Greece: Grasping for relief
05/01/2015
An election offers many hope but even a Syriza-led government may have to prolong austerity
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Alexis Tsipras or Antonis Samaras? Greece begins to weigh up the options
05/01/2015
Polls suggest leader of radical left Syriza party still has the edge over country’s prime minister in runup to 25 January election
Germany should not scoff at Greece
05/01/2015
Germany is playing hardball with Greece, insisting on austerity and rigor that could turn the southern European country’s drama into tragedy and lead to a “Grexit” in which the euro…
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A left-wing extremist from the Greek militant group November 17 has been re-arrested after almost a year on the run, police say.
Papandreou launches party, aims for post-election role
03/01/2015
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Der Spiegel: Germany believes euro zone could cope with Greece exit
03/01/2015
The German government believes that the euro zone would now be able to cope with a Greece exit if that proved to be necessary, Der Spiegel news magazine reported on…
Voting for brinkmanship while the real economy needs solutions
02/01/2015
Jens Bastian argues that two victims of the sustained political uncertainty are already visible: for one, the reputational costs of this saga for the country and, secondly, the consequences of…
FT: Greece’s Syriza "may even be a positive for the eurozone"
02/01/2015
With Syriza leading the polls and a snap election set for January 25, the more surprising factor may be the party’s success at dispelling at least some investors’ worst fears.
Outspoken ND parliamentary spokesman lashes out at Attica governor for not attending church on New Year’s day
02/01/2015
Conservative MP Adonis Georgiadis attempts to include a religious component in the pre-election campaign and describes the absence of Rena Dourou from a church service on New Year’s day as…