.
The interim review by the European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF officials comes as reforms demanded by this so-called troika were met with protests from air-traffic controllers and truck drivers.
At Athens International Airport, thousands of travelers and dozens of flights were delayed Sunday after air-traffic controllers staged a "work to rule" protest. The controllers are due to decide later today whether to proceed with a strike, a move many fear will hurt Greece's vital summer tourist season.
Meanwhile, on the streets of Athens, motorists formed long lines at local gasoline stations to fill up their tanks, amid fears that an open-ended truckers strike would lead to fuel shortages around the country. "
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