5. July 2015 – The day when Greeks lost their innocence. On this Sunday on 5. July 2015, Greeks are called to the ballot boxes. They have to decide whether they accept the agreement imposed by the country’s European creditors. They have to tick just YES or NO. The referendum …

In his address to the Greeks on Wednesday afternoon, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured that the Referendum will take place as scheduled. He called on Greek people to “vote NO”. However, he implied that he could/would consider to cancel it, if the outcome at tonight’s Eurogroup meeting was “positive.” “We …

Athens – Live blog started 12:51 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to address the nation still tonight. According to Greek media, Tsipras is to announce a Referendum that most likely is expected to be held on Sunday, July 5th 2015. Currently PM Tsipras is briefing opposition party leaders on …

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has claimed he “fought hard” in 2015 to prevent Greece being expelled from the single currency, and ensure the stability of the economically ravaged country. Greek society may beg to greatly differ. In an interview with Politico.eu, Juncker claimed he stuck up for Greece against stiff opposition …

A coalition lawmaker revealed on Monday that the Greek government is currently discussing the possibility of seeking  a Referendum about the lenders’ demands for additional austerity measures after 2018, measures that Greece has to legislate now. Christos Simorelis, SYRIZA MP from Trikala constituency, told Radio Leshi 97.6 “Elections will take …

The office of the Greek Prime Minister confirmed the Wikileaks revelations about contact between PM Alexis Tsipras and former US President Bill Clinton in July 2015. Asked by the Athens News Agency, a government source said that was a  contact between Tsipras and Clinton however before the referendum. After the …

One of the messages in the latest WikiLeaks publication of Hillary Clinton emails is a July 2015 request from John Podesta, a close Clinton ally who is now Hillary’s campaign chairman, to the office of Bill Clinton, asking him to pressure Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras into accepting the European …

Greek government is considering to have the Greeks vote for the upcoming constitutional reforms and the new elections law. Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili told reporters today that the government intends to have a broad dialogue with political parties and the society on “these radical changes needed in our political system.” Asked …

Does SYRIZA play with the idea of holding a referendum? Government party MP Sakis Papadopoulos told Greek media on Tuesday morning that in case the review talks end in deadlock, the government could turn again to the people. “A Referendum might help,” Papadopoulos told private Star TV. Claiming to speak …

A “Temporary Grexit” a la Schaeuble was a real option for Greece’s Euro-partners after the Referendum on July 5th 2015.  German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly brought up the issue in conversation with French President Francois Hollande on July 6th, just one day after the Referendum took place. Hollande rejected Merkel’s …

On Friday, Greece’s state statistics agency, ELSTAT, drastically revised downwards the economy’s third-quarter contraction to 0.9 percent, from 0.5 percent previously. “These differences are on account of using new data, not available at the time of the flash estimate,” the Elstat agency said, citing a mixture of September balance of …

Greeks celebrated OXI-Day in hope that it will never turn into a YES. Just kidding. Seriously: in October 1940, Greeks said OXI (NO) to Italy’s ultimatum that Greece surrenders to the powers of Axis. Result: Greece came under occupation by fascist Italy first and nazi Germany later. In July 2015, …

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to hand in his resignation to the President of the Republic later today. Most probably before his meeting with the President, Tsipras will address the nation at 8 pm and explain to the people why he is taking the country to early elections …

Thursday night and before the deadline expired, Greece sent its proposals to the creditors, proposals that will form the basis for negotiations for a loan from the European Stability Mechanism. Roughly estimated, the Greek government offered measures (“prior actions”) worth €12-13billion for an ESM loan worth €53billion for the from …

European Parliament President Martin Schulz angered a lot of Greeks – if not all – with this unprecedented statements of blatant intervention into the political affairs of a sovereign country and of out of control scaremongering to Greek voters, before, during and after the Referendum. Now, some people got really …

Ballot boxes closed at 7 o’ clock in the afternoon. Immediately, several private television channels started to public results of public opinion surveys conducted among Greeks before and after they voted. However these results were not exit polls. Orange: NO Green YES Live Blog starts here 07:30 pm – First …

Sunday 5. July 2015 – Referendum Day – Things done and Time needed – excluded transport time: Queue outside ATM: 20 minutes — Cast vote: 5 minutes ✔ Sea swim: 50 minutes ✔ Queue outside ATM for €50: 15 minutes ✔ Voters & Tourists enjoy a swim in Athens

The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21,  will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …

Greece’s Council of State rejected the appeal submitted by two citizens seeking to cancel Sunday’s Referendum as “unconstitutional.” Greece’s top court decided to accept an appeal by 20 lawyers seeking to cancel the two citizens’ appeal. The layers had proven the constitutionality of the Referendum. The “two citizens submitted their …

In a short televised address to the nation, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras explained to voters that the analysis of the International Monetary Fund for debt relief in not included in Creditors’ proposal the main question of Sunday’s referendum. And that the government was vindicated by the IMF report on the …