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Moody's: Grexit Relatively Unlikely Now

The possibility of Greece leaving the common European currency is relatively unlikely now than it was in 2012, at the peak of the Eurozone crisis, when there was the risk that a Grexit would have a domino effect, Moody's...

Tsipras: German Taxpayers Should Not be Afraid of a SYRIZA Govt

His commitment that German taxpayers have nothing to be afraid of in the case of a new Greek government led by leftist anti-austerity party SYRIZA, expressed in an article for German business daily newspaper "Handelsblatt," the party's leader, Alexis...

German Economist: 50% of the Greek Debt Should be Written Off

“We should probably reduce Greece’s public debt to half, which means 120 billion euros should be written off. This is what the German chief economist, head of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIY) and major government advisor, Marcel...

Greek SYRIZA Party Leader: Markets Won't Be Rooting for Us

Greek main opposition party, SYRIZA, leader, Alexis Tsipras, does not appear "frightened" by possible turmoil in the market should his party win the upcoming snap general elections of January 25, as Bloomberg reports. As he stated in his book “Alexis...

Greek PM Samaras: Rifts, Reforms and Competitiveness Everywhere

With the words "rifts, reforms and competitiveness everywhere" Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras presented live on TV his party's National Plan of Reforms and Development on Saturday. "Some want the businessman's partisan state, others the prevalence of...

A Possible Grexit Would Signal Merkel's Biggest Defeat

The explicit affirmation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from London that no question of changing Berlin’s policy towards Greece gives an end to the speculation regarding the risk of a Grexit, which was fueled by recent reports in the German...

61% of Germans Say ‘Yes’ to Grexit

The majority of Germans are open to the idea of Greece’s exit from the Eurozone, if the country fails to comply with the austerity measures that international lenders have imposed, revealed a survey conducted by German broadcaster agency ARD. A striking...

Charlie Hebdo's Last Cartoon About Greece

Georges Wolinski was one of the four cartoonists slain by terrorists in Paris yesterday. One of the last sketches the French artist drew was about Greece. The cartoon's theme is the possibility that Greece may be out of the Eurozone in 2015. It...

SYRIZA: The Alarm Clock That Will Wake EU Leaders

“SYRIZA is the alarm clock that will wake EU leaders out of their slumber,” party leader Alexis Tsipras told British TV station Channel 4. “What we demand,” he said, “is a European conference to tackle this European problem together, and...

European Parliament President: Greece Will Remain in the Eurozone

European Parliament President Martin Schulz late on Monday expressed the confidence that Greece will remain in the Eurozone and described talks on a possible "Grexit" as speculation. He added that he has already told Greek main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras that...