Greece's economic crisis goes on, like an odyssey without end

Last year was deeply tumultuous for the troubled country but with growing fears of social unrest, 2016 could be even more unpredicatable

When Stavros Staikos thinks of the year ahead, he expresses dread. Although stoic in demeanour, the retired merchant seaman struggles to be upbeat about his country and his own circumstances. "It's hard to be optimistic," he says, waiting his turn for financial advice in the central Athens branch of the Union of Consumers and Borrowers. "Who'd have thought it would come to this? Who'd have thought that at the age of 63, I'd be worried sick about losing my home."

Like an odyssey without end, Greece's great economic crisis goes on and the predicament of people such as Staikos is igniting new fears of social unrest.