Angela Merkel

Speaking to German media, Chancellor Angela Merkel, once more, ruled-out a haircut of the Greek debt. She said that under no circumstances could there be a new "classic haircut" of Greek debt, similar to what happened with the PSI. "A debt...

Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off her re-election campaign on Saturday with a plea to European solidarity and the values that govern the European Union. Speaking in Dortmund, she focused mainly on the economy, but she also highlighted the importance of...

The fact that Greece was not on the Summit agenda has relieved a series of leaders with the President of France Emmanuel Macron saying that "we did what we could do with the Chancellor so that the Greek issue...

Germany's parliamentary budget committee is to discuss paying the next tranche of aid to Greece next week and must decide if the disbursement needs the approval of the full house agreed on by euro zone finance ministers. The junior partner...

A Greek government official expressed pessimism in reference to the upcoming eurozone finance minister's meeting on Thursday. Commenting to Athens-Macedonia news agency, the anonymous official stated that “We are very far from a solution at tomorrow’s Eurogroup meeting.” An ekathimerini...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held a series of brief meetings with world leaders on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels, which was held in the shadow of the terrorist attack in Britain. The Greek premier spoke at length...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in a telephone conversation that a solution to the Greek debt issue is necessary and feasible at the next Eurogroup meeting on May 22. According to the prime minister's...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday reassured Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that she is working so that a solution is found at the Eurogroup on Friday, according to sources. Following the visit of European Council president Donald Tusk in...

Germany says 'No' to freezing of interest rates for the Greek debt until 2040 because that would cost creditors 120 billion euros, according to German financial newspaper Handelsblatt. In a report regarding the issue of Greek debt relief, Handelsblatt says...

At the 60th anniversary summit of the European Union, European leaders celebrated the signing of the Declaration of Rome. Simultaneously the former right hand to PM Tspiras, Yanis Varoufakis along with his wife protested in the central streets of Italy. The ex-Greek...