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 French President Francois Hollande met PASOK-leader Evangelos Venizelos in Paris. From man to man. From Socialist to Socialist. The meeting was kept secret in order to avoid diplomatic turbulence as Monsieur Le President can meet only with his counterparts, according to the protocol. The appointment was fixed Monday night and was …

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PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos tabled Antonis Samaras five conditions for the forming of a coalition government:  1. Coalition government with EU-oriented parties, especially SYRIZA, Democratic Left and ND.  2. PM to be a person of broader acceptance prefrably someone who fits the new order. 3. A minimum programme agreement, i.e. to …

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For one more time,  Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos used a dramatic tone to describe the bad atmosphere towards Greece “Unfortunately there are many that do not want us within the euro zone” Venizelos told President Karolos Papoulias at a meeting on wEdnsday noon and added that  “We must convince them that we can …

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Yes! KTG’s speculations were right. Eurogroup head Jean Claude Juncker said that Wednesday’s  tomorrows Eurogroup meeting will take place via teleconference because Greece still has some homework to do. That is close the fiscal hole of 325 million euro with real expenditure cuts proposals and have the Papademos coalition government …

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Greek private ALPHA television, reported from Brussels that the Eurgroup meeting scheduled for tomorrow Feb 14, 2012, will take place via teleconference. A Eurogroup meeting with physical presence will be due on Monday, Feb 20, 2012. An official relevant statement from the office of Eurogroup head Jean-Claude Juncker is expected soon. …

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That was the longest day and night in Greece, yesterday. PM Lucas Papademos met the three political leaders of the coalition government for 7 hours. Short after the leaders the PM’s office, the Troika cars were entering the Maximos Mansion. Papademos-Troika meeting ended at 6 o’ clock in the morning. At 8 …

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After several delays and postponements Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is meeting George Papandreou (PASOK), Antonis Samaras (Nea Dimokratia) and Giorgos Katatzaferis (LAOS). Samaras arrived at PM’s office short before 5  p.m., Karatzaferis a few minutes later. I assume Papandreou had arrived first. Government partner Karatzaferis had asked time to read the austerity …

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With the ghost of bankruptcy hunting them Papademos coalition government leaders agreed on four key issue – “basic points”- on the Troika’s demand that will create nothing more than a deeper recession and will crack down the backbone of the Greek economy with wages equal those of a third world country. After …

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The Eurogroup meeting planned for Monday, Feb 6, 2o12, where eurozone finance ministers would deal with Greece second bailout package has been postponed. “It may be scheduled later next week” said a spokesman of Eurogroup head, Jean-Claude Juncker on Friday afternoon. However he did not exclude a possible meeting via teleconference, if necessary. …

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The extraordinary meeting of the Eurogroup, scheduled for July 3rd will not take place with the physical presence of the Eurozone Finance Ministers but it will be replaced by a teleconference.  According to Greek economic news portal Capital.gr, Guy Schuller, spokesman of Eurozone Chief Jean-Claude Juncker, said that “The meeting will …

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Greek musician Mikis Theodorakis and constitutional law professor Yiorgos Kasimatis  submitted an official note concerning the IMF/EU/ECB Memorandum of Understanding signed by Greece and questioned its compatibility with the constitution. The two men submitted their objection to Greek President Karolos Papoulias during a visit to presidential manor.   Theodorakis stressed …

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