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Economy
New Democracy MP Mitsotakis: We Will Vote in Favor of the Loan Extension Agreement
New Democracy MP and parliamentary spokesperson Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed today that the main opposition party will vote in favor of the four-month loan extension agreement, when this comes to the Greek Parliament. As he highlighted in an interview with...
Economy
Greek State Min: There Will Not Be a Credit Event
Greek State Minister for Coordinating Government Operations Alekos Flambouraris on Thursday in statements to Mega TV appeared reassuring on the liquidity issue.
“There is a liquidity issue but we believe that in the immediate future, with the measures we will...
Economy
Statements of 'Hard' Negotiation Is a 'Publicity Scam,' KKE's Koutsoumbas Says
In Friday's big rally at Syntagma square, the Greek Communist Party (KKE) wants to inform the Greek citizens on its positions, the party secretary-general Dimitris Koutsoumbas on Thursday told ANT1 TV.
People should not be disappointed, Koutsoumbas noted adding that...
Economy
Internal Disagreements Within SYRIZA After Bridge-Program Deal
The 12-hour meeting of the SYRIZA parliamentary group was marked by serious disagreements over the Eurogroup deal on Tuesday that extends the bailout program for another four months.
The loudest disagreements came from Minister of Productive Reconstruction Panagiotis Lafazanis and...
Economy
German Historian: Rich Greeks Evade Taxes Since 1830
"The rich were exempt from taxes since the birth of the Greek state in 1830," said German historian Heinz Richter, criticizing Greek political parties.
The German historian and author is professor emeritus of modern Greek and Cypriot history at the...
Economy
Greek Govt Holds 'Constructive' Dialogue in the Aftermath of the Eurogroup Teleconference
A "constructive" debate centered on the list of reforms the Greek government had earlier sent to the country's loan partners -who approved it- was conducted earlier by the Government Council, according to SYRIZA sources.
During the discussion though, there were certain reservations...
Greece
Alexis Tsipras Should Win the SYRIZA 'Civil War'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has achieved a lot using his charisma. He won the election, he formed a government immediately and got to work right away. He even managed to get behind him people who haven't voted for him,...
Economy
Greek FinMin to CNN: Electorate Excited with New Deal
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the electorate is excited with the new deal when he spoke to CNN a few hours before sending the final list of reforms by the Greek government to its European partners.
Mr. Varoufakis spoke to...
Greece
Mikis Theodorakis to Greek PM Tsipras: Say 'No' to Schaeuble's 'Nein'
Internationally acclaimed composer Mikis Theodorakis stood on the side of the historic member of the Greek Left and SYRIZA MEP Manolis Glezos who yesterday publicly apologized to the Greek people for contributing to an "illusion," as he characterized the...
Greece
Productive Reconstruction Minister Lafazanis: Eurogroup Agreement Should Not Void the Gov't Program
Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister, Panagiotis Lafazanis, in two interviews with Greek Sunday newspapers Proto Thema and Realnews, expressed his opinion that the agreement reached on Friday's Eurogroup between the Greek government and the country's Eurozone partners should...