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Greek PM Tsipras Optimistic Over Negotiation Outcome

A cabinet meeting chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took place in Athens late on Thursday with the focus mainly on developments in the negotiation with the country's creditors, the efforts to reach an agreement over the next days, the...

Dijsselbloem: 'Europe is Prepared for Any Greek Outcome'

As far as Greeks are concerned, Jeroen Dijsselbloem is quickly becoming one of the most hated European politicians, surpassing even German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Over the last 24 hours, the Eurogroup President appeared unwilling to sympathize with Greece’s position. On April 30, while...

Greece and European Partners Target Deal by Early Next Week

Greece and its euro-area partners are stepping up talks in a bid to break an impasse over bailout aid as early as next week, even if the country’s government sent conflicting signals over its willingness to agree on long-stalled reforms,...

Greece Considers Selling Ports to Reach Deal With Creditors

Greece's government is considering selling stakes in its two largest ports as a concession to reach an agreement with its lenders and unlock bailout funds, a government official said yesterday. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's new leftist government had sought...

Poll Shows 75% of Greeks Want to Stay in Euro Zone

A new poll after the television interview of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras shows that the vast majority of Greeks want to stay in the euro zone and are against snap elections, while half of them worry that Greece may...

Greek Govt Wants a Mutually Beneficial Deal, Possibly Before May 11

Greece wants a mutually beneficial deal with its creditors as soon as possible, even before May 11, a senior government official who participated in the political negotiating team meeting at the Greek Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. "We want a...

Libération: 100 Days that Haven't Changed Greece

An article in the front page of French leftist newspaper Libération made an assessment of the first three months of the SYRIZA-led government in Greece and the writer wondered if the lack of changes is the government's fault or...

Tsipras: Greece, Cyprus, Egypt Are Pillars of Security in a Wider Destabilized Region

Greece, Cyprus and Egypt are pillars of security in a wider destabilized region, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in statements following the conclusion of the trilateral Greece-Cyprus-Egypt summit in Nicosia on Wednesday. The Greek Prime Minister said that they agreed to...

EU Commissioner Moscovici: Negotiations Are Not Going Fast Enough

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici stated on Wednesday that the talks between Greece and its lenders to reach an agreement are conducted "under better conditions" after the establishment of a political negotiation group by Athens,...

Athens Denies that Varoufakis was Sidelined After Eurogroup Chief's Suggestion

The Greek government denies allegations that Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was sidelined from Greece's negotiation team after the suggestion of Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsellbloem. Speaking to RTL Nieuws on Dutch television, Dijsellbloem spoke extensively about the Greek issue among other things...