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Greek stocks recover some losses after turbulent start to week
EconomyFollowing the sharp drop of 9.24 percent on Wednesday, the Greek stock market rebounded 3.16 percent on Thursday but only partially mitigated this week's losses, which still stand at -12.7 percent. Wednesday night's statements by the newly appointed deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis seem
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek Politicsduring Thursday’s meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Parliament President
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In effort to reach new deal, Greek government cannot ignore liquidity constraints
EconomyProgrammeThe government has a series of important milestones το confront on the liquidity front, although Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis has insisted that there is no cause for concern at the moment. On Wednesday, the European Central Bank Governing Council will decide on the extension
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Another euro stitch unpicked
Agoraon Ireland in 2010 to accept a bailout, on then Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 2011
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This is the deal Greece will go in search of at Wednesday's sceptical Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politics. Policy programme Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to strike a moderate tone when he sets
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Greek stocks tumble, bond yields rise in wake of Tsipras speech
EconomyThe Greek stock market plunged 4.75 percent on Monday with relatively subdued volumes in the aftermath of prime minister’s speech in the Parliament on Sunday evening, outlining the government’s policy programme. Investors remained concerned as Tsipras stuck to his pre-election pledges, while
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Greece prepares set of proposals for bridging deal with eurozone
PoliticsGreek PoliticsOne day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s presented his government’s policy programme in Parliament, the Finance Ministry has been briefing journalists on what will be the four pillars of Greece’s proposal to the Eurogroup on Wednesday. Unlike earlier indications that Greece would seek
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Beyond economic policy, new Greek coalition starts setting out agenda
PoliticsGreek PoliticsUnderstandably, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras set out his government’s policy programme on Sunday, all the attention has fallen on whether Greece will be able to reach an agreement with its lenders, starting with Wednesday’s Eurogroup. However, as the eurozone waits to find out what Finance
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What we've got here is a failure to communicate
Agorathe January 25 elections, Yiannis Dragasakis (now Deputy Prime Minister) spoke of negotiating a six-month
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As negotiations start, Greek coalition draws confidence from public opinion
PoliticsGreek Politicshas led to some Greeks holding back payments. In his policy programme speech on Sunday, Prime
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