• After a decade of economic pain, Greece finally appears to be turning a corner as it prepares to exit financial bailouts. Nearly half a million Greeks have become economic migrants since the debt crisis began, and many have resisted the prime minister’s call for them to return and help rebuild the country. “The bailout may be ending, but the problems that drove people away aren’t,” said a Greek engineer in Germany. Meanwhile, Greece’s long feud with neighboring Macedonia over its name, which it shares with a northern Greek region, is inching toward a conclusion. But opposition to a deal is running high.

Source: New York Times June 06, 2018 03:41 UTC