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Top EU officials eye deal by end-May as technical-level talks make gradual progress

20/05/2015(0)
As Greek government officials expressed their confidence that a deal with the country’s creditors is close, top European officials indicated Tuesday that although there has been progress in negotiations, ... Read More
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Are They About To Confiscate Money From Bank Accounts In Greece Just Like They Did In Cyprus?

19/05/2015(0)
Do you remember what happened when Cyprus decided to defy the EU?  In the end, the entire banking system of the nation collapsed and money was confiscated from private ... Read More
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Yanis Varoufakis says Greece will have a deal within a week (Video)

19/05/2015(0)
The Greek government’s coffers are running dry, but finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has good news — he thinks a bailout deal with the country’s international creditors is imminent. In ... Read More
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Greece wants loan deal by end of May

18/05/2015(3)
Greece wants to reach a loan deal with its EU-IMF creditors by the end of May to resolve an acute cash shortage, the government said on Monday. “A deal ... Read More
Mario Draghi - ECB

Draghi Says ECB Policy Potent as Low-Rate Risks Monitored

15/05/2015(0)
Mario Draghi said the European Central Bank’s non-standard measures have proven effective, and low interest rates haven’t yet led to financial imbalances. Unconventional actions “have proven so far to ... Read More
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Greece plays down referendum option, economy stutters

14/05/2015(0)
Greece‘s government on Wednesday ruled out rushing to a referendum to secure public support for unpopular reforms, opting instead to make a final push for a compromise with lenders ... Read More
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Top news of the day

12/05/2015(0)
1. Greece made a repayment of 750 million euro to IMF. Progress is made but work needs to be done. The move came after a what seemed a rare good news ... Read More
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Greece clears IMF hurdle but don’t relax just yet

12/05/2015(0)
With news that talks between Greece and its lenders are making slow but sure progress and Greece made a multi-million euro loan repayment to one of its lenders a ... Read More
Austrian Finance minister

Financial transaction tax unlikely before 2017-Austria finmin

12/05/2015(0)
Europe is unlikely to impose a financial transaction tax before 2017, not in 2016 as earlier planned, Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling told Reuters. The tax, first proposed ... Read More
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Eurogroup sees progress on Greece but wants more, soon

12/05/2015(0)
There were no positive or negative surprises at Monday’s Eurogroup for Greece as eurozone finance ministers confirmed in writing that there had been progress in talks between Athens and ... Read More
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