Search Results for: prime minister Alexis Tsipras
Greek Signals of Compromise Send Markets Soaring
February 4th, 2015
Greece’s new leaders, on a hopscotch tour of European capitals, convinced markets on Tuesday they are eager for a deal with creditors, but their still fuzzy proposals await a harder hearing from Athens’s toughest lender: the German government. Investors ...
Markets advance as oil rebounds
February 3rd, 2015
US markets recorded solid gains on Monday after a choppy trading session as investor sentiment improved with rebounding oil prices. Energy sector shares led the gains. Markets discounted disappointing economic news. The ISM report showed that manufacturing activity slowed ...
$11 Billion Wiped From Greek Banks on Nationalization Threat
January 29th, 2015
The amount that investors gave Greek lenders last year was wiped off in three days of trading amid the threat of greater government control. In a bid to boost balance sheets, the nation’s banks raised more than $11.5 billion ...
Grexit is back? Greece faces critical few weeks
February 6th, 2017
In the week of Groundhog Day it seemed entirely appropriate: Greek farmers, many on tractors, have once again been blockading roads and border posts amid mounting signs that the country long at the centre of Europe’s debt woes is ...
Davos 2016: eight key themes for the World Economic Forum
January 19th, 2016
Political and business leaders gather at Swiss ski resort to discuss issues including robots, terrorism, migration and inequality The world’s political and business leaders, plus the usual smattering of celebrities – including Leonardo DiCaprio – are heading to Davos, ...
IMF to remain part of bailout program, Greece told
January 15th, 2016
Remarks by J.Dijsselbloem following the Eurogroup meeting of 14 January 2016 Below is a statement by J.Dijsselbloem: Good afternoon and welcome to this press conference. I will address the issues that we discussed today and then give the floor ...
Greece, Cyprus and Egypt end trilateral talks with broad declaration
December 10th, 2015
The third round of trilateral talks between Greece, Cyprus and Egypt concluded in Athens on Wednesday with the signing of a declaration in which the three countries agreed to work more closely on security and energy issues. Greek Prime ...
Egypt expects $1.5 billion in aid by year-end; President in Greece for energy
December 8th, 2015
Egypt expects to receive $1.5 billion from the World Bank and African Development Bank by year-end to support the budget and could discuss potential IMF financing once parliament convenes, International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said. Egypt is implementing a ...
Greece’s turbulent year
September 21st, 2015
Greece’s Alexis Tsipras has said his left-wing Syriza party has a “clear mandate” after winning a second general election in less than nine months. But he said Greeks faced a difficult road and recovery from financial crisis would only ...
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 ...
