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Tsipras wins referendum but sceptical lenders, limited time stand in way of deal
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSunday's referendum appeared to deliver a resounding victory to the government's "No" to the proposals by Greece's lenders, marking the start of a great period of economic and political uncertainty. The fact that "No" was on course to gain at least 60 percent of the vote means that Prime Minister
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Tsipras's proposals to lenders come under SYRIZA scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a Eurogroup on Saturday. The vote will be to authorise Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance
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Newsletter 34 - 10/07/2015
Sliding from No to Yes Govt proposals resemble those put forward by Commission The Greek Parliament is due to vote late on Friday or on Saturday whether to authorise Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos to negotiate an agreement with lenders based on proposals sent
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ELA funding up by 9.2 bln in June, banknotes in circulation reach all-time high
EconomyMacroeconomythe referendum was called by the Greek Prime Minister, and increased it for the first time since
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Greece trying to redefine its diplomatic role in the Western Balkans
PoliticsForeign PolicyForeign Minister Nikos Kotzias’s recent tour of the Western Balkans has ended up causing a diplomatic row between Belgrade and Athens. It seems that Serbia was annoyed by statements that Kotzias made during his visit to Kosovo's Pristina. In a joint press conference with Kosovo's Prime Minister
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On the Greek crisis and German imbalances
Agoraeconomy, and 2) that this deterioration would have weakened its negotiating power as Prime Minister
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Tension within SYRIZA growing, split looming ever closer
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA split within SYRIZA seems only a matter of time following Monday’s developments in Athens. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the party’s political secretariat and reiterated his position that he had no other viable option but to agree to a third bailout, having exhausted all possibilities
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SYRIZA's left wing hoping to prevent Tsipras from concluding bailout talks
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Alexis Tsipras may find it difficult to fulfil his goal of pushing aside the squabble with SYRIZA radicals until after there has been an agreement with lenders on the third bailout. Tuesday's meeting of the party's 12-member political secretariat (the second in two days) failed
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New prior actions may prove obstacle as Athens talks intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsblow to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He was forced to remove these provisions from the previous
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Parliament's budget office rings alarm bell on economic prospects
EconomyMacroeconomyof reliability may have political, social and economic implications, although the Prime Minister’s
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