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Two days after the rampage in the high school of Santa Fe, the father of the 17-year-old shooter, Dimitris Pagourtzis, still cannot believe what happened. “I have a funeral here, I have no joy, I feel the pain of the others, but I also have pain… I lost my child, …

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that the Syrian Army used chemical weapons against civilians saying the videos from Douma were “a farce.” In an exclusive interview with Greek daily Kathimerini, he took aim at both  the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump. Chemical attacks accusations are …

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“The markets anticipate a successful exit from the bailout agreements as virtually certain and our development plans aim at a comprehensive plan that will be credible for the markets and Greek society,” Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Tuesday in an interview with ‘Efimerida Ton Syntakton‘ newspaper. He explained that the …

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“Greece has gone through a very long period of economic adjustment and is now preparing to stand on its own feet as the program is approaching its expiration in August,” Eurogroup President Mario Centeno told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) in an interview on Tuesday, noting he sees “enormous potential” …

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“Clever investors are coming to Greece now and we have seen several examples of that” said Simos Anastasopoulos, President of the American-Greek Chamber of Commerce (AHCC). In an interview with the website of the South EU Summit, Anastasopoulos sent a message of confidence to Greece “The real bet for the …

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Greece expects a clean break with lenders when the bailout program expires in summer, the country has no reason to seek a precautionary credit line, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos told Reuters in an interview. Instead, the country is building up its own protective buffer that, along with unused European bailout …

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Controversial former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday again lashed out at his former comrades in the first Tsipras government over the first half of 2015.  Speaking on an Athens radio station, Varoufakis was again scathing in his criticism of Tsipras and his successor at the finance ministry, Euclid …

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Partner of Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and mother of his two children, Peristera (Betty) Baziana gave her first ever interview to a Greek media, daily Efimerida ton Syntakton. The fact that the partner of a serving Greek prime minister gave an interview and some of her statements triggered a …

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Just hours before setting foot in Athens for a historical visit as the first Turkish President to come in 65 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan angered Greece. In an interview, diplomatically unacceptable towards his host, Erdogan reiterated the steadfast Turkish claims to revise the Treaty of Lausanne and change the bilateral …

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Obsessed to the bone against the Greece’s left-wing government. In his last – and probably first – interview to a Greek television channel, former German Finance Minister Wolfgang “Austerity” Schaeuble poured his poison drop by drop on open wounds and enjoyed for one more time his unerring attitude and his …

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“There are no people seeking food in the garbage bins as in 2014,” Culture Minister Elena Kountoura said adding that citizens congratulate the government for its social policies. People are congratulating the government because “in 2014 there were people struggling to have a meal on their table. It is a …

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Hours before the meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke about the agenda of the talks and the importance of Greec ein the region. He called on investors to trust Greece. “Greece is a pillar of stability and security in the wider …

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Europe has to say no to additional measures that hamper growth in Greece, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised interview given jointly to the public broadcaster ERT and the private channel ANT1. He sent the message that “we must move away from Europe of austerity and assume our …

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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 …

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Otmar Issing, former Chief Economist and Member of the Board of the European Central Bank and the German Bundesbank, brings back Grexit scenarios, demanding a Euro-sabbatical for Greece. In an interview with business news magazine Wirtschaftswoche, Issing warned of a new flare-up of the euro crisis. “The euro crisis is …

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The summer of 2017 will be calmer but this was not a time for complacence, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday in an televised interview with Greece’s Alpha channel, one day after Greece’s successfully ventured forth to tap the markets. “We took an important step, which marks the beginning …

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“I have made mistake, big mistakes,” Greek prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told UK daily The Guardian, his biggest error may have been “the choice of people in key posts”.  For the first time ever since Yanis Varoufakis left the government in summer 2015 and kept sharply criticizing Tsipras on his …

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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble insisted that it is successive Greek governments to blame for the pension cuts that have been enforced in Greece and not the international or the European creditors. In an interview to newspaper TA NEA, has insisted in an interview that successive Greek governments were to …

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Managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, paved the way for a potential compromise at the next Eurogroup meeting on the Greek debt crisis. In an exclusive interview with German economic newspaper Handelsblatt, she said the IMF is  willing to participate in a Greek bailout and give European …

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The Obama administration played an important role to make sure Greece remains in the eurozone, former Vice President Joe Biden said. In an interview to newspaper Kathimerini, Biden said that he was personally involved in the issue and described the efforts and difficulties he faced to avoid the financial collapse …

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