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Reuters: EU Experts Group for Greece to Overhaul After Athens' Protest

A group of European Union experts assisting Greece to improve its administration and to unlock further European funding is set to be all but dismantled after the newly elected SYRIZA-led government refused to cooperate with them, officials have told...

Canadian Publication Interviews Greek Author to Analyze Election Results

CCPA Monitor, an official monthly publication of the Canadian Centre for Policy Research Think Tank, interviewed author, political analyst/social writer and artist Andreas C Chrysafis to assist analyze the results of the Greek election, won by leftist party SYRIZA. Chrysafis - a Greek...

Poverty in Cyprus

In the absence of true democracy and justice, the misconception that people elect a government in the interest of the people is a fallacy and more so today than ever before. The ideals of direct democracy were never...

Greek Government to Examine Memoranda Period; Austerity Measures

The newly elected leftist-led Greek government coalition is expected to submit a proposal for the creation of a committee to examine the previous governments' handling of the country's debt crisis. Specifically, according to government sources, the so called «memorandum examination...

Greece May Miss This Year's Primary Surplus Goal

Greece’s creditors have expressed their concern regarding the country’s primary budget surplus goal, which may not be met this year, according to German magazine Der Spiegel. The country's former New Democracy-led government had set a target to achieve a primary surplus of...

New Democracy Leader: 'The Government is Lying to Greek People'

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras lashed out at the government on Thursday, urging it to stop lying to the Greek people and delaying the implementation of the February 20 agreement. Samaras released the agreement document, which has the signature of...

Greece Should Resume Policy Dialogue and Agree on Reforms, Draghi Tells MEPs

The European Central Bank’s expanded asset purchase program, better known as “quantitative easing” (QE), is starting to make headway across the EU, ECB President Mario Draghi told Economic and Monetary Committee MEPs on Monday. Draghi also reported on the...

Schaeuble to Varoufakis: If You Want to Leave the Euro, We Will Help

The causes of the Greek problem are not to be tracked in Brussels, Europe or Germany. They should be tracked in Greece because it had been living above its capabilities for a long time, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in...

German FinMin: Accusations Over Derogatory Statements for Greek Counterpart Are 'Nonsense'

At a time when the relations between Athens and Berlin seem to reach bottom, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble characterized the accusations that he described his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis as "foolishly naive," after a Brussels Eurogroup meeting on Monday...

The New Buzzwords of Greek Negotiations

As the new government is trying to appease Greek people after the creditors' insistence on the existing bailout program, the renaming of key words in the negotiations has been a very important tool. It has also been the subject...