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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. The meeting took place at the side of the European Council Summit on Migration. According to Greek government sources, the three leaders agreed to give more time to Greece to implement the EU-turkey …

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Us President Barack Obama had a phone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday.According to a White House press release, Obama called Tsipras to congratulate him for his Elections success on September 20th. The two leaders discussed Greece’s reforms to achieve debt sustainability, the Syrian refugee crisis, and …

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+++ Jeroen Dijsselbloem after Eurogroup meeting: “There could not be program extension, it expires tonight. The Greek proposal will be examined after the Referendum.” That was also Germany’s stance, to discuss again on Greece after the Referendum. A Eurogroup meeting via teleconference will be held 12:30 noon BE time (GR …

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras flew to Brussels on Wednesday morning and meet with the heads of the Three Institutions , EC Jean-Claude Juncker, ECB Mario Draghi and IMF Christine Lagarde. The meeting is reportedly scheduled for 1 pm local time (2 pm GR time). The Tsipras-Institutions meeting takes place …

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They must have been in a great hurry to close the deal with Greece. Who? The heads of the three Institutions, the country’s main creditors, the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission. Jean-Claude Juncker, Mario Draghi and Christine Lagarde called Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on …

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Democratic procedures in Europe? Well… Hardly… Most likely it is about a mechanism of Institutions that rule setting aside democratic elected governments and ministers. A very serious claim about the Eurogroup meeting of last Thursday is made by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. In his article to the Irish Times, …

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A crucial – the most crucial – meeting between Greece and its creditors is taking place Sunday afternoon in Brussels. Greek delegates are to meet the representatives of the three Institutions IMF, EU, and  the EFSF for a so-called “final effort” to reach an agreement on the Greek debt problem. …

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European Commissioner Jean-Claude Juncker would not hide his joy to see an old friend again, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. with a warm smile in his face, Juncker embarrassed Tsipras and pressed one of his famous kisses to the Greek cheek. The two held a short face-to-face meeting  and reportedly …

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Short before the meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels, Greece’s creditors started to leak their offers to the debt-ridden country. One of the thorn issues is the Primary Surplus. According to the Financial Times, creditors offer a low Primary Surplus for 2015 …

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Tthe meeting started at 11 pm and is expected to last until deep in the night. Reuters reported before the meeting that the five meet “with the aim of reaching a joint position on how to negotiate with Greece.” The 5 may issue a joint statement on Tuesday. Draghi and …

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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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I first believed that the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker went to Riga Summit with a secret agenda for Greece. Reason for my bold speculation was the various performances illustrated by Juncker  towards the Greeks. Actually, towards the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. First he pressed his tie …

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A meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will take place at 3:30pm (Greek time) at the sideline of the European Leaders Summit on Migration, government sources in Athens told media. However government sources in Berlin say that they neither confirm nor deny. According to …

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Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will have important contacts this week in Washington with the most striking of all, his meeting with US President Barack Obama in the White House. No, Obama did not invite Varoufakis for a face to face meeting in the Oval Office. The two men will meet …

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Did the Euro Working Group give ultimatum No 2,456,979,579 to Greece to comply with creditors’ additional austerity demands? It is not clear. Some European Commission “unnamed sources” told Reuters “it did”, others say “it did not.” Greek media reported that “Greece had 6 working days to present convincing measures that …

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“I welcome confirmation by the Minister that payment owing would be forthcoming on April 9,” managing director of International Monetary Fund told reporters after her meeting with Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Easter Sunday in Washington. Going to meeting with Varoufakis: Christine Lagarde of IMFogue in Anna-Wintour-look. Or just …

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After several weeks of tensions between Greece and Germany, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is entering the Chancellery in Berlin at 5 pm local time on Monday following an invitation by Angela Merkel. The improvement of the bilateral  relations, “bridge difference”, so to say -will be high on the agenda but …

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A crucial meeting between Greek prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the country’s main lenders is scheduled to take place today, Thursday, at 7 pm Brussels time. Tsipras will participate in a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker, ECB head Mario …

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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 …

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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 …

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