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Japan stocks shrug off Greece fears
February 20th, 2015
Japanese stocks are rallying further despite concerns Greece may be forced to leave the eurozone should it fail to negotiate a new bailout deal. Germany rejected a Greek request for a six-month extension to its loan programme without austerity reforms, ...
Greece gets lifeline as ECB agrees €3.3bn extra emergency funds
February 19th, 2015
Total funding on offer now €68.3bn as Greek banks come close to using €65bn of liquidity funds granted by European Central Bank The embattled Greek government has been thrown a lifeline by the European Central Bank after the ECB agreed to ...
Greece to submit request for extension of loan agreement on Thursday
February 18th, 2015
Finance Minister Varoufakis discussed the negotiations with European Commissioner Moscovici on Tuesday Although government spokesman Gabried Sakellaridis initially stated that the Greek government was going to submit a request a six-month extension of the loan agreement on Wednesday, it was announced ...
Greece faces resistance to extra emergency funds for banks
February 18th, 2015
The European Central Bank faces resistance from Germany to allowing any extra emergency lending for Greek banks, people familiar with the matter said, increasing pressure on Athens to sign up to an extended aid-for-reform program. After talks between Greece and euro zone creditors broke down ...
Greece to try for loan extension from eurozone
February 18th, 2015
Request sees bailout terms being set aside Greece is set to submit Wednesday to the Eurogroup a request for a six-month extension to its loan agreement with its creditors, sources close to the negotiations between Athens and the eurozone ...
Dijsselbloem: Extension of program could provide “protective umbrella” for Greece
February 17th, 2015
After the conclusion of the meeting An Ecofin meeting was completed in Brussels on Tuesday without any mention of the possibility of an agreement between the Greek government and the country’s Euro zone partners. After the conclusion of the ...
Greece’s Varoufakis Says ‘No More Loans’ Until Credible Growth Plan: NYT Interview
February 17th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said his government was not asking for a way out of repaying the country’s debt, but wanted a few months of financial stability. In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Varoufakis also ...
Greece defies creditors, seeking credit but no bailout
February 17th, 2015
Talks between Greece and euro zone finance ministers over the country’s debt crisis broke down on Monday when Athens rejected a proposal to request a six-month extension of its international bailout package as “unacceptable”. The unexpectedly rapid collapse raised doubts about Greece’s future ...
Greece vs. Eurogroup: Low expectations for a deal
February 16th, 2015
A crash test for the new Greek government’s endurance The international creditors of Greece appear to have hardened their stand prior to Monday’s Eurogroup meeting aimed at finding common ground with Greece’s new Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government. Initially, ...
Greece, lenders appear to edge closer to deal
February 13th, 2015
There were hopes on Thursday that Greece and the eurozone might be edging toward a deal after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, attending his first European Union summit, agreed for government officials and representatives of the country’s lenders to find ...