An idiot’s guide to WTF is happening in Greece

Greece: cradle of democracy, baby-sling of package holidays, and possible deathbed of the Euro. We’ve all heard about it, but what, actually, is wrong with it?

Grexit, Tspiras, troika. These are just some of the syllables that are flung around with abandon in any discussion of Greece’s current problems. There’s only one problem. It’s all Greek to most of us.

The Poke, however, is here to help with our indispensable guide to what the actual flip is going on, and why we should care. We’ll help you distinguish your retsina from your jug with a nudey man painted on, and your hoi polloi from your massive private debt default.

So sit back, pour yourself a jug of ice-cool calamari, crack open a basket-case of parthenons, and get yourself in the mood (active, passive, or middle) to enjoy our comprehensive guide to exactly what is happening in the country so nice they named it after a John Travolta film. By Nat Tapley.

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