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Merkel Says No to Drach

“No country is in danger of being forced to exit the Eurozone, despite the fact that the 17-member union is still facing a lot of problems,” Chancellor Angela Merkel told the German News Agency on July 5. “We have walked...

Merkel: No New Greek Debt Cut

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there is no chance that Greece will be allowed to write down its debt again, this time by imposing big losses on its public lenders the same way it did to private investors,...

In Vienna, Samaras Says All Is Well

With his fragile coalition on the verge of breaking up over his decree to shut down the national broadcaster ERT without consulting his partners or the Parliament, Greek Prime Minister told European Union leaders during a lightning visit to...

Schäuble Comes to Athens, Samaras Goes to Berlin

The Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras, will be in Berlin on July 3 to participate in the EU Forum on combating youth unemployment. During his stay, he will hold meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders. German Federal...

NERIT vs. ERT, Samaras Girds For Battle

While defiant former workers of the now defunct national state TV and radio operation ERT were continuing to broadcast via satellite, the symbol of the New Hellenic Radio Internet and Television (NERIT), the name of the organization which will...

German SPD Wants the Truth About Greek Rescue

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) asked the German government to reveal “the truth about Greece” and the danger according to which German taxpayers may lose part of the rescue packages’ money, in the light of the International...

German Party Likes Greek Euro Exit

A new German anti-euro party says that the  currency is to blame for Europe's unemployment woes and that Spain and Greece should quit the euro as a way to return to economic health, even though Greek Prime Minister Antonis...

Greece Seeks WWII Antiquities From Germany

Already pressing Germany for 240 billion euros ($311.6 billion) for World War II reparations, Greece is also readying a case for the return of antiquities looted by the Nazis during World War II, officials said. "The entirety of the archaeological...

Greece Won’t Get Back on its Feet

German author Günter Gras, awarded with the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature, highly criticized Angela Merkel and her government for their position regarding the European crisis. In his interview to the German TV station Phoenix, Gras said, “I consider it...

The Economic Assassins Who Killed Cyprus

Cypriots by all accounts are a resilient people and yet, one wonders why this small island has never enjoyed peace. Disraeli, the first Jewish minister of Britain, described Cyprus to Queen Victoria in 1878 as, "This jewel of the...