Berlin never made a secret that it would love to see To Potami as SYRIZA’s coalition partner. Martin Schulz from German coalition partner SPD and President of European Parliament said it openly and right away, just four days after the elections and the new Greek coalition government. In his blatant …

There Greeks are everywhere. And they ‘bother’ Eurogroup head Jeroed Dijsselbloem wherever they see him. So was the case at the Delft University in the Netherlands, where Dijsselbloem held a speech The dialogue between a Greek student and the Eurogroup head in short: “You continue to give loans to Greece …

From Euro-Shrek to Super Taxman: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will hire part timers as undercover agents to grab out tax evaders. Tourists, students and housewives – desperate or not –  will work armed with wire devices (camera, etc) to catch shopkeepers and service providers who offer their goods, pocket …

Fueled by the ongoing debate over Greece’s bailout by European creditors, an anonymous writer targeted a Greek family business in the western German city of Duesseldorf – Hassel. The anonymous letter describes Greeks as “corrupt and lazy” and calls on people to not go to the restaurant anymore. The letter was …

The first anti-government rally in Athens was shadowed by a group of anti-authoritarians rioting nearby. They smashed the windows of a pastry shop, two jewelry shops and an office, set four vehicles and several garbage bins on fire,  damaged several bus stops hurled molotov cocktails at riot police that made …

“Greek government will ask for a two-month extension to repay the International Monetary Fund,” if not enough revenues collected, Alekos Flabouraris, State Minister responsible for government coordination said on Thursday. Speaking to private Mega TV, Flambouraris said that “there is a liquidity problem, but we believe that with the measures …

“Greece does not have liquidity problems but in will face trouble to make installment payments to IMF and ECB in July,” Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told Greek Alpha 98,9 FM on Wednesday. Asked about whether there will be a liquidity problem in the near future, Yanis Varoufakis said: We have …

Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis declared absolute negative towards privatizations in Greece’s energy sector. “There is not going to be any privatization in DEH [Public Power Company] in DEPA [natural gas distribution operator ] or ELPE [Petroleum Company]. I repeat what I have said until today,” Lafazanis told daily TA NEA. …

“It’s a good strategy, finally someone raises his voice towards the lenders,” Eleni says as we sit around the table for the traditional Lent lunch on Monday. We nibble from plates and bowls full of raw and cooked seafood and various salads, we bite on crusty Lent Monday bread with …

Greece sent the famous Reforms List to its creditors in Brussels on Tuesday morning, a couple of hours later than as originally demanded by the Eurogroup on February 20th. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told CNN, that the list was ready Monday evening but that the lenders had requested a delay. …

While the Three Institutions – the ex Troika – evaluate the draft list of reform proposals sent to them Sunday evening, Greek government sources told populist German Bild, how they have calculated the cost of reforms. “Greece draws up a €7.3 billion tax hit list. Crackdown on tycoons and the …

A hectic weekend and an open hotline between Athens and Brussels for consultations, as the Greek team prepares the list of planned structural reforms to the country’s lenders. The deadline decided by the Eurogroup on February 20th, expires Monday midnight. A teleconference will follow, with Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on …

80 percent of the Greeks approve they way the Greek government deals with the lenders, EU, IMF and ECB. The public opinion polls was conducted12-17 February, that is in the time period SYRIZA was negotiating with the Eurogroup partners, and one day after Greece rejected the Dijsselbloem draft on February …

Scroll Down for Agreement details and Eurogroup Press Conference Live – Stream THE Eurogroup meeting on Greece started in Brussels with delay due to several meeting of the protagonists Dijsselbloem, Lagarde, Draghi, Varoufakis, Schaeuble. Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the rest …

In a document submitted to the EuroWorkingGroup with the German positions, Berlin describes the Greek loan agreement extension request as “Trojan Horse” – to start with. And then, it has the boldness to dictate three main commandments to Greece, some of them copy-pasted from  Dijsselbloem’s draft at the Eurogroup meeting …

Some people have the naturally born talent to make friends. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is certainly not one of them. His reaction to the Greek request for loan agreement extension was quick, official and “brutal” as some people described it. Schaeuble ordered his spokesman Martin Jeager to make a …

Greece sent its request about an extension of the loan agreement on Tuesday morning. Speaking to Skai TV, Labor Minister Panos Skourletis said that “the request refers to extension of the loan agreement” and not of the “current bailout program.” According to Greek media, the Greek request refers to a …

“Greek negotiations at the euro zone are at a crucial stage,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday, as the country prepares a request to seek a 6-month extension of the loan agreement. Even before the requested was worked out, submitted or read, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble rejected it. …

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras commented to several important issues like the broke down Eurogroup meeting on Monday and the several drafts submitted to Finance Minister Varoufakis, to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and to the first legislation his government is about to submit to Parliament with measures to relief indebted …

So what happened yesterday at the Eurogroup meeting that ended in breakdown of talks,frozen faces on both sides, and media titles like “Crash”, “Grexit” and horror scenarios of the kind? It’s difficult to get the correct information together if you’re not there, yet I give it a try based on …