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Bild Says Time For Greece To Leave The Euro

Greece is reaching the endgame next week, Germany’s best-selling Bild newspaper said. Greeks are plundering their bank accounts, imports to the country are not longer guaranteed, rumors abound of drachma being printed and energy suppliers are no longer paid, Nikolaus...

Scottish Investment of 100 Million Euros in Crete Postponed

The Minoan Group is a major business group based in Glasgow, Scotland, planning to invest more than 100 million euros on the Cretan land in order to establish tourist facilities. But the political upheaval and the country's elections stunted...

Greek Leftist Leader: "The First Act of My Government Will Be The Cancellation of the Bailout”

It seems that Mr. Tsipras will continue having much of Europe on the run while he hardly seems to be breaking a sweat. Presenting his party's economic program on Friday, Alexis Tsipras head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition, said he...

Conservatives Promise Lower Taxes

Greece's conservatives on Thursday promised voters tax relief if they win a crucial general election, insisting that existing austerity measures can be made fairer, despite growing concern over the country's future in the euro. The debt-strapped country will hold its...

New Democracy Party Leads In Marc Poll

A Greek opinion poll before June 17 elections showed New Democracy, the largest pro-bailout party, leading Syriza, which calls for the cancellation of the country’s bailout terms. Of 1,128 people surveyed by Marc SA for Athens-based Alpha TV, 26 percent...

Hollande Wants Greece to Choose Europe

French President Francois Hollande said that he wanted Greek voters to "choose Europe" in upcoming polls and branded remarks by the IMF chief that Greeks dodged taxes as disrespectful. "The Greeks must face their responsibilities -- be aware that what...

New Opinion Poll Shows Majority Want Revised Bailout Terms

Most Greeks want to see the terms of an international financial rescue revised even as they acknowledge that not abiding by austerity measures required for the funds may lead to the country leaving the single currency, according to an...

Dora Bakoyiannis Accuses Leading Members of Syriza of Supporting 17N

Dora Bakoyiannis, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, accused some of the leading members of Syriza that they had supported 17N in its trial. Ms. Bakoyianni has every right to be sensitive over the issue of terrorism as her husband,...

New Democracy Placed Ahead Of Syriza, Two New Polls Show

Two new Greek opinion polls showed the bailout-supporting conservative New Democracy party maintaining a lead ahead of June 17 elections over Syriza, which opposes implementing the program. New Democracy had 25.6 percent support while Syriza had 22.9 percent, a survey...

Poll: Anti-bailout Left Has Four-Point Lead

Greece's radical-left Syriza party is leading in the race to win the country's elections next month, a public-opinion poll showed Thursday, outpacing the rival conservative New Democracy party by a four-point margin. According to the poll for the privately owned...