Blog posts tagged "greece"

May 6, 2012 12:38 pm 14 Comments

A tremendous air of excitement here in Paris. Even before getting here, it was clear that French society is profoundly different from our own. But it’s not just France that’s voting today, but Greece and Serbia.

February 21, 2012 8:17 am 28 Comments

How can Greece countenance such a bleak future, ponders Jon Snow.

February 15, 2012 8:09 am 20 Comments

Jon Snow sees the eurozone and democracy as becoming increasingly uncomfortable bedfellows.

June 23, 2011 8:17 am 61 Comments

Jon Snow on how the Greek financial crisis has the potential to affect every man, woman and child in the UK.

October 4, 2010 9:53 am 36 Comments

A financier whom I know calls me over the weekend about the Irish financial crisis. “Jon”, he says, “I trust you know that 80 per cent of the Irish banking crisis was caused by a handful of property developers taking massive punts on the housing and construction market?”

June 17, 2010 10:46 am 52 Comments

Spain is in the frame again...stress testing her banks seems not to have been a particularly reassuring experience.

May 5, 2010 8:53 am 71 Comments

What a backdrop! Markets falling, bankrupt Greece in uproar, Spain’s stock market down 5 per cent. Come vote for ugh, what? Yes, a stable, fiscally sound deficit free Britain er, in Europe.

April 28, 2010 7:39 am 73 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the financial crisis hitting Greece whether Portugal, Spain and Italy could face their own problems.