That's right .... There is no economic crisis in the Eurozone or wider economic environment
Just household names vanishing from the high street here and elsewhere
International corporations circling the drain and dumping jobs with others failing completely - Nokia, Sony , American airlines, Kodak , RIM, Toshiba, Saab , HP, yahoo ,
Empty shops/bars and restaurants everywhere in Paphos/ Limassol.
Bank runs
Countries with 20 % general unemployment and 50% youth Unemployment.
Austerity.
Wholesale changes of goverment .
Collapse of the property market in most developed countries.
And personally .....
Most of my customers in Cyprus have seen sales fall 70% between 2007 and 2012- several have gone bust.... Fortunately I quickly diversified as I read the signs early.
A close Cypriot friend who has worked for a major bank here confided the following " I've worked for this bank for 20 years most of it spent in finance to the general public - since 2009 we have more people in the collections department than the loans department ....... I hate having to take people's cars, houses and possessions as its something we never used to do here".
But hey .... There's no crisis at all and nothing's changed since 2004