Mar 25 Watch Cyprus Bank Crisis Raises Questions of Fairness, Precedent for Eurozone Members Inside the Desperate Attempts to Get Cyprus Out of Financial Chaos… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Cyprus Avoids Potential Bankruptcy Plunge After Agreeing to Bailout Terms Under crippling financial strains and with bankruptcy on the horizon, Cyprus agreed to a bailout from its eurozone partners. Margaret Warner reports on the bailout deal totaling $13 billion, as well as the mixed reactions from neighboring countries. Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch Will the Banking Crisis in Cyprus Rock Other Markets? Will the Banking Crisis in Cyrpus Rock Other European and World Markets?… Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch In Cyprus, Banking Crisis Prompts Government to Tax Citizen Savings The small island of Cyprus, with a population of just over a million people, is facing a crippling banking crisis. While the banks will get some bailout money, individuals there will also be taxed on their savings. Emma Murphy of… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: ‘We’ll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread’ Greek Poets Muse Austerity Measures: 'We'll Hawk the Parthenon to Buy Our Bread'… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Greek Poet Titos Patrikios Reads ‘Molyvos’ Greek poet Titos Patrikios reads "Molyvos."… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Greek Poet Titos Patrikios Reads ‘Lionsgate’ Greek poet Titos Patrikios reads "Lionsgate."… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch Poet A.E. Stallings Reads ‘On a Greek Proverb’ Poet A.E. Stallings reads "On a Greek Proverb."… Continue watching
Nov 14 Europeans Protest Austerity Cuts By Larisa Epatko In Photos: Protesters in Greece, Spain, Germany and Italy crammed streets in mid-November, upset over government cuts and demanding more jobs. Continue reading
Nov 08 Greece’s Former Finance Minister Defends Super Mario By Paul Solman Greece's former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou defends European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi's Outright Monetary Transactions plan. Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images. Earlier today, we featured Boston University economist Laurence "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff on the European crisis and his… Continue reading