August 21 – Greece’s ‘independence day’?
After eight years of emergency bailout loans, Greece from last Tuesday has been deemed strong enough to stand on its own feet. The international bailout programme […]
Editorial
Convergence and some new European values
Just a few days ago, after a long stretch of abstinence, I watched some television There, as I was flicking through the channels catching glimpses […]
A “clean exit” for Greece and the future of Europe
Eurogroup president Mario Centeno has said that the target for Greece is to reach a staff-level agreement with creditors before the 24 May meeting of […]
Klaus Regling likens Greece to Germany after WWII (!)
European Stability Mechanism chief Klaus Regling, speaking at Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, welcomed the “impressive adjustment efforts” from the Greek […]
Will the new Athens – EU relationship benefit the people of Greece?
A View from Apokoronas — In a TV interview just before Christmas, the European Commission’s chief spokesman and former New Democracy MEP Margaritis Schinas, said […]
Greece’s economic agony goes on and on
capx.co — Greece’s government debt crisis has always been about two mutually exclusive propositions. First is the Greek people’s attachment, much of it sentimental, to […]
Greece, the Review and the Varoufakis solution
It was not surprising that there was not much progress on the Greek bailout review in last Monday’s Eurogroup meeting. In a statement after the meeting […]
Economy contracted in 2016 after all – and was that really a surprise?
Revised figures of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) published on Monday showed that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 1.1 percent on an annual […]
As the negotiations drag on, is it time to reconsider Schaeubles offer?
Greece’s creditors have returned to Athens after their Easter break but no one except the most optimistic analysts and the Greek government expect that the […]
Hope dies last in politics….
Driving into the town of Chania you can still see on bustops and notice boards old faded rainbow coloured Syriza posters left over from last […]
Greece needs a political solution – or, Auf Wiedersehen Herr Schaeuble, and thanks for all the cash
IMF goes home – but only for a while Greece made compromises Syriza gets sympathy but nothing more The wrong sort of economics? Who is […]
What does Europe want from Greece?
European leaders say they want Greece to be a part of Europe but at the same time they do all the can to destabilise the […]
The ongoing Greek crisis: European negotiations and the Varoufakis proposals
Catroon: Martyn Turner, The Irish Times The dust has hardly settled after Greece managed to evade ‘sudden death’- a bank run followed by euroexit . […]
Greek firsts: Can The Greek Spring spread to the rest of Europe?
It has been three weeks since the new government was elected, and as we wait for the outcome of the negotiations between Greece and Europe, […]
‘The drenched man does not worry about rain’. Voters and the debt, in the days leading to the Greek general election
In the short few days since the defeat of the government’s choice for president of the republic and the subsequent announcement of general elections for […]