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Greek Prime Minister Meets European Commission Vice President in Athens

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis at the Maximou Palace in Athens on Monday evening. After meeting with Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos earlier in the day, Dombrovskis noted that he had a...

Dombrovskis: Greece Can Return to Growth in the Second Half of 2016

I believe that Greece can return to growth in the second half of 2016, said European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis in an interview with VIMA newspaper. Dombrovskis also underlined that the "top priority is the implementation of the ...

European Commission Vice President: Greece Could Get Bailout Funds Next Week

European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said Greece is expected to get permission to receive two billion euros of bailout funds next week, Bloomberg reported. Responding to whether Greece could get the funds next week Dombrovskis said "I would say so." Last...

Greece Likely to Receive 800 Mln Euros of NSRF Funds Next Week

NSRF (National Strategic Reference Framework) funds of 800 million euros are expected to be disbursed for the Greece next week as pre-financing aimed at development projects in the period 2014-2020, European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said in an interview...

ESM Loan to Greece Officially Approved

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) 86-billion-euro loan to Greece was approved during a teleconference on Wednesday evening. The decision came after the Eurogroup approved the third Greek bailout package last Friday and the Eurozone countries officially ratified the bailout this week, with...

European Commission VP Warns Greece to Meet its Commitments

European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis warned Greece not to delay the reforms it has pledged to implement, otherwise no funds will be disbursed. "During the last months, trust has been lost and it needs to be restored," Dombrovskis said...

European Commission VP: The 'No' in Greek Referendum Complicates Negotiations

The 'no' vote in the Greek referendum complicated things and a new bailout program for Greece cannot be negotiated without a mandate from the Eurogroup, said European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis at a daily news conference by the Commission. "The...

No Greek Deal At Eurogroup Meeting – Euro Summit On Monday

Greece's game of reaching a bridging deal with its European partners during the meeting of Eurozone Finance Ministers on Thursday afternoon in Luxembourg seems to have been lost and plans are currently underway for a top political level meeting this coming Monday. European...

European Commission Picks Greek Design for Special Euro Coin

A special two-euro coin designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos of the Bank of Greece (BoG) was picked by 30% of 100,000 voters in an online European Commission competition to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the European flag...

Brussels: More Differences Than Points of Convergence in Greek Negotiations

Despite the fact that the Greek government makes optimistic announcements about an upcoming deal with creditors, European Union officials in Brussels say there are still many differences on the negotiation table. According to Brussels sources, there is even talk that...