Greece: The Renaissance and the Image; Varoufakis & Osborne, Downing Street, London.

Can you guess the date that this article was published?

It was an article by Andrew Apostolou, published in Odyssey magazine, March/April 1999

The renaissance is underway. There's still some work to do on the image.

BBC News:

Mr Varoufakis is in London on Monday for talks with the UK Chancellor George Osborne.

Ahead of the meeting, Mr Osborne said that he welcomed the opportunity to "discuss face to face with Yanis Varoufakis the stability of the European economy and how to boost its growth".

The Guardian: Varoufakis meets Osborne

Downing Street photo

Quotes from meeting

Reuters report:

British finance minister George Osborne said on Monday that a stand-off between Greece and the euro zone over Greek debt was fast becoming the biggest risk to the global economy.

"We had a constructive discussion, and it is clear that the stand-off between Greece and the euro zone is the greatest risk to the global economy," Osborne said after meeting Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis in London.

"I urge the Greek finance minister to act responsibly but it's also important that the euro zone has a better plan for jobs and growth," Osborne said.

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SYRIZA has the opportunity to change the image - the headlines and the reality.

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