Thursday, September 27, 2012

Crisis shuts a third of shops in Athens city centre

ATHENS - Greece's deep recession has forced almost a third of businesses in the capital's commercial district to close down as shrinking incomes and frequent strikes drive Athenians away. A woman walks by an economic-crisis related graffiti in Athens / Photo: AFP
Tens of thousands of small businesses, which make up a big chunk of the struggling economy, have shut since Greece secured a 110-billion-euro bailout package in 2010 in exchange for promises of painful austerity measures.
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