Greece’s economic crisis told in one family’s struggle

Kostas and Olga Argyros take their children to a local park in the Keratsini neighbourhood in Athens, Greece. Seven years into Greece’s economic crisis, those living on the fringes have been hit hard. According to ratings agency S&P, Greece has lost a third of its economic value since 2009. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

Published on: May 20, 2017 2:55 PM IST

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Kostas and Olga Argyros take their children to a local park in the Keratsini neighbourhood in Athens, Greece. Seven years into Greece’s economic crisis, those living on the fringes have been hit hard. According to ratings agency S&P, Greece has lost a third of its economic value since 2009. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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The Argyros family have breakfast at their house in the Keratsini neighbourhood in Athens.They live in a small apartment with four children. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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Laundry is piled up on a washing machine in the Argyros' family house in Athens. Greece became the centre of Europe’s debt crisis after Wall Street imploded in 2008. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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A baby rests in her parents bed at her house in Athens. Greece is on its way to its third international bailout since 2010. Struggling to contain a debt it is now in the brink of being disowned by the European Union. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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The Argyros family get into their car, which was donated, after receiving goods from an NGO for big families in Athens.Five years since abandoning their home in Leros for Athens, they are trapped in a cycle of unemployment and debt. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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Kostas Argyros has his morning coffee at his home. He picks up occasional jobs here and there while his wife has been jobless for almost a decade now. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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Panagiotis Argyros watches cartoons on television at his house . It is estimated that a quarter of Greece’s workforce is unemployed and nearly a one third of the population lives in poverty (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )

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An old electrical distribution panel is seen along with holy portraits placed at the entrance of the apartment building where the Argyros family lives in Athens. (Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS )