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Greek PM Tsipras: We Won a Battle, Not the War

In his address to the Greek people, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed that yesterday’s Eurogroup agreement with the country’s European loan partners was an “important success,” signaling the end of austerity and the bailout program. Although, as he underlined, the difficult part...

Read the Greek Loan Agreement Six-Month Extension Request Letter

Earlier today, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sent a letter to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, explaining Greece's proposals and reasoning for the continuation of the country's loan agreement. Germany's immediate rejection of the Greek proposal has widened the gap...

Regling: Discussion on Greek Debt Relief Possible Only if Reforms Continue

In an interview with Portuguese newspaper "Diario Economico," European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Managing Director Klaus Regling left the possibility open that a discussion on further debt relief for Greece might begin, provided the country continued the reforms and measures...

Klaus Regling: Higher Uncertainty in Greece

"Higher uncertainty seems to exist in Greece in comparison with Spain, Portugal and Ireland, where governments have changed but the adjustment program continued with small changes. Governments supported the overall direction and therefore the markets were appeased," stated...

EFSF Approves Two-month Extension of Greece’s Bailout Program

Following a similar decision by the council of eurozone ministers, the board of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) decided on Friday to grant Greece a two-month technical extension of its 2nd economic adjustment program financed by the fund. Instead...

Troika's Technical Teams Return to Athens Tomorrow

The return of the Troika's technical teams in Athens tomorrow, along with Eurogroup's decision for a two-month technical extension of the Greek program, announced at 7:30pm local Greek time from Brussels Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijssebloem and European Commissioner for Economic...

Eurogroup Decides Two-Month Extension of Greek Program, Presidential Election on December 17

On December 17, two months ahead of schedule, will finally be held the first ballot for the election of the new President of the Hellenic Republic, government spokeswoman Sophia Voultepsi announced earlier today. According to Voultepsi's written announcement, Greek Prime...

Six-Month Extention in Greek Program Under Consideration, New Review Deadline on December 14

The possibility of extending Greece 's bailout program by six months, to mid 2015, is being considered by the Eurozone Finance Ministers, according to a document obtained by Reuters, while Athens insists it is only discussing an extension of a...

EFSF Clears 1 Billion Euros Loan Tranche to Greece

The Board of Directors of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) approved on Wednesday the disbursement of a 1 billion euros loan tranche to Greece, "taking into account the implementation of a set of milestones agreed in April 2014". EFSF...

Mapping the Greek Debt

An analysis of Greek debt sustainability by economists Darvas, Sapir and Wolff depicts precisely to whom Greece has to repay its debts. According to official data by the European Union statistical office (EUROSTAT) and the Bank of Greece (BoG), Greece...