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Mitsotakis Pledges Early Repayment of Greece’s Bailout Loans

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pledged on Tuesday that Greece will make an early repayment of 5.3 billion euros of bilateral bailout loans from European countries by the end of the year. This pledge for repayment ahead of time is a...

What Has the United States Ever Done for Greece?

What has the United States ever done for Greece? In a country where anti-Americanism was rife until recently, the question brought heated debates. It still does. Although relations between the two countries are seemingly currently at their friendliest since the...

Former Greek Minister Theodoros Pangalos Dies at 84

Theodoros Pangalos, one of the most influential and controversial politicians of modern Greece, died on Wednesday in Athens. He was 84. His family announced his death through social media. https://twitter.com/tpangalos/status/1663873417156624392 Pangalos was almost always in the public eye. The larger-than-life politician was...

Marfin Bank Arson Still Haunts Greece 13 Years Later

Eleven years have passed since the deadly Marfin Bank arson. The culprits are still at large, as Greek police launches a new investigation

Greece Repays IMF Bailout-Era Debt Two Years Early

On Monday, Greece repaid its bailout-era debts to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), some two years early, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced. Staikouras added in a statement, "A chapter that opened in May 2010, with Greece's recourse to the Fund...

Greece to Repay IMF Bailout-Era Debt Two Years Early

Greece will repay its bailout-era debts to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in April, some two years early, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced on Saturday. Speaking on Skai TV, Staikouras said that the final payment will be made "in the...

January 2002: Greece Enters the Eurozone

It has been 20 years since Greece's accession to the eurozone, an anniversary that has been overshadowed by the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant

Greece’s Often-Strained Relations With Germany Dominate Merkel’s Visit

The relations between Greece and Germany that were strained during last decade's debt crisis dominated talks of Chancellor Angela Merkel in Athens on Friday. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis reminded Merkel of the austerity Germany imposed on Greece. "You admitted that...

Former Greek PM George Papandreou Hopes for Political Come Back

Former Greek prime minister George Papandreou announced on Wednesday he is joining the race to lead the center-left Movement for Change party (KINAL). In a televised address Papandreou said that that progressive political forces need to grow again. “We need a...

April 23, 2010: Ten Years Since the Official Beginning of the Greek Financial Crisis

It was a day much like this on April 23, 2010, when the then-Prime Minister of Greece George Papandreou announced from picturesque Castellorizo Island that Greece would officially ask for financial assistance from its fellow Eurozone member-states as the...