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Greek PM Tsipras Seeks Deal Amid Reactions Within SYRIZA, Election Talk

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is seeking a realistic deal with creditors that will leave both sides satisfied amid voices within SYRIZA that call for a rift with the European Union. He even says that if the agreement is...

Greek PM Tsipras Takes Negotiation with Creditors Upon Himself

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras takes the negotiation with the country's creditors upon himself as talks between technical teams in Brussels have stalled again. Tsipras was at the government headquarters on Thursday afternoon where the negotiating team leader, Giorgos Chouliarakis, had a...

Varoufakis: Greek Debt Unsustainable, ECB Bond Pushback Needed

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said that the Greek debt is unsustainable and Athens needs to delay payment on 27 billion euros of Greek state bonds to the European Central Bank (ECB). In July and August, Greece has to pay 6 billion...

Greek Govt Seeks Deal Amid Reactions from Party Hardliners

The Greek government's strategy in negotiations with creditors and the calculation of proposed measures in order to reach an agreement were the main issues in Wednesday's cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. However, party hardliners, the so-called Left...

Greek PM Tsipras Optimistic Over Negotiation Outcome

A cabinet meeting chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took place in Athens late on Thursday with the focus mainly on developments in the negotiation with the country's creditors, the efforts to reach an agreement over the next days, the...

Dijsselbloem: 'Europe is Prepared for Any Greek Outcome'

As far as Greeks are concerned, Jeroen Dijsselbloem is quickly becoming one of the most hated European politicians, surpassing even German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Over the last 24 hours, the Eurogroup President appeared unwilling to sympathize with Greece’s position. On April 30, while...

European Commission Welcomes 'Intensification' of Talks with Greece

The European Commission expressed its satisfaction on Thursday that talks between Greek authorities and the institutions representing the country's creditors had deepened and intensified. Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said that negotiations with the Brussels Group are being repeated in Brussels on Thursday...

Greece and European Partners Target Deal by Early Next Week

Greece and its euro-area partners are stepping up talks in a bid to break an impasse over bailout aid as early as next week, even if the country’s government sent conflicting signals over its willingness to agree on long-stalled reforms,...

Libération: 100 Days that Haven't Changed Greece

An article in the front page of French leftist newspaper Libération made an assessment of the first three months of the SYRIZA-led government in Greece and the writer wondered if the lack of changes is the government's fault or...

Euclid Tsakalotos: Who Is the Greek Economist that Sidelined Superstar Yanis Varoufakis

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' decision to practically replace the head of the negotiating team with its European partners by sidelining controversial Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and replacing him with the low profile Alternate Foreign Minister for International Economic Relations Euclid Tsakalotos may...