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Economy
ECB Dashes Greek Hopes on Lifting 'Waiver' on Greek Bonds
All eyes were on the European Central Bank's (ECB) June policy meeting in Vienna on Thursday. Great expectations resulted in disappointment regarding Greece with the central bank holding back from allowing Greek banks to resume access to cheap loans.
Meeting...
Economy
Yanis Varoufakis Joins Remain Campaign Against Brexit [Video]
Greek former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, the man who recently admitted that the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) had agreed to threaten its partners with Grexit, is now urging Britain to avoid a Brexit. The maverick economist is backing support...
Greece
New Polls Show Majority of Greeks Against Brexit
As the world waits for the UK vote on June 23 determining if the country will remain or leave the EU, a recent poll shows the majority of Greeks are against a Brexit. In fact, according to the poll published by the...
Economy
Telegraph: Greek Debt Crisis Threatens to Flare Up Ahead of Brexit
The Telegraph spotlights Brexit dangers posed by debt talks between Greece and its embattled creditors as they meet to discuss the 86-billion-euro bailout package approved last summer. The British newspaper points to the looming Brexit referendum in the UK,...
Economy
Varoufakis: Britain Should Stay in the EU to Stem Germany’s Advance
Britain should stay in the European Union because a Brexit would destroy the continent's unity and Germany will be the new ruler of Europe, said Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, the outspoken economist also...
Greece
Christine Lagarde Sends Letter to Greek PM over Wikileaks IMF "Disaster"
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde sent a letter to Greek PM Alexis Tsipras regarding an IMF staff conversation that was leaked and described that IMF is will not participate in the Greek programme because it has fears for bankruptcy...
Cyprus
BREXIT; The Great UK Dilemma
When democracy functions well in a civilized society… and where the people respect the rights and opinion of others, it can never go wrong. This refers to the mature British democracy where the government has offered British citizens the...
Greece
EU and Britain Strike Deal to Avert Brexit, Greek PM Expresses Some Dissatisfaction
The EU and Britain struck a deal yesterday at the European Council meeting in Brussels to avert a possible British exit from the European Union. Following the deal, British prime minister David Cameron announced that the EU referendum will...
Greece
'Grexit' Included in Oxford Dictionary Online Version
Greece may not have exited the Eurozone, however, the term Grexit, established only a few years ago, has made it into the online Oxford dictionary, along with Brexit (UK’s exit from the European Union) and other English neologisms.
These words...
Economy
Google Trends of the Word 'Grexit'
Back in 2005, nobody in the world knew the meaning of the word "Grexit." But in the following years, the word entered the lives of Greeks and Europeans, who began to wonder what it really meant. The global interest was not...