Merkel
Greece
Crucial Meeting Between Samaras and Merkel in Berlin
In a very crucial moment for Greece, when Troika asks for further growth and Wolfgang Schäuble--the German Minister of Finance--recommends respect towards Greece, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, will travel to Berlin on November 22, where he will meet...
Crime
Tsipras Says Austerity Boosts Golden Dawn
With social unrest raging again in Greece - this time over the killing of an anti-fascist for which a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party was arrested - major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader...
Europe
Most Germans Oppose Greek Aid
Some 61% of Germans oppose any more international loans - much of it coming from their country - for Greece, according to the results of the Political Barometer that was conducted for the ZDF TV channel.
In case Greece needs...
Europe
Greece Dominates Merkel’s Re-election Bid
According to Deutsche Welle, one of Merkel's weak points is to rescue Greece. With this strategy the Social Democratic Party (SPD) attempts to recover in the polls. The election campaign has a lot to do with Greece.
Thirty-one days are...
Economy
Greece’s Surplus Could Help Default
Bloomberg columnist Megan McArdle isn't so rosy about Greece's surplus helping the economy and said it could actually pave the way for the country to default on its loans.
She noted that not paying back what it owes - some...
Economy
Germany Stays Out Of Greek Reforms
With a political firestorm still raging in Greece over the government's decision to suddenly shut down the national broadcaster ERT, the German Chancellery repeated that Berlin is not involved in the way Greece applies necessary reforms and that it’s...
Europe
Merkel Says ERT Closing Samaras’ Call
An aide for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there hadn't been any recent contact with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras but that she said the closing of Greece's national broadcaster ERT was his doing and she had no input.
Merkel,...
Europe
Germany Needs More Foreign Nurses
German Health Minister Daniel Bahr told Die Welt newspaper on April 22 that he will take the necessary steps in order for immigration rules to be easy on healthcare workers. According to Bahr, Germany faces a chronic lack of...
Europe
Rehhagel Left Greece With Political Lesson
The 74-year-old former football manager who coached Greece to its stunning victory in the 2004 European Championships, Otto Rehhagel has returned to Germany where he faced criticism for comments about his country's role in imposing harsh austerity measures on...
Cyprus
Juncker Says Cypriots Treated As Bandits
Former Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker said a bailout deal that saved Cyprus' economy and banks from collapse had preserved the financial bloc but that the terms were so harsh and so much pressure was put on Cypriot officials that...