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Fifteen Greeks from all walks of life answer the question: How have you been affected by the economic crisis?

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Thanos Kechagias, 22, a student, shown with his dog Vagos: 'My family have had to move to England to find work after our restaurant failed but I've stayed behind to go to university.'Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I lost my job, I lost everything,' said bread deliveryman Nick Boudras, 54, of the effect of the financial crisis.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I haven't been affected as much as others because I am a mountain guide as well as a mechanic and hotel owner. This means I have more options,' said George Kanlopoulos, 55, a guide, mechanic and hotelier in the Greek town of Sparta.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I haven't been affected on a big scale as our clients are wealthy and don't have any problem buying our products,' said Giannis Gerontidis, 37, a fish farmer in the village of Kastoreio.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'Sales are down slightly but generally we are doing okay,' said Michalis Kourla, 58, a plant nursery owner in the village of Peristeri in the Peloponnese area of Greece.Cathal McNaugton/Reuters

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'My pension has been cut but I try to stay positive,' said Voula Stamatakos, 72, a housewife in the village of Krokeae, in the Peloponnese area of Greece.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I am surviving rather than living,' said George Andrianakis, 56, a farmer in the village of Stafania, in the Peloponesse region of Greece.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I row with my wife a lot about money. She thinks I should be doing more. What more can I do? I'm just getting by,' said Dimitris Stamatakos, 36, an olive farmer. Mr. Stamatakos stands among olive trees on land he is renting near his home in the Greek village of Krokeae.Cathal McNaugton/Reuters

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'I am just living day to day and not thinking about the future,' said Pauline Delli, 32, a psychiatric nurse, pictured outside her place of work in Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'My clients cannot meet the subscription fees and me and my partners aren't taking a wage,' said Aris Christodoulou, 39, a martial arts instructor, pictured at his gym in Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I share the taxi with my son so we can work 24 hours a day between us to make things work,' said Dasalakis Theodoros, 60, pictured in front of his taxi at the port in Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'My pension has been cut by 250 euros ($330) a month. If it continues like this I will be thrown out of my house because I can't afford my rent,' said Christos Vassiliou, 79, a retired sausage maker photographed in a mall in central Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'It's dramatically changed my life. People think twice about eating out and leaving a tip,' said Dimitris Kazakos, 31, a waiter in the Placa area of Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'I haven't been that affected as I didn't get paid that much before anyway. However I get less work than I did,' said Christina Tchatchou, 30, an actress/singer photographed at her home in Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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'Up to April, 2011, I was making a good living as an actor and singer but I have been finding it difficult since then to find any work. Fees have been cut by 70 to 80 per cent, and some theatres don't pay at all,' said Phoevos Doudonis, 37, an actor/singer who posed in front of the Acropolis in Athens.Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

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