PM Tsipras declares war at home on Greece’s ‘oligarchs’
Greece’s new anti-corruption minister is not a politician, but he is in tune with the new crusading mood. International attention on Greece since the Syriza […]
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Greece pledges to shut immigrant detention centres
Greece’s new left-wing government pledged on Saturday to close down detention centres for illegal immigrants that have long been criticised by rights groups as inhumane. […]
Eurogroup fail to agree Greek deal
As expected, Greece’s new government and its international creditors failed to agree on a way forward on the country’s unpopular bailout and will try again […]
German Fraport asks Greece to respect agreement on regional airports.
The finance director of Fraport, Matthias Zieschang , expressed his optimism that the new Greek government will respect the 1.2 billion euro agreement regarding 14 […]
Prime minister Tsipras outlines his programme
In a hard hitting speech, Alexis Tsipras laid out plans on Sunday evening to dismantle Greece’s austerity programme. Tsipras said the Greek government cannot ask […]
No liquidity problems for Greek banks, JP Morgan report
Greek banks will not have any problem in draining liquidity following European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision not to accept Greek bonds as collateral, as banks […]
Thousands rally in support of Greek government
Thousands of Greek people have held a demonstration outside the parliament in the capital, Athens, to voice support for efforts by the new anti-austerity government. […]
Varoufakis : A Merkel Plan would be a wonderful legacy for Germany’s federal chancellor.
“I’m the finance minister of a bankrupt country” In an interview with Marcus Gatzke and Mark Schieritz for ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE Yanis Varoufakis promises a […]
Greek debt unsustainable Bank of England policymaker warns
Greece’s debt is unsustainable and creditors are wrong to believe they can get all their money back, a Bank of England policymaker said on Tuesday […]
Cloud of African dust covers Greece
The extremely strong southerly winds (up to 10 on the Beaufort scale) that blow over the country are responsible for the African dust that has […]
Authorities assessing damages from torrential rain and gale-force winds
Flooding following torrential rains and gale-force winds in many areas of Greece led to traffic interruptions on main roads, the collapse of a historic stone […]
France ready to offer Greece concessions on debt, technical support on tax evasion
The French government is willing to discuss ways to ease Greece’s financial burden including extending the maturity of its debt, Sapin said Sunday in an […]
Greece sacks heads of privatisation agency
Greece’s new leftwing government has asked the heads of the state privatisation agency to resign after halting state asset sales agreed under the international bailout […]
‘We won’t cooperate with the troika,’ FinMin says after meeting Dijsselbloem
Greece rejects both an extension of the bailout programme and any talks with the troika of its creditors, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Friday. […]
Government with a British flavour
It could easily have been a scene from one of this week’s post-election victory rallies in Greece, as supporters of the victorious Syriza party cheered, […]