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Greek PM Tsipras' 'Odyssey' in Europe

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet on Wednesday in Brussels with the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. On Monday, Tsipras will visit Cyprus, on Tuesday he will be in Rome, on Wednesday in Brussels and Paris to...

Goldman Sachs: Govt-Troika Agreement More Important to Reducing Borrowing Costs Than ECB Decision

Quantitative easing, announced on Thursday by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, is not going to be as influential in reducing Greece's borrowing cost as will an agreement between the government formed after Sunday's national elections and the Troika of...

SYRIZA Leader Tsipras: New Greek Govt to Negotiate With Creditors Until July

Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, addressing a press conference earlier today, dismissed suggestions that Greece will have to complete its international bailout program review by the end of February, saying that a SYRIZA-led government would have until July to...

Greek Stock Exchange 5 Points Up After QE Announcement

The announcement of the 1.1 trillion euros quantitative easing program by the European Central Bank brought a rise in the Athens Stock Exchange. The QE program announced yesterday by ECB President Mario Draghi had international markets on an upswing with...

ECB President 'Corners' Next Greek Gov't Tying QE to Good Behavior

The European Central Bank set conditions for Greece in order to access the announced bond-buying program. The next Greek government will have no access to the Quantitative Easing program for at least six months unless they heed the demands...

SYRIZA Comments on ECB President Draghi's Announcements

The announcements made by European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi on Thursday were characterized by Greece's main opposition SYRIZA as “an important decision that will be utilized by the next Greek government for the country's benefit.” "All those...

Greek PM: Wasting Greek People's Sacrifices Woule Be Lethal

The announcements of European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi earlier today regarding the conditional inclusion of the Greek assets in a wider ECB assets purchase program, were followed by a public proclamation from Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras a few...

Mario Draghi: ECB to Buy 60 Bln Euros in Assets a Month, Greece Included Under Conditions

President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, announced today the purchase of assets amounting to 60 billion euros per month, in order to stimulate growth and address the threat of deflation. He clarified, the purchases of government bonds...

SYRIZA Candidate Varoufakis' Comments Cause Greek PM Samaras' Reaction

In an article entitled "Greece can force Europe to change," the online edition of French financial newspaper La Tribune hosted an interview with economist and SYRIZA parliamentary candidate in Athens' second electoral constituency, Giannis Varoufakis, who underlined that the...

Bank of Greece Refutes German Daily Report About Troika's Threat to Stop Liquidity

The Bank of Greece refuted earlier today a report by German financial newspaper Handelsblatt that the troika of international lenders gave an ultimatum to Greece that the European Central Bank will stop liquidity to Greek banks unless Athens and...