Scar tissue that I wish you saw
https://www.ft.com/content/ba7e18ea-eaf4-4104-bbe7-bb7f97d182e5
DBRS Morningstar’s upgrade expected to lead to a series of similar upward revisions from junk status
https://www.ft.com/content/fc17f901-e219-4656-bb76-f088c84de3e7
Investors’ nerves mount over the possibility of political paralysis after this weekend’s election
https://www.ft.com/content/b3712031-887b-438f-809f-4b8946f60f2b
Also in this newsletter: floods in northern Italy make stark the impact of climate change, again
https://www.ft.com/content/6e7db5d6-3edd-44f5-a69c-5ba515d845bb
The leftwing former Greek finance minister is making waves ahead of Sunday’s elections
https://www.ft.com/content/f3f12866-8476-4367-a74f-e5039f39c16c
Athens’ rise from the debt crisis is impressive but the next government must build on it
https://www.ft.com/content/5a2c265f-58f2-424d-a16e-3f89d9fd18e6
The country should not forget the need for strong and independent institutions in its dash for growth
https://www.ft.com/content/1c1fa1bc-a620-4b5e-9495-6fde0417b7bc
Nation was plunged into debt crisis and bailout programme after global financial crash
https://www.ft.com/content/b41ba724-4a20-407c-8bc2-e57351e65472
Athens finalises innovative scheme that will lower the cost of loans for many businesses
https://www.ft.com/content/7273fa92-51ad-4635-8c5e-02c239481872
End of pandemic emergency purchases risks leaving Greek junk bonds without European support
https://www.ft.com/content/f702bc0e-2769-4cdd-ad89-7186ac2cb6e3
Delayed for seven years, Hellinikon real estate project seen as critical for country’s post-pandemic recovery
https://www.ft.com/content/6bb37470-2441-4424-b5e3-8b322a73494c
Robust demand highlights brightening fortunes for once-embattled eurozone borrower
https://www.ft.com/content/c31bac51-d065-421f-a600-943c7356c2e2
€2.5bn deal marks one of Athens’ first major defence purchases since financial crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/5bf1bc32-45fb-4764-9973-7fb8b4625bfc
Athens taps market after 10-year borrowing costs hit record lows last month
https://www.ft.com/content/7d78de8b-ee98-4152-a0a2-d1caf1306778
Prime minister says his country has ‘matured a lot’ since debt crisis and will set its own agenda
https://www.ft.com/content/d8fc01ae-5aac-4094-9b76-82ca0f90784c
Country’s borrowing costs hit record low as economic recovery takes hold
https://www.ft.com/content/dedd11f4-4d86-11ea-95a0-43d18ec715f5
The new government has set confident growth targets, but they depend on high levels of foreign investment
https://www.ft.com/content/3ec23fe6-30b2-11ea-9703-eea0cae3f0de
How the crisis of 2008 continued to reverberate through the following decade
https://www.ft.com/content/3ea69aec-1772-11ea-8d73-6303645ac406
Scheme will remove up to €30bn of non-performing loans from banks’ balance sheets
https://www.ft.com/content/b8192d2c-1d99-11ea-9186-7348c2f183af
Shipowners and entrepreneurs courted with incentives in Athens’ effort to revive economy
https://www.ft.com/content/464cd2c2-16a8-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385
Even Greece now issues negative yielding debt as number of countries paid to borrow grows
https://www.ft.com/content/004ffbc2-f4e4-11e9-bbe1-4db3476c5ff0
Investors now see Athens as a safer eurozone bet than Italy
https://www.ft.com/content/1873add0-020d-11ea-be59-e49b2a136b8d
A harrowingly detailed tale of incompetence and intransigence in the Greek debt crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/4264250e-ec0d-11e9-a240-3b065ef5fc55
Vestager approves plan to allow Athens to guarantee a slice of non-performing loan sales
https://www.ft.com/content/22683f5a-eb41-11e9-85f4-d00e5018f061
Milestone comes alongside new record-low borrowing costs for Portugal
https://www.ft.com/content/5dde46c4-ea83-11e9-a240-3b065ef5fc55