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Talks will determine ECB’s stance
April 16th, 2015
Frankfurt extends the limit on emergency liquidity assistance for local lenders by another 800 mln euros A few hours after the European Central Bank extended the limit on the cash available to local lenders by another 800 million euros, ...
Putin Meets With Alexis Tsipras of Greece, Raising Eyebrows in Europe
April 9th, 2015
With Russia and Greece at odds with Europe, this week’s visit from the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, “could not have come at a better time,” President Vladimir V. Putin said Wednesday. Mr. Tsipras, who is in tough negotiations with other European leaders over international financial ...
Alexis Tsipras flies to Moscow amid speculation of bailout from Putin
April 8th, 2015
Greek prime minister to sign accords with Russia, including gas price discount and possible loans in return for Greek assets, that would alarm EU creditors The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, began a controversial visit to Moscow on Tuesday as ...
Greece: Plans for cooperation with China
April 7th, 2015
Greece proposed a three-year cooperation plan to Beijing involving ports, ship building and repair, credit, supply chain and culture during Greek Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis’s recent visit to China, according to the Chinese government. Beijing said that it ...
Greece tells creditors it will run out of cash on April 9
April 2nd, 2015
Greece has told its creditors it will run out of money on April 9, making an appeal for more loans before reforms on which new disbursements hinge are agreed and implemented, but the request was rejected, euro zone officials said. The appeal ...
Samaras Says He’d Join Alliance to Keep Greece in Euro
April 2nd, 2015
As Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struggles to secure a financial bailout to stay in the euro, his chief rival said he’s open to offering a political rescue. Opposition leader Antonis Samaras, who was ousted by Tsipras in January ...
Greece: ECB raises ELA limit by 700 mln euros
April 2nd, 2015
Greek banks received a cash lifeline of just 700 million euros from the European Central Bank on Wednesday as this is the estimated amount of liquidity needed by the local credit system for one week given the outflow of ...
Greece PM says sanctions against Russia ‘a road to nowhere’
March 31st, 2015
The Greek premier stressed that the economic war is a “dead-end policy” Greece does not back the West’s sanctions against Russia as this is a “road to nowhere,” the country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an exclusive interview ...
Greece says not backing down on debt relief goal
March 30th, 2015
Greece has not given up on its aim to renegotiate its debt to render it manageable, the country’s deputy finance minister said on Monday as talks between Athens and its lenders on reforms to unlock aid continue. “The government has ...
Greece fails to convince Europe on EUR 1.2 bn payment
March 26th, 2015
Greece does not have the right to 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) it believed it mistakenly returned to the eurozone‘s bailout fund, an spokesman for the fund said Wednesday after talks with Greek officials. A working group from the ...
