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Economy
Greek Stocks Drop 4% Hours Before Eurogroup Meeting
The Greek Stock Market dropped by more than 4% on Monday morning, in light of the upcoming Eurogroup meeting, as well as in the wake of what was revealed over the weekend.
Specifically, at 10:42am, twelve minutes after the Greek...
Economy
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...
Economy
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,...
Economy
Greek PM Tsipras to 'Stern': 'Greece Will be a Different Country in Six Months'
Greece does not need new bailout loans, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview to German magazine "Stern" to be published on Thursday, and said he looks forward to a win-win situation in talks with the country's creditors...
Economy
Demonstrators Flood Athens in Support of Greek Government for Eurogroup
Thousands of people gathered again at Syntagma Square across the Greek parliament in downtown Athens to show their support to the government ahead of Monday's critical meeting of the Eurozone Finance Ministers in Brussels.
The call was made by Greek...
Culture
Carnival Events Across Greece
Many carnival events took place this weekend across Greece, despite the fact that everyone's attention is turned to Brussels for tomorrow's critical Eurogroup. People dressed in costumes filled the streets of cities and small towns, celebrating and making pranks. After...
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...
Economy
Greek FinMin: There's No Plan B, Only Armageddon
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told The Guardian that Greece has no Plan B if negotiations with its creditors fail.
"We constantly hear, 'if you don’t sign on the dotted line there is going to be Armageddon'. My answer is...
Greece
Cabinet Briefing on Eurogroup Developments Ends in Agreement
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed on Friday his optimism for the outcome of the negotiations between the Greek government and the country’s international creditors, at a cabinet meeting that was held late on Friday.
During the 5-hour meeting, that...
Cyprus
Spiegel: Europe Considers a Grexit 'Manageable'
European finance ministers consider that if Greece and Cyprus exit from the common currency bloc, the risk for Europe would be manageable, according to Spiegel magazine.
The German magazine reporter claims sources that revealed off-the-record discussions of European finance ministers...