Greek Crisis
Greece
Greek President Appeals for Unity
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday underlined the need for national consensus on the major issues, ahead of a major rally planned for Athens on the 'Macedonia' name dispute.
Speaking in the coastal city of Kalamata on Friday, the president...
Greece
Varoufakis Reveals Outburst Against 'Stupid' Tsipras
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has revealed he accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of being “totally stupid” in accepting a demand by Greece’s creditors for big primary surpluses.
During an interview with Greece’s Parapolitika radio, Varoufakis said when he...
Economy
€6-7B Greek Bailout Tranche Set for Late January
The next Greek bailout tranche, worth 6 to 7 billion euros, is expected to be disbursed in late January, provided that 55 agreed-upon measures are undertaken by the Greek government by that time.
A Eurogroup source told the Athens -...
Economy
Die Welt: Greece is Recovering from the Crisis
Greece is recovering from the crisis and the economy finally grew again last year, according to an article in German newspaper Die Welt, published on Saturday.
The article notes the Greek economy is expected to perform better in 2018 and...
Greece
2017: The Year More Greeks Lost their Dignity
One of the (vague) election pledges of Alexis Tsipras was that his administration would restore the lost dignity of Greeks. That was also one of his slogans when he was negotiating with creditors before he brought back more of...
Economy
Greeks who Fled the Crisis Speak Out
It is estimated that at least 420,000 Greeks; half of which hold university degrees, left their homeland since the onset of the economic crisis in 2010, according to a 2017 Bank of Greece study.
Naturally, most of them communicate with their friends...
Greece
ND is Ready and has a Plan for Changing Greece, Mitsotakis Says
Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wrapped up ND's 11th conference on Sunday with the message that the party was ready to govern the country "and to lead Greece where it deserves to be."
"We are ready, we know...
Greece
IMF Approves in Principle €1.6 Billion Arrangement for Greece
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday approved in principle a €1.6 billion standby loan arrangement for Greece, making a conditional commitment to help underpin the country's long-running bailout program for the first time in two years.
But the IMF's approval-in-principle...
Hollywood
‘Freedom Besieged’ Sets Out to Change the Story of Greek Youth
For Greeks around the world tired of the negative associations and presumptions swirling around their homeland, and especially surrounding the Greek youth of today thanks to the crisis of recent years, Panayiotis Yannitsos' new feature-length documentary "Freedom Besieged" sets...
Greece
George Logothetis: 'Greeks, The Ordinary Heroes' (video)
"Many heroes are born and shaped from crises... There are many Greek heroes that are unseen, unheard and unappreciated," said Concordia Leadersip Counci Chairman George Logothetis at the Concordia Europe Summit in Athens on Wednesday.
Addressing the Concordia Europe Summit held in Athens,...