Germany΄s current account surplus will likely hit a new record of 278 billion euros in 2016, overtaking that of China again to become the world΄s largest, Munich-based Ifo economic institute…
Several weeks before the European and local elections the government suddenly remembers the homeless; the data regarding height of the primary surplus in 2013 is finalized; the insured face hidden…
In Greece’s ongoing negotiations with its troika of lenders of crucial importance is the primary budget surplus the government claims to have achieved for 2013. Yet despite the central significance…
SYRIZA maintains its lead in the polls; the government is in the dock over the ‘Lagarde List’; George Clooney reignites the issue of the Parthenon Marbles; the sale of the…
The new loan package to Greece will include strict conditions and penalties; voters will choose MEPs directly in European Parliament elections; a public prosecutor warns finance ministers not to block…
The government partially backs down on tax requirements for farmers; troika auditors put the primary budget surplus under the microscope; the government is not providing earthquake-hit Kefalonia residents with meaningful…
Samaras and Venizelos’s optimism is contradicted by statements from German officials implying that Greece will need another round of bailout loans. Influential German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine also sets a harsh…
With a deal still yet to be struck with the troika, shadows of suspicion and doubt are cast by German news sources over Greece. Some question whether the Greek government…
Quotes from his first television interview as PM with Greek channel "Mega", on the political show "Anatropi".