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Alexis Tsipras against internal and external “enemies” in pursue of a two-phase deal now

May 20, 2015 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

The Greek government and particularly the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is currently looking at a deal with the creditors but is facing both interior and exterior “enemies”. Mr Tsipras had extensive talks yesterday in Athens with the government’s officials in order to inform them about the negotiations’ progress. The Finance Minister of Greece – “pop star”, […]

Filed Under: Policy, Politics, Regional Tagged With: Alexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, EC, ECB, EU Summit, Francois Hollande, Greece, IMF, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Riga, SYRIZA, VAT increase, Yanis Varoufakis

Although Greece is struggling to pay salaries and pensions Varoufakis is “optimistic”; the Sting reports live from EBS 2015

May 13, 2015 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

The Greek government found a very last-minute solution to pay its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that was only due yesterday. However, it was last Thursday when Yanis Varoufakis was appearing to be optimistic about Greece’s situation and the overall negotiations with its creditors while attending the European Business Summit (EBS) 2015 where the […]