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Papandreou Roasted For Columbia Gig

Already beset by much criticism for making big money delivering lectures at Harvard on the Greek economic crisis he helped create, former Prime Minister George Papandreou is now facing more complaints that he’s doing the same at fellow Ivy League school Columbia, in New York. The school announced last month that it was proud to [...]

Papandreou’s NY Digs: Move Over, Lady Gaga

Papandreou’s NY Digs: Move Over, Lady Gaga

While a fifth of Greeks have been pushed into poverty by austerity measures he imposed on the orders of international lenders, former Prime Minister George Papandreou will live in a luxury apartment in Manhattan, courtesy of the Ivy League school Columbia University, which is going to also pay him $30,000 to give seven lectures. His [...]

Tsipras Goes to Washington (and N.Y.)

Alexis Tsipras, head of Greece’s major opposition party, the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is planning to visit the United States from Jan. 22-25, to speak at the Brookings Institution on Jan. 22 and then visit New York. Tsipras’ address is on Greece and the Future Economic Challenges where it is expected he will [...]