Angela Merkel
Economy
Merkel: Light at End of Tunnel
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who's been touting a "success story" for his country and predictions it will begin to recover next year from a crushing economic crisis, didn't ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel's blessing for debt relief yet...
Economy
Merkel Praises Samaras Yet Again
As she has repeatedly - as he continues to follow her insistence on austerity measures in return for her country's backing of critical rescue loans as part of a package from international lenders - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said...
Economy
Big Week Looms for Greece
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' coalition government, which has only a four-vote majority in the 300-member Parliament, faces a tough week including renegotiations with its international lenders over delayed reforms and a looming budget gap before it's submitted to...
Economy
Samaras and Merkel- Brief Meeting at EU Summit
It seems that the German opinion for the Greek economic program hasn’t changed, or at least that's the impression the German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave after her a recent meeting in Brussels.
After the EU Summit, Angela Merkel was asked...
Greece
SYRIZA on Gov't Stance Before Troika
The Greek government is trapped in the memorandum policy of austerity and destruction, main opposition SYRIZA said on Monday, adding that whatever leaks to the press about so-called negotiating with the troika of lenders to Greece cannot reverse the...
Economy
Bloomberg: Greek Prime Minister on Offence
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has gone on the offensive at home and abroad, seeking leverage as the spotlight in Europe’s financial-crisis drama returns to the country where it began, says Bloomberg.
Cracking down on a nationalist party linked to...
Europe
Soros Blames Merkel For Golden Dawn
During his interview with Der Spiegel ,financier George Soros called on the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, to radically change her attitude, "Germany should take over more responsibilities so as to prevent the collapse of the European Union, something that...
Greece
Special Forces Reservists Want Government Out
With the Greek government already probing possible ties between the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party and whether military forces are training its members, a prosecutor has ordered an investigation into a blog post on the special forces reservists' website demanding...
Greece
Merkel's Message to Greece
After easily winning re-election in a runaway rout to gain a third term, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose country is the biggest contributor to bailouts for Greece, said she will now return to tightening the screws on the Greek...
Economy
Tsipras Will Meet ECB’s Asmussen
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's major opposition party the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) which is opposed to international bailouts and the austerity measures that come with them, is due to meet European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Committee...