Eurogroup Agreement
Economy
Greek Gov't Spokesman: Agreement Within the Framework of the People's Mandate
"We are close to an agreement that will revive the economy and the society," Greek government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis said speaking on Tuesday to private TV Skai. "At this phase we are heading to a minimum agreement in order...
Economy
Schaeuble to Varoufakis: If You Want to Leave the Euro, We Will Help
The causes of the Greek problem are not to be tracked in Brussels, Europe or Germany. They should be tracked in Greece because it had been living above its capabilities for a long time, said German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in...
Economy
Greek PM Tsipras to Cabinet Meeting: The Memoranda Are Over
The cabinet meeting chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras convened earlier today, focusing on the preparation of the new government’s work as well as on the first bills to be submitted to the Greek Parliament by next week....
Economy
Greek PM Tsipras Briefs SYRIZA MPs on Negotiations
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gathered SYRIZA's Parliamentary Group in order to brief the party's MPs in detail regarding the government's moves since it took office on January 26. Tsipras referred to the difficulties and climate the new government had...
Greece
Productive Reconstruction Minister Lafazanis: Eurogroup Agreement Should Not Void the Gov't Program
Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister, Panagiotis Lafazanis, in two interviews with Greek Sunday newspapers Proto Thema and Realnews, expressed his opinion that the agreement reached on Friday's Eurogroup between the Greek government and the country's Eurozone partners should...
Economy
Eurogroup Agrees On Greece's Second Bail-Out Package
Eurozone (Eurogroup) finance ministers announced that they have reached a deal with Greece on a second bail-out package. The basic elements of which are: The Commission will bolster its presence in Athens so as to provide technical assistance; Greece...