Poorer than Greece: the EU countries that reject a new Athens bailout
by Šarūnas Černiauskas in Vilnius and Pauls Raudse from on (#DSNQ)
In Latvia and Lithuania, pensioners and other poor people wonder why they are being asked to pay to bail out their far richer Greek counterparts
Half a continent away from Athens, Milda is unimpressed. Watching reports of the Greek predicament on the news, the Latvian pensioner has little sympathy for her counterparts 1,800 miles to the south.
"Can't they get by on a120 a week?" she asks, referring to the latest cash limits on pensioners introduced in Greece. "Life's less expensive down there. It's warmer, they don't have to pay for heating or winter boots, and fruit and vegetables must be cheaper.
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