Opinion

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was self-confident and determined when he went on board of the airplane for an official visit to Greece. The first visit of a Turkish president to Athens after 65 years was supposed to be historical and groundbreaking for the bilateral relations. But Erdogan got the …

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Sorry to see a technical problem on KeepTalkingGreece again, where the right side bar overlaps with the text. We try to fix it. Apologies for the inconvenience.

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The Paradise Papers revealed several big German companies and at least 1,000 German private clients incl. an ex Chancellor, parked their money in tax havens. Siemens, Sixt, Bayer are among the companies listed in the leaked documents. Just when everybody was convinced by the year-long campaign of Berlin that only …

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Greece is closely watching the political developments in Germany as the new coalition government that will be formed will have direct impact on the Greek debt and the discussions about its relief expected to begin after conclusion of the bailout program in August 2018. Right after the exit polls on …

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Panagiotis Lafazanis, energy minister in the first SYRIZA government, claimed he had agreed with Moscow in 2015 that Russia would make a down-payment for a gas pipeline so that the money could be used to finance rexit if the country would decide to leave the euro zone. Lafazanis told Vima …

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Opponents of Greek debt relief claim there will be an extra financial burden on Eurozone member states and their taxpayers. This is not true, says Eric Dor, Director of Economic Studies at IESEG School of Management in Lille, France. Below Eric Dor’s position Why a lengthening of the maturities of …

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“Greece’s latest cuts extend austerity to decade mark,” Associated Press wrote this morning with reference to the new austerity package bringing measures worth 4.9 billion euros for 2018-2021. Just a decade? The country is been restructured and rescued, while parts of the society cannot afford a descent living. The upcoming …

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Ex banker, ex socialist and political outsider Emmanuel Macron won the first round of presidential elections in France on Sunday. French elections results have been perceived with a sign of relief in the European Union. A fine day for Europe and Greece, where creditors are expected to return to Athens …

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What is happening to Europe of austerity? Difficult to explain. Cheshire Cat has a post about it. Calvinomics  I have given up using economics to explain the rationality behind what happens in Europe. ‘European values’, as represented by every treaty since Maastricht 1992, are the rules and order of ordoliberalism. …

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KeepTalkingGreece wishes all readers, Happy Easter! Xronia Polla! Christos Anesti!

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday evening he doesn’t think a Euro Summit will be necessary. A couple of hours earlier, he had said that he will call for an emergency EURO Summit before Easter should the talks on the second review of the current Greek program stall at …

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We often speak of Greece ‘s “pathogenic diseases” that have infected of the political system and the society. We use the term to describe notorious and incurable habits that have settled here with their deep roots. We use this expression to put the blame on typical Greek features characteristic for …

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Stricter Moderation. Done. Comments anarchy is over. Done. Thank you for taking part. KTG

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The situation in KTG’s comments section has gone far out of control recently. More than 10-15 comments per day solely aiming to target and attack each other? In the last 24 hours, I deleted 20 ‘comments’ by users furious at each other. Guys, You must be kidding… Guys, I wonder, …

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A Rome Declaration aiming to restart Europe? The good old European Union that turned 60 today? The Europe of multiple speeds where each member state looks after its own interests? Signing the Rome Declaration, the leaders of 27 EU member-states – minus Britain – proclaimed “Europe in our common future.” …

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I had to contemplate a lot about the Eurogroup on Monday. I had to think a lot on whether I should write a report about the results or simply grab any Eurogroup post from my archives 2010-2016 and just copy paste it. From Eurogroup to Eurogroup, seven years long, always …

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anyone having problems with comments ‘captcha’? I think I saw a relevant comment by GiGi but the moment I approved it it …disappeared. thanks for the feedback KTG  

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ufffffffffffff! We are almost done with the Upgrading of “KeepTalkingGreece.com”. In fact we are ready at 96.76%. Minor corrections still need to be done. We hope you like the new template – ‘theme’ that is. It was a very work intense and exhausting weekend. But when there are some great …

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We do some upgrading today, Saturday, March 4th 2017. Therefore the website “KeepTalkingGreece” will be down for a couple of hours after 2 pm local time. Thank you

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British actor Sir John Hurt has died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 77. He had starred in more than 200 films and television series over a career spanning six decades. He was Oscar-nominated for his star turn in “The Elephant Man” and his supporting role …

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