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Varoufakis Reacts to Criticism on the 1-Year Anniversary of the Greek Referendum

A year since the anniversary of the Greek Referendum on July 5, 2015, when Greeks rejected the terms of the bailout conditions that were subsequently imposed on the country anyway, American economist James Galbraith explained Plan B for Greece that had been drafted...

Antonis Samaras Resigns from 'ND' Party Leadership after NO Win in Greek referendum

Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras resigned from the leadership of his party after a landslide win of the NO vote his party strongly opposed in the Greek referendum. The centre-right wing New Democracy party faced a leadership crisis after an...

Chairman of JCS Visits Athens

The Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff and United States Army General Martin Dempsey will be visiting Greece on December 8-9. The American General will meet with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the Minister of National Defense Dimitris Avramopoulos...

Venizelos Kills Stournaras With Kindness

Greek Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos, who served as the country's finance chief in a previous PASOK Socialist administration, took some verbal shots at current Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras' method of handling the country's ongoing economic crisis, widening the...

Crucial Meeting Between Samaras and Merkel in Berlin

In a very crucial moment for Greece, when Troika asks for further growth and Wolfgang Schäuble--the German Minister of Finance--recommends respect towards Greece, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, will travel to Berlin on November 22, where he will meet...

Berlin: Samaras in the European Leaders Meeting

On November 23, the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will participate in the annual leaders meeting organised by the German newspaper "Sueddeutsche Zeitung." In this year's meeting, which will take place from November 21 to 23 in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel,...

Samaras Pushes EU on Illegal Immigration and Jobs for Youth

Arriving at a meeting of European Union leaders in Brussels, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said he would "push" for solutions to the problems of illegal immigration and youth unemployment. As he said to reporters "We're here to push for more...

Samaras and Venizelos Say "No" to Horizontal Measures

During their meeting, the Greek Prime Minister, Samaras and the vice-president of the government, Venizelos, resulted in a programmatic agreement. The text, among others, states that the stability of the government and the completion of four years in office are...

Greek Government Ready for a Tough Battle

The Greek government is ready to negotiate with the Troika about the prerequisites for the next tranche of 1.1 billion, the debt and the fiscal gap. The Greek government is determined not to take new fiscal measures since Greece has complied...

Troika Talks Break Down Again

Continuing a repetitive pattern in which Greece's international lenders threaten to withhold funds unless reforms are made - to which Greece objects and then begins to implement slowly before there's another stall - talks between envoys from the Troika...