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Volos

Small Greek community turns to local currency as economy struggles

August 15, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

In Volos, locals have started to use their own barter-based currency, called TEM. It hasn’t replaced the euro but lives alongside it, and local residents say they can’t imagine how their economy would function without it.

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