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Friday, July 3, 2015

'Please, mercy, help my country': Greeks in New York brace for euro crisis fallout

The largest Greek community outside Greece is glued to the television as businesses fear empty shelves and residents worry over their homeland’s fateCostas Mastoras’ last shipment arrived last Tuesday. He has enough stock left to last about two or three weeks. If the crisis in Greece continues, he said, by the end of the month his shelves will be bare.“It took me years to place Greek goods – yoghurt; olives – on American shelves,” he told the Guardian. “Now, for the first time, we won’t have anything to sell. We are terrified.” Continue reading...


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