Eleni Varvitsioti

correspondent for Greece and Cyprus, Financial Times

Eleni Varvitsioti is the correspondent for Greece and Cyprus at the Financial Times. Before that, she was Brussels correspondent for Greece’s leading newspaper "Kathimerini" and "Skai TV", covering the Eurozone crisis extensively. During her posting, she co-authored a book describing Greece’s negotiations with its creditors during the financial crisis and how the country came face-to-face with economic catastrophe called “The Last Bluff”, which became a best seller.

She is a commentator on the evening news of SKAI News in Greece.

Before moving to Brussels, she spent a decade working for the award-winning investigative Greek TV program “The Folders,” covering a wide range of issues reporting from across Europe, Latin America, North Africa, and the U.S.

Featured work

Future talks on debt relief for Greece will focus on the debt's net present value, Greek deputy central bank governor Ioannis Mourmouras told a business conference on Tuesday, 1st December 2015. He also said that once Greece completes reforms agreed with creditors under the first review of its bailout program, it could benefit from the European Central Bank's bond-buying program. (Photo by Michaud Gael/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Podcast

Greece's debt crisis: a decade of resilience

Ten years after: economic growth, political change and the path forward for Greece

Rebecca Christie, George Papaconstantinou and Eleni Varvitsioti

09 April 2025

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