Why the IMF’s so hard on Greece
(POLITIKO) — The impact of the International Monetary Fund’s involvement in the Greece bailouts may have had different consequences for the institution’s’ last two managing […]
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Pharmaceutical Developmental Institute of Greece: Drug companies engineer shortages
ANA – MPA — Big multinational pharmaceutical companies are engineering artificial shortages of drugs in Greece by arbitrarily adopting “ceilings” for drugs sold per pharmacy […]
Europe is destroying Greece’s economy for no reason at all
Washington Post — History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, and finally as trolling. That, at least, appears to be the case in […]
Support for Drachma grows in Greece
(Reuters) — In a traditional cafe in a working-class neighbourhood of Athens, 55-year-old musician Stelios Maragakis said he has the solution to Greece’s debt crisis: […]
Seamen’s union warn of strike action 30 June
Greece’s passenger ferry service is expected to be disrupted on Tuesday, June 30, as the Pan-Hellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has announced a 24-hour strike. Among […]
The Guardian: Creditors’ economic plan for Greece is illiterate and doomed to fail
The troika plan for the Greek economy has already failed twice, and it will fail for a third time if the economically illiterate plan being […]
Lagarde: Greek proposal ‘inadequate’ -Tsipras summoned to Brussels for more talks
(The Guardian) — In advance of the third meeting of eurozone finance ministers in less than a week, Tsipras was summoned to the office of […]
ECB gives breathing space to Greek banks following new proposals
(Reuters) — The European Central Bank increased its funding lifeline to Greece’s banks again on Tuesday, sources with direct knowledge of the decision said, allowing […]
Greece accepts principle of extending current bailout
(AFP) — Greece has accepted the principle of extending its current bailout programme which expires at the end of the month so as to keep […]
Stathakis: Greece rescued
(BBC) –In an exclusive BBC interview, to be broadcast tonight, Greece’s economy minister Giorgos Stathakis said that he believes Greece’s new proposals to balance the […]
FT: Greek society’s financial plight reopening old wounds that had healed over the generations
(Financial Times – Affluent Greeks fret as they teeter on the edge – Henry Foy) — On a recent evening at the Semiramis hotel in […]
Greece’s proposals good basis for progress, says EU
(The Guardian, Reuters, enikos.gr) — In the coming hours, the most powerful politicians and officials in Europe will hold a series of emergency meetings that […]
Varoufakis: “I was prevented from sharing the written Greek proposals” in Brussels
The Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis in an article in the Irish Times reveals that he was prevented from sharing with Mr Noonan –the Irish […]
Greece signs gas pipe agreement with Russia
(Sputnik) — Moscow and Athens on Friday signed a memorandum on the extension of the Turkish Stream, a natural gas pipeline expected to run from […]
Jean-Claude Juncker to propose “improved” offer to Greek government
(Sputnik) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker promised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a phone talk Wednesday night to propose new “improved” bailout offers […]