German Press

The German Press stresses that Greeks are facing "poor" Christmas holidays, noting that the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has voted for another round of austerity. "Tagesspiegel" newspaper states that many Greeks see Tsipras as a traitor since he had...

The German government sought to distance itself from German newspaper Die Welt's article on the Greek government. Die Welt published an article over the weekend that described Greece as a ship without a captain, arguing that the Greek government is delaying the...

There are various reactions coming from the German Press in regards to the meeting between Antonis Samaras and Angela Merkel. The comments floating around about Greece's progress range from very positive to negative. The Die Welt reported the warm words...

It does not look like Greece will return to the drachma, despite all comparisons made to  Ethiopia and Albania concerning similar economic  circumstances. The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung said that rich people in Greece are still having fun every night,...

Needless to say the German press has published many detailed articles hot-off-the-press about the recent Greek elections. Correspondents from Athens have described developments in Greece while other renowned journalists are writing opinion articles about the results. Sueddeutsche Zeitung writes that...

A series of German reports are predicting with great certainty the ominous future of debt-riddled Greece. According to most newspapers of wide circulation in Germany, the default scenario threatening the country is about to be realized, and a positive...

Prime Minister George Papandreou’s appeals for Germans to respect the sacrifices of the Greek people are reported extensively in the German press today. Papandreou’s visit to Berlin was about seeking “respect”, the Hamburg weekly 'Die Zeit' comments in its online...