Germany rules out debt cut while Greece remains in the Eurozone
Zero Hedge — With the IMF and Germany again at each other’s throats over the never-ending drama that is Greece, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble […]
Month: February 2017
Cretan murder trio’s appeal put off to 2018
eKathimerini — Two brothers, aged 27 and 36, and another man aged 29, who were convicted to life in prison for a murder on Crete […]
Greek power firm executives found guilty of embezzlement
eKathimerini — An Athens court on Tuesday found several executives of the Energa and Hellas Power electricity companies guilty of stealing money from the state. […]
IMF says Greece needs to lower pensions, cut tax rates
Reuters — Greece needs to reduce the proportion of its budget spent on “unaffordably high” pensions which are paid for by high tax rates to […]
Bridging Europe Survey on bailout talks, government record, voting intention
Bridging Europe — This survey comes at a time talks on the conclusion of the second review of the Greek bailout have stalled. After two unsuccessful […]
Draghi: Greece to enter QE only if debt viable and review concluded
Tornos News — Greece would be admitted in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) quantitative easing (QE) program only after the EU institutions and the IMF agreed […]
Greece won’t meet fiscal surplus targets set by Europe, IMF says
Bloomberg — Greece is on track to fall short of budget-surplus targets set under a bailout by the nation’s euro-zone creditors, the International Monetary Fund […]
Leading candidate for US envoy to EU: ‘Strong reason for Greece moving away from euro’
Naftemporiki — US President Donald Trump’s choice for America’s ambassador to the European Union told Bloomberg over the weekend that there’s a “very strong reason […]
ND leader visits Berlin to present plan to exit crisis
ekathimerini — Opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will hold meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in Berlin on February 13 […]
Visiting Crete in winter: A great escape, whatever the weather
Travel Mail — We’ve timed our trip deliberately out of season to explore the largest and most populous of the Greek islands without doing battle with […]
Brexit plan published in UK government White Paper
BBC — The British government’s Brexit White Paper was published last week publication comes after pressure from MPs across the House of Commons. It sets […]
Grexit? Greece again on the brink as debt crisis threatens break with EU
The Guardian — Bailout negotiations between Athens and its creditors have stalled. The possibility of Grexit, or euro exit, has re-emerged and bond yields have […]
The IMF should get out of Greece
Bloomberg View — The International Monetary Fund’s involvement in Greece has been an unmitigated disaster: Time and again, its failure to heed crucial lessons has […]
Flu claims 10 lives in one week, bringing toll to 36
eKathimerini — Ten people have died in Greece in the past week due to complications after contracting the flu, bringing the death toll from the […]
Germany’s Gabriel attacks Schaeuble over Greek bailout talks
Handlesblatt — In a parting shot before leaving his post as German economics minister, Sigmar Gabriel wrote a letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply criticizing […]