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French Finance Minister: Third Support Package to Greece is an Act of Solidarity

"We are here today to decide on the implementation of the third support package to Greece," stated French Finance Minister Michel Sapin upon his arrival to the Eurogroup on Friday. Sapin underlined that a very important work and preparation from the Greek...

Greek President Discusses Eurogroup Meeting with European Commission President Junkcer

President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos had a telephone conversation with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Thursday, in which they discussed Friday’s Eurogroup. Pavlopoulos discussed the same issue on Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande and European Central Bank...

Greece and Creditors Closer to Bailout Agreement

After another marathon meeting that started on Sunday and ended 12 hours later on early Monday morning, Greece and creditors are in the process of making the last changes to complete the draft agreement by Tuesday. Finance and Economy Ministers Euclid...

Top European Officials Say Greece has No Time for Elections

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said that the Greek government must not look into the elections option because there is no time to lose. The two European officials said that the current Greek parliament must complete the...

Greek Gods Are Angry

The election of the Tsipras government has triggered a massive headache for the Eurogroup in fear it may inspire others across the Eurozone. They had to destroy it and dark forces lurking in the shadows put a devious plan...

Death of Democracy

After last week’s referendum euphoria, authorizing the Tsipras administration to negotiate with creditors on the premise not to accept additional Memoranda, I felt proud to be Greek! I truly believed that Greece would shine again and protect the people against a...

Eurogroup Chairman Believes Negotiations Will Not Go Smoothly

Greece may have signed an initial agreement with its European partners, but not all parties involved appear optimistic about the country's future. One of the less optimistic opinions was expressed by Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The Eurogroup chairman predicted that Greece...

Varoufakis: 'Greece Was Working on a Drachma Plan'

Yanis Varoufakis resigned from his finance minister post just a week ago and is already causing commotion away from the center of political and economic activity. Varoufakis gave an extensive interview to Harry Lambert for the NewStatesman, released on July 13, in which he...

Eurogroup President: Bridge Financing for Greece Is Complex

Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem spoke after Monday morning's agreement on a 86-billion-euro bailout for Greece. Aside from finally reaching a deal with Greece, Dijsselbloem had another reason to be cheerful on Monday. During this Eurogroup he was reelected as Eurogroup President. The Dutch...

This Is the Document on Greece the Eurogroup Presented to EU Summit

A list of reforms some of which must be legislated by Wednesday in the Greek Parliament was submitted to the European Union by Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The Greek side has called the text a "monster" as it contains some harsh...