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The German Finance Ministry is rather skeptical ahead of Friday's Eurogroup in Riga, Latvia, where Greece's proposed reforms list will be examined. According to Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble's spokesperson Martin Jaeger, Berlin has limited expectations from the Riga meeting regarding Greece's...

The Brussels Group meeting in Paris, which was held during the weekend, continues on Monday and Tuesday, European Commission spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said on Monday. Schinas said that discussions continue both on political and technical level and noted that the pace...

Not 16, but 156 Turkish islands and islets in the Aegean Sea are occupied by Greece, said a Turkish news website odatv.com report. The report comes after a discussion in Turkish parliament a few weeks ago regarding 16 islands of the...

The Brussels Group is expected to resume its meetings on Saturday. Council of Economic Advisors (SOE) President Giorgos Chouliarakis, Finance Ministry general secretary Nikos Theocharakis and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis' advisor Elena Panariti will participate from the Greek side. International Monetary...

Another Greek debt restructuring is not currently up for discussion, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview to Bloomberg TV. While some kind of restructuring might be on the agenda in 10 years, “today the issue for Greece is...

Slovak Finance Minister Peter Kazimir appeared skeptical on the possibility of Greece and its European partners reaching an agreement in the upcoming Eurogroup meeting. As he said, Greece is currently moving ever closer to the abyss and there are not...

European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Thursday the Commission sees steps of progress in the ongoing talks between the creditors' institutions and Greek authorities, following the Euro Working Group (EWG) on Wednesday. "We are continuing to work and make progress...

Greece ranks in tenth place in the percentage of women holding top management positions, according to a report entitled "Women in business: the path to leadership" conducted by Grant Thornton to coincide with International Women's Day. Greek women holding...

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias said that jihadists will flock in Europe if Greek economy crumbles. Kotzias spoke during an unofficial meeting of European Union Foreign Ministers in Riga, Latvia. He stressed Greece's geopolitical importance in the Balkans...

Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma expressed her hope on Wednesday that the new Greek government will respect the agreements signed with the Eurozone member-states as part of its bailout program. Latvia has just taken over the six-month rotating European Council presidency. Speaking...