Maria Petrakis

Financial Journalist

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The Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece.

Greece Revives Privatizations With One Difference: More Time

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

Greece Revives Privatizations With One Difference: More Time

The Acropolis museum in Athens, Greece.

August 13, 2015

August 13, 2015

Greek Islands No Holiday for Tax Inspectors Chasing Evaders

GREECE-EU-POLITICS-DEBT

August 3, 2015

August 3, 2015

In Cash-Starved Greece, Plastic Casts Light Into Shadow Economy

In Cash-Starved Greece, Plastic Casts Light Into Shadow Economy

July 26, 2015

July 26, 2015

Tsipras’s Paradox Is Six Months of Pain and Enduring Popularity

IMF Says Greece Needs Deeper Debt Relief Than Europe Considering

July 22, 2015

July 22, 2015

IMF’s New Head of Greece Staff Team Is Veteran of Cyprus Bailout

June 29, 2015

June 29, 2015

What Are Greece's Capital Controls?

Greece has imposed capital controls. Here's what the government has to say about the situation.

Greece Issues Capital Controls, Shuts Banks

June 24, 2015

June 24, 2015

Greeks Expecting More Taxes and Pain Hope at Least It’s in Euros

Greeks Expecting More Taxes and Pain Hope at Least It’s in Euros

June 20, 2015

June 20, 2015

Weekend of Fear in Greece as Banks, People Live Day To Day

Weekend of Fear in Greece as Banks, People Live Day To Day

June 18, 2015

June 18, 2015

Tourists in Greece Seek Out Hotel Safes to Stash Extra Cash

June 16, 2015

June 16, 2015

Greek Capital Controls Baked In as Firms Store Cash Abroad

Greek Capital Controls Baked In as Firms Store Cash Abroad

June 14, 2015

June 14, 2015

Greeks Who Want to Keep Euro Are Tired of Tsipras's Brinksmanship

Greeks Who Want to Keep Euro Are Tired of Tsipras's Brinksmanship

June 11, 2015

June 11, 2015

Keeping Greece in the Euro May Have Nothing to Do With Finances

Keeping Greece in the Euro May Have Nothing to Do With Finances

June 10, 2015

June 10, 2015

Greek Pension Mess Shows There’s No Easy Way Out of Impasse

Greek Pension Mess Shows There’s No Easy Way Out of Impasse

June 3, 2015

June 3, 2015

Tsipras Turns to Party Hand Tsakalotos to End Talks Impasse

Tsipras Turns to Party Hand Tsakalotos to End Talks Impasse

May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015

Here’s a Greek Business That’s Booming: Making Test-Tube Babies

Here’s a Greek Business That’s Booming: Making Test-Tube Babies

April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015

Ground Zero in Athens Provides Refuge for Londoner Fleeing Costs

Ground Zero in Athens Provides Refuge for Londoner Fleeing Costs

April 29, 2015

April 29, 2015

Varoufakis, Spouse Attacked by Anarchists in Athens Restaurant

April 6, 2015

April 6, 2015

Greeks Shopping for Easter Meat Reflects Nation Uneasy Over Cash

Greeks Shopping for Easter Meat Reflects Nation Uneasy Over Cash

March 23, 2015

March 23, 2015

Kissing Couples Urge End to Germany’s War of Words With Greece

March 23, 2015

March 23, 2015

Greece’s German-Built Money Hall Shows Unity, Divide on Euro

Greece’s German-Built Money Hall Shows Unity, Divide on Euro