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Greek FinMin to CNN: Electorate Excited with New Deal

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the electorate is excited with the new deal when he spoke to CNN a few hours before sending the final list of reforms by the Greek government to its European partners. Mr. Varoufakis spoke to...

German FinMin Schaeuble: Greeks Will Find it Difficult to Explain the Deal to Voters

Greece and the Eurozone finally managed to bridge the gap regarding the country's bailout program and they reached a new deal that entails a four-month extension of the loan agreement without new austerity measures and a commitment that no unilateral actions...

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...

Foreign Media Reports On Eurogroup's 'Shipwreck' Meeting

Foreign media rushed to cover the February 16 Eurogroup meeting which ended with no deal between Greece and its European partners. The Wall Street Journal wrote about a “talks break down amid deep divisions over bailout," while the Guardian...

Germany and EU Need Much More from Greece than Money

Greece's geopolitical position may play a more important role in negotiations over the state debt than Greek finances, a Bloomberg report says. With war in Syria and the advancement of the Islamic State to the east, the failure of Libya...

Former PM Samaras Calls on Gov't to Continue Negotiations with Eurogroup

"A rift is not the solution," former prime minister Antonis Samaras said on Monday evening, following the deadlock in negotiations in Brussels between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the bailout program. Europe has asked Greece to continue with...

Glezos: 'Greek People were Robbed'

SYRIZA and European Parliament Member Manolis Glezos was the keynote speaker at the rally against austerity held yesterday at the Stock Exchange Square in Brussels. The demonstration rally, one of many in major European and Greek cities, was in support...

German FinMin: 'Greece Must Fulfill the Minimum of the Claims'

German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schaeuble expressed his skepticism about Greece's stance in the ongoing negotiations over the country’s public debt. Mr. Schaeuble spoke to German radio station Deutschlandfunk today and said that while Germany is adamant about Greece remaining in the euro zone,...

Former PM Papandreou Sends Letters to Greece's Creditors Asking for Agreement

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sent a letter to all representatives of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, asking for a mutually beneficial solution to the Greek debt problem. In his letter to...

Rally in Rome to Express Support for Greece

Thousands of Italians attended a rally on Saturday in the streets of Rome, to express their support for Greece in its debt negotiations with Eurozone partners. The march started at Indipendenza Square at noon and ended at the Colosseum, with...