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Greece
Varoufakis To Publish Notorious Eurogroup Recordings from Turbulent 2015 Meetings
Greek Speaker of the House Constantine Tassoulas rebuked MeRA25 leader and ex-Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday for handing an envelope over to him containing a USB of the conversations he had secretly recorded while attending a Eurogroup discussion...
Greece
Did Greece's SYRIZA Government Ask Russia to Print Drachmas in 2015?
A bombshell revelation from a French book, claiming that the SYRIZA government asked Russia to print drachmas in order to replace the euro in 2015 has opened a new round of political controversy in Greece.
The claim, made in the...
Economy
New Book Reveals How Grexit Was About to Become Reality in 2015
A new book published on Thursday about the history of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) reveals new details of how Greece's exit from the Eurozone was on the table for negotiations in 2015. Perhaps most surprisingly, this was the...
Economy
Ex-PM Samaras Reveals Chancellor Merkel First Proposed Temporary Grexit in 2012
The former Prime Minister of Greece, Antonios Samaras, revealed in a documentary aired by SKAI on Thursday night, that Angela Merkel proposed a temporary Grexit in 2012.
Samaras, speaking in the latest episode of SKAI TV's ''Greek Bankruptcy'' documentary, explained...
Greece
Director Costa-Gavras Receives Grant To Take Varoufakis Book to Silver Screen
The Greek-French director Costa-Gavras secured recently a public grant from the Greek state of €630,000 to produce a film based on a book written by Greece's controversial former Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis.
Gavras intends to make a film out of...
Economy
Tsipras Urges Italy to Follow EU Rules
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has urged the Italian government to adhere to EU demands to lower the country's deficit, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
In a story titled "Tsipras' advice to Italy: Give in now -- later...
Diplomacy
Former French President Reveals 2015 Phone Call Which Prevented Grexit
Meeting President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos in Athens on Thursday, former French President Francois Hollande referred to the Pavlopoulos' important role during the summer of 2015, immediately after the EU referendum held in Greece.
According to Hollande, the...
Greece
Former French President: Grexit Threat was Not a Bluff
The Grexit threat in July 2015 was not a bluff, said former French president Francois Hollande, speaking about the crucial negotiations before the agreement was made on Greece's third bailout program.
In an interview with the Sunday edition of Kathimerini,...
Economy
Despite Government Celebrations, the Greek Crisis is Far from Over
It is official: Greece is exiting the third bailout program and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is calling on all citizens to celebrate the end of borrowing and applaud the country's ability to stand on its own feet after eight...
Economy
Economist Intelligence Unit: Greece Likely to Leave Eurozone in Medium Term
"Greece is more likely to leave the Eurozone in the medium term rather than continue to be a member," says an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report.
EIU is a British business within the Economist Group that provides economic forecasts and...