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Turkey is making an official offer to Greece to resume exploratory talks within January, the country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday. Cavusolgu spoke of “unconditional” talks on all issues that have been discussed over the 60 rounds of talks held until 2016, when contacts were suspended. Cavusoglu said Athens …

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European lenders must have either a weird sense of humor or they are complete freaks in the eurozone vaudeville. Just hours after the Greek general elections, and while the ink has yet to dry on the ballot papers, the finance ministers of the eurozone will hold a Eurogroup meeting to …

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“German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge Greece to press on with tough economic reforms and maintain strict fiscal discipline when she visits Athens on Thursday for the first time in nearly five years,” reuters reports a day before she arrives in Athens. Moreover, Merkel will encourage Greek politicians to support …

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Bilateral issues, migration and the Cyprus problem were high on the agenda during a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the 73rd General Assembly meeting of the United Nations in New York. During the meeting that lasted one hour, …

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With a small “army” of 200 to 250 bodyguards, security personnel and very trustworthy aides, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to arrive in Athens airport next Thursday.  for a tw0-day official visit on December 7th and 8th. In his luggage there is a heavy agenda of issues he …

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Chances are 50-50 for a comprehensive agreement over the Greek program at the Euroroup meeting on Monday, May 22 2017. A high-ranking Eurozone official, anonymous, of course, talked to several media representatives and correspondents late Wednesday afternoon and briefed them on the upcoming Eurogroup meeting. Among others, the EZ-official emphasized …

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel had a heavy agenda in her luggage: human rights, press freedom, refugees, extradition of Turkish asylum seekers, persecutions, terrorism, EU relations, a bit of Greek-Turkish relations and the upcoming Referendum over constitution reforms that will grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with almighty powers. The leader of …

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Ongoing negotiations over a second review of the Greek program (third bailout) as well as a pending report by the EU Commission’s Structural Reform Support Service (SRSS) are on the agenda of the Eurogroup meeting later today. According to a press release over the weekend, the Eurozone finance ministers will review …

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A document with a list of topics to be discussed at the Eurogroup meeting on November 7th, was leaked to the press in order to increase pressure to the Greek side. The document prepared by Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem and sent to Eurozone finance ministers informs his counterparts that issue …

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Outgoing US president Barack Obama will visit Greece on November 15th and his visit will last 36 hours, the White House said yesterday in a statement. Obama will hold meetings with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and will most likely visit also a refugees camp. The Greek …

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What was on the agenda of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at the meeting of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with the Greek negotiation team? And thus short before the Brussels Group, the Euro Working Group and the Eurogroup, short before  the crucial meetings for the crucial agreement between Greece and its …

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US-President Barrack Obama has reportedly pushed the Greek issue on the agenda of G7 Finance Ministers from USA, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Japan and Canada who meet today in Dresden, Germany. According to Greek media, Washington is concerned about the possible failure of negotiations between Greece and its creditors and …

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All eyes are on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visiting Moscow, holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The BBC had a live stream when Tsipras laid a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the Red square  Just like the UK-broadcaster  would if the Pope or President …

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Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde was surprised to find Yanis Varoufakis hiding in a bush next to other Easter Eggs. The Greek Finance Minister had asked her for an urgent meeting on this Easter Sunday to talk “negotiations” and “reforms” as time and cash are running up …

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A new war of words broke between main opposition left-wing SYRIZA and governing conservative  Nea Dimocratia, over an edited video released to Greek media in which SYRIZA MP Vangelis Diamantopoulos allegedly made a call to arms. The video was given tho the media by government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou. Too bad, …

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