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The Last Bluff: The EU's showdown with Greece in 2015

Journalists Eleni Varvitsioti and Viktoria Dendrinou discuss their latest book, The Last Bluff: How Greece Came Face to Face with Financial Catastrophe and the Secret Plan for its Euro Exit. 

Eleni Varvitsioti is the EU correspondent for Greek daily Kathimerini and SKAI TV.  In 2016 she was awarded for her reporting by the Botsis Foundation, Greece's most prestigious journalism prize.

Viktoria Dendrinou is a reporter for Bloomberg news in Brussels covering EU affairs and economic policy. She previously covered EU affairs for The Wall Street Journal, and prior to that spent two years reporting for Reuters.

You can purchase the book here: The Last Bluff: How Greece Came Face to Face with Financial Catastrophe and the Secret Plan for its Euro Exit

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