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"Greece: The Unfolding Drama" Pt.5, with Albanian-Greek writer Gazmend Kapllani.
The endless winter of discontent continues in Greece, as the country struggles through its sixth straight year of severe recession. Three years of harsh austerity measures have led to the highest rate of unemployment in the EU, with an unstable government and the disturbing rise of the extreme-right party Golden Dawn. Eleanor Wachtel has travelled to Athens to speak with a variety of the country's top writers and thinkers about their work and lives, and the atmosphere in the stricken nation…
"Greece: The Unfolding Drama," Series, Pt.1, with Yanis Varoufakis
The endless winter of discontent continues in Greece, as the country struggles through its sixth straight year of severe recession. It's a time of political and social disintegration that has not been experienced in Greece since the German occupation of World War II, followed by the Civil War, and later, the brutal period of military rule. Three years of harsh austerity measures have led to the highest rate of unemployment in the EU, with an unstable government and the disturbing rise of the…
"Greece: The Unfolding Drama" Series, Pt.2, with Petros Markaris
The endless winter of discontent continues in Greece, as the country struggles through its sixth straight year of severe recession. It's a time of political and social disintegration not been experienced in Greece since the German occupation of World War II, followed by the Civil War, and later, the brutal period of military rule. Three years of harsh austerity measures have led to the highest rate of unemployment in the EU, with an unstable government and the disturbing rise of the extreme-…
"Greece: The Unfolding Drama" Pt.3, with Nick Papandreou
The endless winter of discontent continues in Greece, as the country struggles through its sixth straight year of severe recession. Three years of harsh austerity measures have led to the highest rate of unemployment in the EU, with an unstable government and the disturbing rise of the extreme-right party Golden Dawn. Eleanor Wachtel has travelled to Athens to speak with a variety of the country's top writers and thinkers about their work and lives, and the atmosphere in the stricken nation…
"Greece: The Unfolding Drama" Pt.4, with poet Tzenē Mastorakē and filmmaker Costa-Gavras
The endless winter of discontent continues in Greece, as the country struggles through its sixth straight year of severe recession. Three years of harsh austerity measures have led to the highest rate of unemployment in the EU, with an unstable government and the disturbing rise of the extreme-right party Golden Dawn. Eleanor Wachtel has travelled to Athens to speak with a variety of the country's top writers and thinkers about their work and lives, and the atmosphere in the stricken nation…
Young greece in an ancient setting
Illustration of child in ancient Greece