Category: Thessaloniki

Antonis Samaras, Carmen Reinhart, eurozone, Greece economy, IMF, internal devaluation, Miranda Xafa, protests, Thessaloniki

Greece..Economy Stabilizing

Thessaloniki: In the short-term more protests are coming. On November 6th, about the time the troika of Greece’s creditors arrives, a 24-hour general strike is planned. There will be more complaints that citizens have endured too much austerity and can’t take more. They’re wrong; much more needs to be done. Greeks desperately need the structural reforms that will boost competition and bring down the high … Continue reading Greece..Economy Stabilizing

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Alexander the Great, Greece, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Jews, Macedonia, Romans, Skopje, Thessaloniki, Turkey, Via Egnatia, Yugoslavia

Thessaloniki: Heart of Macedonia

Thessaloniki, Greece.  The Galerius Arch has been the eastern gateway into this pulsating port city since it was built in 299 A.D. commemorating the Roman emperor’s victory over the Persians. The thoroughfare passing beneath the arch—the Via Egnatia—is even older. It dates from 146 B.C. and extends 400 kilometers from the Adriatic town of Durres across the mountains of Macedonia and then south to this … Continue reading Thessaloniki: Heart of Macedonia

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