Angela Merkel

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his conservative New Democracy party isn't getting a big bump out of an array of good economic news as it faces a stern test in next month's critical elections for Greek municipalities and the...

Despite a primary surplus and a tepid return to the bond markets, Greece's debt is still so unsustainable that European Union officials are reportedly preparing to extend repayments on 240 billion euros in two bailouts as much as 30...

A visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Athens she first wants to see proof there will be a primary surplus before any talks of debt relief. Samaras has said there will be a primary...

During her visit to Athens Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel met various captains of Greek industry. Greece has more opportunities than difficulties, Merkel said in her opening remarks at a meeting of Greek start-up companies during a one-day visit to Athens on...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting Athens on April 11 under tight security the day after a terrorist car bombing and Greece's first sale of a sovereign bond in four years, was expected to sign a deal with a Greek...

The news of the terrorist attack in the heart of Athens after a car bomb exploded outside the Bank of Greece is spreading around the world. The Bank’s location was at the intersection of Amerikis street and Panepistimiou. News...

Greece's main opposition party SYRIZA has called all citizens of Athens to a demonstration on Friday against the visit of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. SYRIZA stressed that the visit of Chancellor Merkel in Athens to “is to support the Samaras-Venizelos coalition government,...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has given credit to Greece, Ireland and Portugal for "early successes" in their economic recovery, while noting the three crisis-stricken countries have not out of recession yet, highlighting the necessity for further reforms. On the occasion of the...

German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung said Wednesday that Greece has returned to the bond market under false pretences that shouldn’t be celebrated. “Greece is seeing its return to the markets as the country’s return to normalcy. But the situation is a little...

Just a couple of days after Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said the government wasn't ready to issue its first long-term bond in four years, Greece is ready to do so on April 10, a day before German Chancellor Angela...