Tusk: “Creditors must make proposals on Greek debt sustainability”
Speaking in Luxembourg, Tusk said that ‘Greece remains the most pressing issue for Europe. We stand ready to do whatever is necessary to protect the […]
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Athens to implement tax and pension reforms as early as next week
During the European Parliament debate, Greek the finance minister Tsakalotos sent a letter to the Eurogroup promising to implement pension and tax reforms as early […]
Tsipras tells MEPs: I want your support to help change Greece
Tsipras in his address to the European parliament admitted that over the last five month his government has spent more time negotiating than governing. “We […]
Eurozone leaders present Greece with another ultimatum
(enikos.gr) — The eurozone has given Greece until Thursday to present new proposals to secure a deal with creditors, and has called a full EU […]
Euclid Tsakalotos sworn in as finance minister
Euklid Tasakalotos was sworn in on Monday evening as the new Greek finance minister. In his first official statement he said the message from Sunday’s […]
Yanis Varoufakis resigns
(The Guardian) — In another extraordinary development the Greek finance minister has just announced his resignation. In a move likely to spark further concerns about […]
Referendum results by region /constituency
Final result NO — 61.31% of the vote YES — 38.69% of the vote
‘No more looting’: Thousands rally across EU to express solidarity with Greece
(RT) — Thousands of people have flooded the streets of EU cities in mass demonstrations expressing solidarity with Greece ahead of this weekend’s referendum on […]
Friday polls indicate close result
Two polls Friday morning are pointing in different directions — on shows a narrow No victory, the other a narrow win for Yes. The first, commissioned […]
Former Greece PMs throw support behind yes vote ahead of referendum
(The Guardian) — A phalanx of former prime ministers have emerged to urge the nation to vote yes in Sunday’s referendum over reforms that would […]
Greece records lowest life satisfaction rating of all OECD countries
Levels of life satisfaction have not recovered to pre-economic crisis rates in more than half of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries – […]
Question marks over poll showing YES vote ahead
(The Guardian) —An opinion poll which showed the Yes campaign at 47% and the No campaign at 43%, is not as straightforward as first thought. […]
Tsipras: Referendum not about whether we stay or leave the euro
ANA-MPA — Sunday’s referendum is not about whether Greece will stay or leave the euro, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a televised address […]
The key points of Greek bank controls
Early on Monday morning, the Greek prime minister, Alex Tsipras, published a decree in the official government gazette setting out the capital controls to be […]
ECB maintains emergency funding but doesn’t raise it
It’s official, the European Central Bank has decided to maintain the emergency liquidity support on offer to Greece, but it has also not provided any […]