Greek crisis: episodes of despair and drama as moment of truth nears

Helena Smith has watched as the crisis has engulfed Greece. Here she describes a week of mounting tension in Athens as fateful and painful choices loom

Five years is a long time to be in crisis. It's freefall by a thousand cuts; loss in myriad ways, hard choices that never get easier.

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