Search Results for: Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras
Greece’s election king still has it all to prove – The City View
September 21st, 2015
Hats off to Alexis Tsipras. In hindsight, we should not have believed that the Greek PM was facing a tough challenge in his bid for re-election. True, polls showed Syriza neck-and-neck with its nearest rival – the New Democracy ...
Greece debt crisis: Interim PM Thanou is first woman leader
August 28th, 2015
Greece‘s top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month. President Prokopis Pavlopoulos named Ms Thanou after efforts to form a coalition failed. Last week, Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime ...
Greece in tatters: Why snap election can’t save nation in crisis
August 24th, 2015
Greece is headed for its fifth general election in the last six years … After convincingly winning an election in January 2015 on an anti-austerity platform and securing a triumphant win for “No” in the referendum on a bailout deal in ...
Greece to get 6 billion euros in bridge loans if no agreement at Eurogroup
August 14th, 2015
Greece could get 6.04 billion euros in bridge financing if euro zone finance ministers cannot agree on the planned third bailout for Athens when they meet on Friday, according to German newspaper Bild, citing a European Commission proposal for ...
Greece debt crisis: Tension rises ahead of vote on third bailout
August 13th, 2015
Faced with opposition to a new Greek bailout at home and abroad, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday expressed confidence that the deal would gain approval in what promises to be a tough vote in Greece’s Parliament in ...
Greece: Deal to go to Parliament after creditors’ approval
August 12th, 2015
After securing an agreement with representatives of Greece’s international creditors on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras must now consider how to push the deal through Parliament as efficiently as possible amid opposition at home and abroad. The deal ...
Greece and lenders agree bailout, shares rally
August 11th, 2015
Greece and its international lenders reached an 85 billion euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after nailing down the terms of new loans needed to save the country from financial ruin. The deal, which came after 23 hours of talks ...
Drachma revolt adds unease to Greece’s awkward alliance
July 30th, 2015
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ power-sharing acrobatics look harder to perform by the day. Opposition parties are propping up his left-wing government long enough to negotiate a new bailout and keep the country in the eurozone, while senior members of ...
Greece passes second reforms to unlock bailout deal
July 23rd, 2015
Crucial bill secures enough votes in parliament, with government hoping to open bailout negotiations this week. Greece‘s parliament has passed legislation on a second batch of reforms needed to help unlock a huge international bailout for the country’s stricken ...
Greece Holds Out, Wins Even Worse Deal
July 14th, 2015
The hostile takeover is almost complete. On Sunday Greece agreed not just to Germany’s original demands, but to even more: “(Bloomberg) – The conditions that Tsipras swallowed comprised a laundry list of unfinished business from Greece’s two previous bailouts ...
