April 26, 2017
Uncategorized
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker urged euro zone countries to draw up more debt relief measures for Greece next month. He said that Athens needed help after making “huge progress” in its economic reforms. “Further pension cuts is a bad advice,” Juncker said. In an interview to Greek economic news …
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April 26, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that the additional austerity measures 2019-2020 will not be implemented if there is no measures for debt relief. In an interview to private ANT1 TV on Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister clarified that the government will legislate for the additional pension cuts and higher …
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April 7, 2017
Economy
“Greece will have access to the markets by 2018,” German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a rare attack of positive mood towards Greece. “I expect the IMF to remain in the Greek program. It is not so important with what amount the Fund will be involved, what is crucial …
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February 22, 2017
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey came very close to crossing Greece’s red lines in the Aegean, foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias warned in an interview on Tuesday. Greece is prepared to meet every challenge coming from the Turkish side, but at the same time it is determined not to back down or accept any claim, …
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February 5, 2017
Economy
Short and shocking. But possibly also just stupid. Trump’s leading candidate for the post of US ambassador to the European Union, Ted Malloch, is said to have revealed the intentions of the US administration to Greece’s debt crisis. Malloch’s statement have set at least the Greek media on alert, his …
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January 25, 2017
Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras promised that “Greece will not enact a single euro extra revenue raising measures.” Moreover he said that he was “ready for elections” although early elections would be pointless at this time. Tsipras promise comes as the SYRIZA-INTERDEPENDENT GREEKS prepares to celebrate two years in power, while …
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November 23, 2016
Politics
In a bid to take the sting out of a string of incendiary remarks, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has denied his country is following an irredentist foreign policy with its insistence on discussing the issue of claims made by the Cham community to the property they left behind when …
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September 28, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Greece plans to relocate a large number of migrants to the mainland to relieve the islands on the Eastern Aegean Sea, despite the fact that EU Turkey Deal provides that new arrivals after march 20th should stay in hot spots on these islands and be prevented from further travel. Deputy …
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May 12, 2016
Politics
For one more time, controversial ex finance minister Yanis Varoufakis stirred the local political scene on Thursday when he claimed that the “agreement with (Greek PM Alexis) Tsipras was to threaten them (the institutions) with Grexit behind closed doors.” In an interview to an alternative news site in Athens, Varoufakis …
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March 4, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Europe will set Greece a deadline of May 12 to register all migrants in an orderly fashion or face more border controls, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told a German newspaper on Friday. The border controls could be extended if Greece would miss the deadline. In an interview with German …
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March 1, 2016
Politics, Refugees
In an exclusive interview with Program Frontal 21 of German state broadcast ZDF, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described the border closure by several EU-member states as “unacceptable” and threatened for one more time to veto EU decisions at the EU – Turkey Leaders Summit on March 7th 2016. ” …
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February 17, 2016
Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
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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December 10, 2015
Economy
Euclid Tsakalotos, the Greek finance Minister gave an interview to the Guardian and talked about the drawbacks of Grexit, the need for debt relief and the task of pursuing the elite for unpaid taxes. The Greek finance Minister tries to justify the important steps the SYRIZA-led government did or did …
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November 23, 2015
Economy
“We should have defaulted. They would have come around and we would have a compromise agreement, but I wasn’t allowed to use that weapon,” former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview to The Guardian. Speaking about the times of negotiations between Greece and the lenders, the former …
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October 22, 2015
Politics
French President Francois Hollande is expected to land in Eleftherios Venizelos airport at 4:50 pm Thursday, rush to Athens downtown, lay a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier and start talking “business”. Investments in Greek public assets that currently enjoy an extended Sales period. It is not coincidence …
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October 20, 2015
Economy
Oh. And Prime Minister Tsipras spoke ‘nonsense’! And ’15 Eurozone ministers wanted Greece out of the euro’. However they acted independently and not because Germany or – even worse – Schaeuble told them to do so. In an interview with French daily Liberation, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble drew a …
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October 1, 2015
Economy
Klaus Regling, the German managing director of the European Stability Mechanism played down Greece’s expectations for a large-scale debt write down. Speaking to the Financial Times, Regling said among others that Greece was already benefiting from generous loan terms that were the most concessionary “in world history”. “I think now …
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September 17, 2015
Economy, Politics
Just as I was surfing around trying to spot some interesting topics on the upcoming elections – and I found nothing, I must admit – I stumble upon an interview of former Prime Minister left-wing Alexis Tsipras who struggles neck and neck with conservative New Democracy to win the elections. …
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September 14, 2015
Politics
It is an old game since Greece sought the ‘rescue’ by its European and other international partners: Every European politician and official – especially those claiming a hegemonic role within the EU and the Eurozone – feels obliged to intermingle into Greek voters’ decision process and try to influence voters. …
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August 27, 2015
Politics
Varoufakis’ fans get ready! The ex finance minister is preparing to launch a European movement that will develop into a political party. Yanis Varoufakis will push for a Pan-Εuropean network for fight austerity. Instead of running for the upcoming elections, he will put his energy into political action on European …
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