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European Commission President: Premature to Talk About Third Greek Bailout

His belief that the time is not yet right to discuss a possible third bailout package for Greece expressed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker today, highlighting that the focus of the talks between Athens and its European loan partners...

German Chancellor Merkel and FinMin Schaeuble: Greece Needs to Make Specific Reform Proposals

"I wish Greece good luck as a member of the Eurozone," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, while -almost at the same time- Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble stated that the "trust with Greece has been lost." Addressing a European Investments...

German Tabloid 'Bild' Keeps Provoking Greece

German tabloid Bild has published -for the first time ever- an article written in Greek, in which it calls on Greece to return to the drachma. Over the last few days, the tabloid has been openly attacking Greece on the bailout program...

German Tabloid 'Bild': No Money for the Greedy Greeks

Yet another provocative article turning against Greece was published today by German tabloid Bild, which intensified its anti-Greek campaign ahead of the four-month loan extension agreement voting to take place in the Bundestag (German Federal Parliament) tomorrow. The newspaper urges...

Merkel Faces Dissent from Her Party Over Greek Bailout Extension

German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces dissent from her coalition ranks as she prepares to extend Greece’s bailout. Although the German Parliament is set to vote in favor of the Greek bailout extension, there will be a lot of internal growling...

German Parliament to Vote for Greek Program on Friday Amid Schaeuble's New Threats

The Bundestag (Germany's Federal Parliament) will vote on the extension of Greece's loan agreement four-month extension on Friday, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) parliamentary representative Michael Grosse-Broemer announced earlier today. Grosse-Broemer appeared confident that the voting will result to a "widespread...

Foreign Media: 'Things Will Get Even Harder for Greece'

The Greek reforms list received the green light from the Eurozone finance ministers on Tuesday, February 24, but according to foreign media the situation will only get harder for Greece now that the country is required to implement its...

German Chancellor Merkel: We Will Only Approve Greek Deal if Promises Are Met

Athens might have struck a deal with its partners on Friday’s Eurogroup, although the agreed four-month extension of the loan agreement has to now be approved by the Eurozone member states’ national Parliaments. German Chancelor Angela Merkel has warned...

German Chancellor and French President: Greece Must Remain in the Eurozone

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, just a few hours ahead of the Eurogroup meeting being currently held in Brussels in order to strike an agreement over the Greek program, expressed their firm belief that Greece is...

Greek FinMin Varoufakis: We Can't Accept the Fiscal Adjustment Signed by the Previous Govt

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is currently holding the third and most crucial of a series of meetings with his Eurozone counterparts in Brussels in an attempt to strike a deal regarding the future of the Greek program. The talks...