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Greece has a new coalition government—but it is already in crisis. The finance minister resigned on Monday of this week.

Greece’s parliamentary election results will not resolve the political and economic crisis that is tearing through the country.

The British media reports Greece’s crisis as if it was down to the idleness of Greek workers being supported by a generous Europe. Nikos Loudos is a journalist on Workers Solidarity, Socialist Worker’s sister paper in Greece. He spoke to people about the reality of life under the hammer of austerity.

The Greek election campaign entered its final week with two important events overshadowing the strategies of the old ruling parties.

Tensions are growing on the streets of Greece ahead of fresh elections on Sunday.

Socialist Review spoke to Giorgos Pittas, a journalist from the Greek socialist newspaper Workers' Solidarity, about the political situation in Greece following elections in May that saw a dramatic fall in support for parties backing austerity.

Spain’s rulers are in a panic as economic indicators point to a Greek-style collapse of the economy.

Media workers in Greece shut down newspapers and TV news stations when they walked out on strike on Monday of this week.

It’s a cliche but it’s nevertheless true that the eyes of the world are on Greece. I get feverish updates of the latest opinion poll from revolutionary Marxists and bourgeois economists alike.

Around 30 police attempted to break in to the headquarters of the Socialist Workers Party (SEK) in Athens this morning (Thursday).

Greek socialist Giorgos Pittas welcomed the huge vote for the radical left in Greece and called for a "people’s default" at a meeting in London last night (Wednesday).

The political establishment—in Britain and across Europe—is filled with dread at the prospect of the single European currency project falling apart.