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The growth rate of the Greek economy in the second half of 2016 will probably be positive, resulting in zero at the end of the year, according to a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development report. The report, called Regional...

The forecasts for the Greek economy are optimistic for the short term, but not for the medium and long term, an International Monetary Fund report says. According to the IMF World Economic Outlook report, 2016 will see a 0.1% growth,...

"The argument between austerity and growth is over. Right now everyone agrees that we need to support growth," said U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in a public debate in Italy. According to a report in the online edition of Italian...

Greek Parliament's quarterly report points to growth prospects to follow the completion of the first review and "additional bailout." The report states that development will come if the reforms are adopted, but there are still dangers lurking. The report stresses...

Government officials expressed their content over Eurostat's second bunch of economic figures on the Greek economy in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday. Eurostat's data confirmed the estimates of the Greek government for return to recovery...

  The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a set of one-off measures aimed at boosting the effective spending of 35 billion euros earmarked for Greece in the EU 2014-2020 budget. The funds include 20 billion euros from the European structural and...

The Greek government made public the outline of the proposal to international creditors, including some concessions, with the belief that it is a realistic plan that would solve the debt problem and lead to economic growth. The eight points of...

In an interview with the American TV Network CNN earlier today, U.S. President, Barack Obama, underlined that austerity can no longer be imposed on people. In what is seen as a powerful appeal to European leaders and in direct support of...

The EU Summit was particularly important for the European Union’s orientation to a growth direction, according to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. The Premier agreed on speeding up the process for making use of EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker's 315-billion-euro...

To the reforms and the progress Greece has made during all this time, referred the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, after his meeting with Greek government Vice President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, earlier this afternoon in Berlin. "Greece has gone...