Barack Obama

International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials have sent a clear message to Greece, warning that the new government's plan to abolish the Troika representing the country's creditors, cannot be easily fulfilled. As they highlighted, there might have been a contact between Greek Prime Minister...

A mission of U.S. Treasury officials is expected to visit Athens soon for talks with the Greek government, as part of a series of missions on debt crisis issues, according to sources in Washington, DC. The Treasury members are experienced...

In an interview with the American TV Network CNN earlier today, U.S. President, Barack Obama, underlined that austerity can no longer be imposed on people. In what is seen as a powerful appeal to European leaders and in direct support of...

On Wednesday night U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on his victory over the phone. According to sources from the government headquarters in Athens, Greece, the U.S. President declared his support on European efforts to leave austerity policies...

Sunday's Greek elections had more than one winner. In fact, several winners emerged from the ballot, some completely unexpected. SYRIZA scored the first victory of a leftist party in Greek history. Next to SYRIZA, the full of contradictions Independent Greeks...

President Barack Obama has reiterated the US’ strong support for efforts to bring about a settlement in Cyprus, describing the Republic as a “valued friend and a partner” of Washington. “I also reiterate my strong support for efforts to achieve...

The reunification talks on the Cyprus issue are on again! This time, there seems to be a new political development and a general consensus that a political solution may be near. It is possible that a “deal in principle”...

It wasn't a receptive audience, but Greece's major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, meeting in Strasbourg, France with European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, told him that Greece can't afford to...

Enraged that then-Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in 2011 said he would call a referendum and let Greeks decide whether to accept harsh terms of a second international bailout - which could have pushed Greece out of the Eurozone...

According to a recent survey carried out by Kappa Research for the newspaper To Vima tis Kiriakis, the public opinion in Greece shows many abandoning a long-standing anti-American feeling. To the question “Given the present political and economic circumstances, with...