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Showing posts with label Alexis Tsipras. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alexis Tsipras. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2015

Greece Awaits Troika’s Return As August ECB Payment Looms

Greece’s cash-strapped government is racing to meet another deadline as it tries to finalize a new bailout agreement before a payment on bonds held by the European Central Bank comes due on Aug. 20.

Friday, July 17, 2015

ECB agrees to more emergency loans for Greek banks

The Greek bank rescue mission is finally underway, but it is coming slowly. In a surprise announcement on Thursday, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi announced that the Greek banks would receive an additional €900-million ($1.27-billion) in emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) loans over one week.

Thursday, July 09, 2015

Greeks Work on Crafting Now-or-Never Reform Plan to Keep Euro

Greece is working against the clock on a package of proposed reforms to convince European leaders headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that it can keep the euro.

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Emerging Currencies Drop, Led by Forint, After Greece ‘No’ Vote

The Hungarian forint and the Romanian leu led emerging-market currencies lower as Greece’s rejection of austerity measures heightened the chance the nation will exit the euro, damping demand for riskier assets.

Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Greece gets little sympathy from poorer neighbors

Throughout months of acrimonious haggling with creditors, Greece's left-wing government has cast itself as the victim of an elitist financial and political order beholden to Europe's stingy rich, notably Germans.

Monday, June 29, 2015

European markets are bracing for a wave of contagion from Greece

LONDON (Reuters) - European markets are braced for a wave of contagion from Greece on Monday, with heavy losses for southern European government bonds and regional stock markets expected as investors scramble to discount a possible "Grexit" that most had still assumed was unlikely as late as Friday afternoon.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

The ECB's in a Tight Spot Over Greece

European Central Bank policy makers will discuss Greek bank aid on Wednesday in a chore that is getting more uncomfortable every week.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Greece Aid Accord Looks Elusive as Tsipras Sticks to Red Lines

An agreement between Greece and its international creditors to unblock financing and avert a default looked elusive after Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he won’t strike a deal at any cost.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Greek PM Tsipras sees EU deal by next week


Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said Greece is in the final, critical stretch of talks with its international creditors and that he believes an interim deal will be in place by 9 May.

Friday, April 17, 2015

It's Time for the Eurozone to Let Greece and Tsipras Go

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Fish or cut bait, Alexis Tsipras, your 15 minutes of headline fame are up. The Greek Prime Minister Tsipras needs to decide whether he is serious about linking arms with the rest of the Eurozone and, if not, move on to handle the fallout of leaving it.