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German media appear optimistic after the seven European leaders’ meeting on Thursday March 19, in Brussels. German magazine Spiegel Online notes that the fact that the European leaders took the time to meet with Alexis Tsipras is an important symbolic...

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras appeared hopeful for Greece's future after a special meeting for Greece held in Brussels in the sidelines of an EU summit. "I'm more optimistic after this deliberation. I think that all the sides confirmed their intention...

The European Central Bank (ECB) decided on Wednesday to increase the maximum Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) that Greek banks can get from the Bank of Greece by 400 million euros, according to sources. This brings the total funding of Greek...

The promotion of the regulation on the first residence foreclosures is not a unilateral action on Greece's part, Economy Minister George Stathakis reassured in an interview to private MEGA TV late Wednesday, adding that such a message does not...

The Greek issue is not officially included in the agenda of the EU summit which starts on Thursday, a spokesman for the European Council president Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, adding that Tusk is in constant contact with top...

Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, spoke about the situation between Greece and the Eurozone in an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt. Greece will not remain in the Eurozone at...

Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselboem said that his priority is to keep Greece in the Eurozone and strengthen the monetary union, however he stressed that all the possible scenarios need to be considered. The Eurozone has examined all the alternative solutions, in case Greece fails...

Greek and European authorities announced on Tuesday that a migrant-trafficking ring bringing mainly Syrian irregular migrants to Greece via Turkey had been uncovered with the assistance and support of Europol, leading to 16 arrests. Based on their investigation,...

His opinion that solidarity displayed toward Greece by its fellow Eurozone member-states has its limits due to other countries struggling with their own austerity commitments expressed Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar. As he said, "Greece is in a very...

It is claimed that the cradle of modern civilization can be attributed greatly to the influence of the Hellenic culture; a culture that has inspired the advance and development of body and mind. The principle of Hellenic thought has...