Financial Times

“As you would expect from the leader of Greece’s radical left opposition party, Alexis Tsipras has many pungent criticisms of eurozone economic policy: demand is too weak; fiscal discipline too severe; debt repayments too high; and, consequently, growth is...

Greek Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou has sent an official request for additional information from Christine Lagarde regarding the nature of the death threats she claimed to have received in her recent interview with the Financial Times. In a wide-ranging interview, the International Monetary...

During an interview with the Financial Times, IMF chief Christine Lagarde talked about all major financial and political issues in China, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. However, when asked about Greece, she appeared hasty to move to other subjects. Lagarde only commented on taxation...

The Financial Times published an article on the economic developments of Greece, under the title “Signs of revival for Greece after years of pain”. The article mentions that Greece will return to positive economic growth this year, after the longest...

In a series of stories, London's Financial Times unfolds the proceedings following the former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's decision to call a national referendum in 2011 on the bailout package imposed on Greece by the EU and the IMF,...

A recent article in London's Financial Times refers to the recent Greek bond auction, cautioning that investors have not learned the lessons of the financial crisis but instead "swung from blind panic to short-sighted complacency within less than two years". Philippe Legrain's article...

"How long will it take for Greece or Spain to reach pre-crisis levels of employment? Ten years would be an optimistic guess. It may take a generation. Only then can we credibly speak of an economic recovery," states Wolfgang...

Although the return of Greece to the international bond market has been widely trumpeted as a success, the Financial Times wonders whether it is a good time for the country to default on its foreign debt. According to the paper, the...

Demand for 5-year Greek bonds exceeded 11 billion euros, as investors rushed to place orders for them, London's Financial Times reported Wednesday. Strong investor interest emerged as soon as Athens ordered the issuance of the bonds, worth 2 billion euros. According to the FT,...

The Greek coalition government has been "plunged into chaos", reports Thursday's Financial Times, by the release Wednesday of a video featuring Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris having a politically embarrassing conversation with Takis Baltakos, who has duly resigned as the prime minister's chief of...