Fredrik Erixon 21.11.2011

Fredrik Erixon, director for the European Centre for International Political Economy spoke to journalist Helen Skopis and Athens International Radio 104.4

Gilles Thieffry 09.12.2011

Gilles Thieffry, a Partner at GTLaw, Geneva, has studied the legal consequences of the break-up of the European monetary union since 1998. To discuss what his research has shown, Helen Skopis spoke to Mr. Thieffry about his analysis of the "redomination risk" confronting markets.

Nigel Farage 07.12.2011

The EU summit tomorrow and Friday is being billed as one of the most crucial in the EU's history. Europe is desperate to avoid a re-run of the 2007-2008 credit crunch.
Helen Skopis and Athens International Radio spoke to Nigel Farage a member of European Parliament and the leader UK independence party.

Mark Mazower 17.11.2011

Mark Mazower is a historian and writer, specializing in modern Greece, 20th century Europe and international history. He is the director of the Center for International History at Columbia University and his articles and reviews on history and current affairs appear regularly in the Financial Times and The Guardian. 

Journalist and chief editor at the Athens International Radio, Athina Korlira, spoke to him about the current financial situation in Greece.

Saran Burrow, the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation speaking to Helen Skopis about the new labour law that is to be passed by the Greek Parliament next week.

Movement 136 - 12.09.11


"Movement 136" is an initiative founded by the residents of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, in an attempt to stop the privatization plan which includes the selling of "ΕΥΑΘ" state owned water company.
Helen Skopis spoke to one of the members of the movement, Katerina Tzanetea about their aimings.

Friedrick Erixon 07.09.2011

Helen Skopis and Athens International Radio spoke to the director of the European Centre for International Political Economy about the course of developments regarding the Greek dept crisis.

Bob Chapman

26.07.11

To discuss the agreement reached in Brussels regarding the Greek debt crisis, Helen Skopis spoke to Bob Chapman the writer of the financial newsletter International Forecaster.

James Rickards

Helen Skopis spoke to James Rickards, Senior Managing Director at Tangent Capital Partners.

Janis Emmanouilidis 19.07.11

Leaders of the 17 eurozone countries, plus European central bankers and commissioners, will hold an emergency summit in Brussels on Thursday in the latest, probably the biggest, effort to settle Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
The stakes are huge, with the leaders under enormous pressure from the markets, the Americans and the vulnerable parties in the eurozone to agree a new rescue package for Greece and more broadly to ringfence the euro.

To discuss this long running crisis, Janis Emmannouilidis Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels spoke to Athens International Radio and Helen Skopis.