Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev
Good morning, everyone. It is monday, august 6th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis bergdorf. President trump reignited the controversy around his campaigns june 2016 Trump Tower Meeting with russian. The president tweeted on sunday, fake news reporting, a complete fabrication, that i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son, donald, had in trump tower. This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics, and it went nowhere. I did not know about it. Well, he appears to be referring to the Washington Posts reporting, quote, trump has confided to friends and advisers that he is worried about Mueller Probe could destroy the lives of what he calls innocent and decent people, namely trump jr. , who is under scrutiny by mueller for his role organizing a
june 2016 meeting at trump tower with russians promising dirt on hillary clinton. As one adviser described the president s thinking, he does not think his son b
LINCOLNVILLE Lincolnville artist Ken Cleaves will speak about his Schleppinghurst Garden as well as his unique art currently on display at Lincolnville Library, on Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m., at Lincolnville Community Library, 208 Main Street.