Hugo Dixon

Score one for the “power of the media”, or rather, “the power of the high-profile media persona via social media”!

Less than two weeks after noted journalist Hugo Dixon lambasted the state of the (men’s) restroom at the Mykonos airport, Proto Thema returned to the “scene of the crime” over the weekend on the jet-setting Cyclades holiday island.

International media reactions were quick after a decision by Greek PM Alexis Tsipras to call snap elections in Greece, given that a mini “insurrection” by more than a quarter of his MPs means he lost his Parliamentary majority.

In his first major interviews since stepping down as Greece’s FinMin, Yanis Varoufakis reveals that he recommended the imposition of a parallel current and a ‘haircut’ of ECB bonds.

Here’s how three of the major media outlets comments on the latest shocking news out of Greece: capital controls

A sarcastic tweet posted today by Hugo Dixon of Reuters news agency on the festivities and the military parade held in Athens on the occasion of Greece's Independence Day has sparked a deluge of negative comments for his disrespectful stance.

A Tweet by Hugo Dixon assigning blame earned a response by none other than Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis, when the former criticised statements by the latter:

The international media viewed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras first official speech in Greek Parliament in a negative light on Sunday. Reutors economy Hugo Dixon was one of the first to tweet:

He later wrote on Twitter that these announcements would lead to the country to a Grexit: