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Alexandra has covered foreign affairs for Athens International Radio (2005-2011) and the municipal radio station Athina 984 FM since 2011. She has reported on European councils, UN general assemblies and covered numerous visits of foreign ministers to Greece. Alexandra has also worked with other Greek and international media during the course of the Greek crisis, as well as carrying out interviews with European officials.
Dr Elli Siapkidou is a freelance independent researcher, based in London. She has worked for the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), the Contemporary Social History Archives (ASKI) and taught Economics and European Politics at the University of Thrace. She holds a MA in Economics and Management, an MPhil in European Politics from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in EU Politics from the University of Athens.
Jens is an independent economic and investment analyst for southeast Europe. From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the European Commission Task Force for Greece in Athens. Jens has worked in the private banking sector in Greece and has held various academic positions at Nuffield College and St Antony's College in Oxford as well as The London School of Economics.
Yiannis held a number of senior positions at Thomson Reuters before co-founding MacroPolis. He has contributed extensively over the last few years to the debate around the Greek crisis and the events in Cyprus through his blog The Prodigal Greek, which earned him a place in the esteemed group of Emergency Specialist bloggers, according to FT Alphaville. If you appreciate strong views and economic charts look out for Yiannis in The Agora.