Greece
First review of economic programme must be concluded by end-Feb., Greek FinMin says
Greek officials and the representatives of Greece’s institutional creditors need to complete negotiations on all pending issues and conclude a first review of the programme by the end of February, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said Monday.
The Revolt in Greece against Alexis Tsipras
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos “Ι have spelled for this man (Alexis Tsipras), in the past, some heavy words… I have said that he identifies with History… Now, I have to return to the letter I send some time ago…I am asking once more from you and from the Greek people to pardon me for having trusted […]
Farmers at Nikaia meeting decide to take the fight to Athens
Farmers coming together from 68 road blocks around the country for a meeting at Nikaia in Larisa on Sunday decide to take the fight to Athens, as of next Friday. In a unanimous decision, they voted to set off in tractors and coaches for the capital and “camp” in Syntagma Square opposite Parliament for at […]
Tsipras: Greece can be a ‘conduit’ between Iran, EU
Greece can act as a conduit for establishing economic, trade and energy ties between Iran and the European Union, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Tehran on Sunday, on the first day of a two-day visit to Iran.
Greece can issue only 4 nationwide TV licences, study finds
ANA-MPA — Greece can issue up to four television licences for private television channels broadcasting nationwide, according to a study carried out by the European University Institute in Florence.
Dragasakis: ‘We are not looking for an escape route’
“We are not looking for either an escape route or a heroic exit,” government Vice-president Yiannis Dragasakis said on Sunday in an interview with the municipal radio station ‘Athina 9.84’. He pointed out that the government had an absolute majority in Parliament, a recent popular mandate, a policy that moved within that mandate and that […]
Greece needs both debt relief but also significant pension reforms, IMF’s Lagarde says
Greece needs significant pension reforms to make the system sustainable but this must be accompanied by debt relief from its European partners, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday in a press conference.
EU Commissioner Moscovici sees first signs of Greece’s stabilisation
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/Chr.Vassilaki) – The European Commission’s winter estimates show the first signs of stabilisation of the Greek economy, EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Thursday.
‘Improved state of trust’ in Greek-Turkish relations, Kotzias tells ANA-MPA
Greece and Turkey are engaged in sincere dialogue “and I think that the state of trust is better than it was a year ago,” Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with the ANA-MPA released on Thursday.
Labour Minister: ‘The negotiation is very hard’
“It is a very hard negotiation that will continue tomorrow” stated Labour Minister George Katrougalos after his meeting with the heads of the institutions at a downtown Athens hotel. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy Minister George Stathakis were also present at the meeting.