After a night of protests, fury and flames that failed to prevent lawmakers from approving more austerity measures demanded by international creditors in return for lifeline loans to keep the country from defaulting, Greeks awoke on Monday (February 13th) to find parts of downtown Athens in ruins, the economy still teetering near bankruptcy, and more than a million people out of work.
Posle noći demonstracija, gneva i plamena, koji nisu sprečili zakonodavce da odobre nove mere štednje koje traže međunarodni kreditori u zamenu za kredite spasa -- kojima se sprečava neispunjavanje finansijskih obaveza zemlje -- Grci su u ponedeljak (13. februara) ujutru zatekli delove centra Atine u ruševinama, dok je ekonomija i dalje bila na ivici bankrotstva, a više od milion ljudi bez posla.