In this Global Times article George Tzogopoulos discusses the recent crash of the Russian passenger in Sinai and the coverage of the dramatic incident by the media. In his view, poor media coverage leads to speculation.
In the Media
Leading Greek newspaper Kathimerini reports on the frustration caused to China’s authorities by the Greek government’s delay to proceed with the privatisation of the Piraeus Port Authority. In an article published in its Sunday edition on 1 November 2015 the newspaper illustrates China’s position that ‘no more time can be wasted’ as the country ‘cannot believe’ …
CRI article on the visit of President Xi in the UK
In this article published on China Radio International, George Tzogopoulos analyses the visit of China’s President Xi Jinping to the UK. In particular, he refers to the important areas of Sino-British economic co-operation and discusses whether […]
Stake high for China in possible Grexit
In the case of a Grexit and within an ethnocentric and anti-foreigner atmosphere, the environment might not be friendly for investors. These investors would naturally have to examine alternatives away from Greece. COSCO, for example, could consider investing in other European ports, for example in Italy or Romania. But such a decision might be time-consuming and hard to be implemented […]
An early election will not solve Greece’s problems
An early election will find Greece in a much worse position. More critical weeks will be wasted, the credibility deficit in Europe will widen, the national economy will further slow down and more measures will be required in the end. Ironically, the country will possibly require again a unity government […]
The last opportunity of Tsipras
The internal reactions within the SY.RIZ.A party prevent Tsipras from making an agreement with the country’s creditors. What matters more, however, is what the country needs and not what some MPs want. Even a bad rescue package will give time to Greece to finally breathe, solve its problems in the medium-term and achieve improvements of terms agreed at a later stage […]