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BBC: Grexit explained with a Gyro (video)

Grexit explained through gyros

Newsroom February 20 12:11

BBC News looks at how Greece could change its currency if it decides, or is forced, to leave the eurozone — a favorite and often sensationalist theme of Britain-based media when covering the euro area.

Dougal Shaw decided to go back to basics, so in the search of a helpful image, he decided to use a kebab — known as a “gyro” in Greek — to explain the practicalities of a country having to leave the single European currency.

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