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Bailout talks inch forward as Juncker comments complicate matters

20/04/2016 - 15:26

Wednesday brought Greece and its lenders closer together in terms of the measures that will be adopted to conclude the bailout review but doubts about how remaining key differences will be bridged were exacerbated by comments from European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker that appeared to support Athens’s position.

Athens links extra measures with debt relief in search for review compromise

19/04/2016 - 12:35

Talks between Greece and its lenders were due to resume in Athens on Tuesday, with the Greek side aiming for a Staff Level Agreement before Friday’s Eurogroup meeting.

Youth wing scrap prefaces test for Mitsotakis at ND congress

19/04/2016 - 12:06

New Democracy is looking ahead to its congress this weekend, the first since Kyriakos Mitsotakis was elected party president and a key test for his nascent leadership.

Discontent in SYRIZA simmers as Tsipras seeks to conclude talks with creditors

18/04/2016 - 09:10

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have one eye on potential unrest within his party this week, as talks with Greece’s lenders resume, after SYRIZA’s largest faction raised a series of objections to the approach taken by the government.

PASOK and Potami seek common ground as Konstantopoulou prepares to return

15/04/2016 - 16:33

The slow-moving efforts by PASOK and To Potami to create a common platform continued this week with the creation of a joint committee to discuss areas where the parties can work together.

Amid risk of 2015 re-run, Greece searching for deal with lenders

13/04/2016 - 16:01

The breakup of bailout talks on Tuesday, the government’s decision to table income tax and pension bills without the lenders’ approval and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announcing an unexpected visit to French President Francois Hollande have generated speculation about Greece experiencing a re-run of last summer’s tension.

Break in bailout talks leaves question mark over their conclusion

12/04/2016 - 16:46

Another night of bailout talks in Athens on Monday failed to yield any tangible results, meaning Greece will have to remain on edge over the next few days as negotiators take a break for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings in Washington.

New party aims to mount challenge to the right of Mitsotakis's ND

11/04/2016 - 09:29

The government’s growing problems in dealing with the refugee crisis and the prolonged negotiations with Greece’s lenders are damaging the coalition’s credibility and working in the favour of the opposition parties.

Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along

07/04/2016 - 13:00

Away from the rhetoric generated by Saturday’s WikiLeaks publication, Greece and its lenders appear to be edging towards a compromise on how to get the bailout review moving and to secure a disbursement before Athens runs into payment problems in July.

Athens in quandary over IMF as Fund's role in bailout is firmed up

06/04/2016 - 16:52

The Greek government continued on Wednesday to give mixed messages about the International Monetary Fund’s involvement in the bailout, despite Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirming Germany’s position that the IMF should be part of the programme following a meeting with the Fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, a day earlier.