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Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras Heads to Moscow as Bailout Talks Drag On
April 6th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will be walking a fine line in Moscow this week, aiming to demonstrate an independent streak to voters at home without irritating the European Union as he negotiates for urgently needed funding. Greek officials and ...
Greece to draft new reform plan within days – EU leaders
March 20th, 2015
EU leaders say Greece has agreed to come up with a new reform plan within days to secure the additional bailout funds required to prevent bankruptcy. The development came after marathon talks between Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, German Chancellor ...
Greek Parliament Passes Antipoverty Bill
March 19th, 2015
International creditors had asked Greece to hold off on voting until they assessed budget impact Greek lawmakers passed an antipoverty bill Thursday despite not having the green light from international creditors on the law, in the latest snag in ...
Greek PM seeks meeting with top EU leaders as cash crunch deepens
March 17th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has requested a meeting with top European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel at this week’s EU summit, a Greek official said on Tuesday, as his cash-strapped government scrambles to stave off bankruptcy. As ...
Merkel says France reforms on ‘right track’
March 4th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that French economic reforms put the country on the “right track” after Paris won a two-year delay from the EU to get its budget deficit back within Brussels limits. “I think France is ...
Eurogroup: EU “Trojan Horses” and cracks in the wall
February 20th, 2015
Friday’s Eurogroup is expected to be a tough day of negotiation and a last chance for a “mutually beneficial” situation Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’ proposal for a six-month extension of its bailout facility was rejected by Germany that won’t ...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
Merkel Says Greek Diplomatic Offensive Is Failing
February 5th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that a diplomatic offensive by newly elected Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to ease his nation’s bailout-aid requirements is failing to win over converts. “I don’t think that the positions of the member states ...
Markets advance in anticipation of the ECB meeting
January 20th, 2015
US stock markets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. When trading resumes today investor attention will likely be focused on earnings reports of big corporations like Morgan Stanley, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Netflix. ...
EU will give France and Italy more time to implement tough reforms
November 25th, 2014
The EU will give France and Italy until next spring to implement tough reforms, delaying a verdict on national overspending originally set for this week, a European source told AFP. The decision, to be approved by the European Commission ...
