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German Finance Minister Believes Greeks Must Make A Choice

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble addressed Greece's future, during an interview with German Frankfurter Allgemeine. "Greek society must answer the question of whether it prefers to proceed with this adjustment process as a member of a monetary union, in which the option of an external devaluation...

Greek Elections: SYRIZA-New Democracy Leaders Go to Debate Without Weapons

SYRIZA chief Alexis Tsipras and New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis go to Monday's election debate with very few weapons in their arsenals. In fact, most analysts expect a lackluster confrontation with tired, unconvincing arguments and meaningless accusations between the...

Greek Election Polls: SYRIZA Slightly Leading

SYRIZA and New Democracy are going head to head in the upcoming Greel election according to five recent polls published on Greek Sunday newspapers. The difference of the two partied is less than one percent in all the polls. A poll...

Eurogroup President: Greece Can Choose to be Either North or South Korea

On Friday, during an interview with a Dutch TV network ,Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem presented the choice he believes Greece must make. “Ultimately, it is up to Greece whether it will become North or South Korea: absolute poverty or one of the...

Eurogroup: Greece Must Implement Reforms as Cyprus Makes Progress

The Eurogroup that took place on Saturday discussed among other topics, the developments surrounding Greece and Cyprus. During a press conference after the meeting, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsslebloem said that the interim Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis informed his counterparts that the caretaker Greek government is...

New Opinion Poll Shows Greek Elections Could Be Too Close to Call

An opinion poll conducted by the University of Macedonia for SKAI TV network between September 9 and September 11 added to the uncertainty of the September 20 Greek election results. SYRIZA leads the poll, having garnered 28.5% of the intended vote, while New...

S&P Keeps Greece's Credit Rating at CCC+

Standard & Poor's, one of the three biggest credit rating agencies in the world, revealed on Friday that it has kept Greece's credit rating unchanged. The firm maintained the country's CCC+ rating, this is actually a bump up from Greece's CCC rating...

Greek Elections: Leading Party Chiefs Play Blame Game

The election campaigns of the two leading parties continue as the SYRIZA and New Democracy chiefs play the blame game exchanging accusations. Alexis Tsipras spoke in Ioannina on Thursday accusing ND leader Vangelis Meimarakis of sheer propaganda when he says...

Greek Elections: New Diametrically Opposed Poll Results Add Suspense

Nine days before the Greek elections and two new opinion polls show different results as one has SYRIZA leading by five percentage points, while the other has New Democracy ahead by one percent. In a poll conducted by Pro Rata...

ESM's Klaus Regling Talks about Greek Debt in Interview with 'Delo'

The head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling on Wednesday appeared confident that the ESM will not be greatly affected by the results of upcoming elections in Greece, despite having massive holdings in Greek debt. In an interview...