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Greece Gets the Same Deal It Rejected Six Months Ago at Higher Cost

The "proud negotiations" that Alexis Tsipras keeps talking about were completed on Thursday night with Greece agreeing to prolonged austerity measures and without getting what the prime minister has been promising Greek people ever since he set foot in...

Schaeuble: There was Agreement Three Weeks Ago and Greece Asks for 3 More

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said as he joined Thursday's Eurogroup meeting, that he foresees an agreement on the disbursement of the next installment to Greece. "I hope that at the end of the aid package, Greece will be...

Greek Economy Minister Calls Behavior of German FinMin 'Dishonest'

Greek Economy Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou has called German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble "dishonest" for denying debt relief for Greece despite his acknowledgement that Athens has made progress in reforms, according to Reuters. Papadimitriou gave an interview with German newspaper Die...

German FinMin Optimistic About a Compromise Deal Between Greece and Creditors

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday appeared confident that Greece and its international creditors will reach a compromise deal this week, Reuters says. Speaking ahead of the meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Thursday, the German official said...

Union of Greek Shipowners Attacks Schaeuble's Statements on Greece

The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) on Friday reacted angrily to suggestions made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble that the Greek government had failed to keep promises to abolish a series of tax breaks for Greek shipping. In an...

German FinMin Statement Exposes Greek PM's False Promise on Greek Debt

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has not shifted the burden of austerity away from poorer Greeks as he had pledged. Schaeuble also said that Tsipras has appointed partisans in various...

German FinMin Schaeuble: Greek Government Insists on Burdening the Weak

Wolfgang Schaeuble, criticized the Greek government on Thursday, stressing that Athens has "made progress, but its political leadership insists on putting the weight on the weak." "Do not blame me for the structural weaknesses of the Greek program," the German...

German FinMin Schaeuble: There are Still Obstacles for Greece's Return to Markets

"The implementation of the agreed reforms is the best way for Greece to stand on its feet again, as happened with the other countries that received assistance," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a written statement at the...

Schaeuble on IMF: All Programs for Greece Forecasting 1% Growth are in Vain

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that IMF estimates on Greece are "unrealistic" in statements made on Tuesday. German reports say the German finance minister has argued that the Fund is not ready to forecast growth of more than 1%...

Greek FinMin: We Either Find a Solution to Greek Problem or Euro Zone Pays the Cost of Delay

We either find a solution to the Greek debt problem or the euro zone pays the cost of the new delay, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos told foreign correspondents on Monday. According to Tsakalotos, the ideal scenario in the next...