Euclides Tsakalotos
Economy
Varoufakis Downsized as Tsipras Forms New Greek Negotiating Team
Despite his expressed trust to Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proceeded with forming a new political negotiating team putting Varoufakis at the helm but appointing Alternate Foreign Minister for International Economic Relations Euclides Tsakalotos as...
Economy
Greece Under Pressure for Reforms as Money is Running Out
The Greek government is under severe pressure from creditors and rushes to complete the implementation of the first package of measures hoping it will see partial funds released after the April 24 Eurogroup.
On the other side of the fence, creditors...
Economy
Alexis Tsipras and the Enemy Within
No one can blame Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for not trying hard enough to hold the country from falling off the cliff. Like a captain in a ship hit by the roughest storm, he fights tooth and nail to...
Economy
Greece and Europe Ready for Compromise, Not Armageddon
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sounded optimistic over tomorrow's Eurogroup in his interview to the Sunday edition of newspaper "Kathimerini." A solution "will be found even at the last minute," he said.
Speaking of Greece's European loan partners and their willingness...
Greece
Probable Candidates for Tsipras' New Greek Cabinet Positions
Now that the Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos announced that he agreed to form a coalition government with SYRIZA, the names of candidates for various ministries of the new government have started circulating in the Press.
So far, SYRIZA...