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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Germany and other EU states to take in migrants and asylum seekers directly from the island of Lesvos. “The idea is that a portion of the asylum application process be carried out in other countries,” Mitsotakis said in an interview with the German …

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Athens is willing to forego without the next bailout tranche of 7 billion euros, if there is not debt deal. That’s why the Greek government has put money aside and has not paid its own arrears to private companies. This is why German tabloid Bild writes on Tuesday. The newspaper …

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaebule is preparing the continuation of the Greek aid even without the participation of the International Monetary Fund. According to German daily BILD, the gap resulting from the absence of the IMF should be filled by the European Stability Mechanism. Unnamed sources told Bild, that the …

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Despite the excitement over US President Barack Obama in Greece and his message of support for Debt Relief, just hours before he lands in Berlin, Germans remain cool and even underestimate the influence of the outgoing President. “What is the weight of Obama’s words in Washington and Europe?” German state …

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Greek Migration Ministry denied the report of German daily Bild that an alternative Plan B is needed should Turkey walk out of the EU-Turkey Migration Deal to stem flows to Europe. “The minister denies Bild’s translation of his comments,” the immigration ministry said in a statement, publishing what it said …

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The European Union must come up with an alternative plan in order to tackle  Migration in case Turkey makes its threats true and walk out form the Migration deal. “We are very concerned,” Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas told German conservative daily Bild after Turkey threatened to walk out of …

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The European Union allegedly prepares a Plan B to stem refugees and migrants flow in case that Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan steps back for the EU Turkey deal and starts sending boats to Europe again. What is this Plan B? To isolate the Greek islands from the mainland and …

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German media know apparently better. And they claim today that finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and one more member of the Greek government intend to resign. Leading in this role is Bild newspaper that sees “a dramatic escalation in Greece’s government and financial crisis as two cabinet members are threatening to resign …

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One day before the EU summit in Brussels with the Migration Crisis high on the agenda, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said that shutting down Greece’s borders to slow the influx was illegal and unacceptable. In an interview with German conservative daily BILD, Juncker was asked whether closing Greece’s border …

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Just hours before the crusial meetings with Euro Group head Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras sent his message to the world of Greece’s lenders: We need a little breathing space to revive Greece’s economy,  the drachma would be a catastrophe, Samaras told …

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Economist Nouriel Roubini, the man who had been pushing Greece to exit the euro area for two consequent years, made a U-turn. “Stop supporting Greece would cause the euro zone to collapse” Roubini said in an interview to German daily BILD. He warned that a Greek exit would also trigger …

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It is a common accepted reality that mass media have an inclination to sensationalism. German weekly SPIEGEL got together “Five Horror-Scenarios for Athens” amid political instability due to failed coalition government talks,  the perspective of a left anti-bailout government and international threats for Euro exit.  To the wishful thinking of SPEIGEL belongs also …

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