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Economy
SYRIZA Will Need EU/IMF Approval to Use T-Bills, Fin Min Says
SYRIZA will need EU/IMF approval to use Treasury bills to cover Greece's funding needs, if the leftist party comes to power, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.
This comes as an answer to Alexis Tsipras, the party leader, who...
Economy
BoG: Deposit Outflows from Greece Under Control
Bank of Greece said on Sunday that deposit outflows from the country are under control, in an effort to reassure markets two weeks before snap elections.
With SYRIZA leading steadily in opinion polls, there have been many news reports in...
Greece
Twenty-One Parties, Four Coalitions and One Independent to Run for January 25 Greek Elections
The submission deadline for the delegations' participation in the January 25 Greek general elections expired and the Public Prosecutor along with the country's Supreme Court have approved the participation of 21 political parties, four coalitions and one independent candidate.
In the following...
Greece
SYRIZA's Six Immediate Priorities
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, in his address in Corinth, referred to six top priorities that his government will implement in order for Greece to become a European country again. "The sealed lips have turned into clenched fists and fear has...
Greece
New Greek Polls: SYRIZA Continues to Lead Over New Democracy
Greek main opposition SYRIZA leads over ruling New Democracy (ND) by 2.6 percentage points, according to an opinion poll published in Sunday newspaper "To Vima."
According to the poll, SYRIZA came first with 28.1%, followed by ND with 25.5%. In third place was...
Greece
Populous Greek Delegation in Paris Participates in Solidarity March
Heads of state and the European Union leadership, along with millions of people, attended today the solidarity march in Paris for the victims of the multiple Islamist attacks. At the same time, the security measures were draconian, as some 2,200...
Greece
SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: We Will Free Farmers From the Shackles of Unjust Taxation
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who is visiting the region of Argolida, Greece, said that "we will re-establish the cooperative movement on healthy roots and will release the farmer and producer from the ties of an unjust taxation."
Tsipras underlined that...
Economy
OPAP's Privatization 'Not a Done Deal' SYRIZA Leader Claims
The privatization of OPAP, the former state betting agency, "is not a done event," main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras warned on Friday in Athens.
"For us, the national crime of privatizing OPAP, especially under the scandalous...
Economy
Greek SYRIZA Party Leader: Markets Won't Be Rooting for Us
Greek main opposition party, SYRIZA, leader, Alexis Tsipras, does not appear "frightened" by possible turmoil in the market should his party win the upcoming snap general elections of January 25, as Bloomberg reports.
As he stated in his book “Alexis...
Economy
Greek FinMin Underperforming due to Elections
Everything in the Greek Finance Ministry, located at the very heart of Athens, in Syntagma Square, Greece , seems to have stopped ahead of the elections, putting at risk anything (major or minor) that has been achieved during the...