Athens Informer

ANALYSIS The IMF’s assessment of the first Greek bailout program is correct overall and the self-criticism it has exercised should be welcome. In a number of aspects, it agrees with part of the criticism directed at the design of the original plan over… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The IMF’s assessment of the first Greek bailout program is correct overall and the self-criticism it has exercised should be welcome. In a number of aspects, it agrees with part of the criticism directed at the design of the original plan over the past fe… … Full News here – Latest News

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A few hours after the International Monetary Fund acknowledged “notable failures” in tackling Greece’s first international bailout, the European Commission on Thursday defended its handling of the crisis. “We fundamentally disagree,” EC spokesman Simon O’… … Full News here – Latest News

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This is not a good time for talking about an overhaul of Athens’s official sector loans – a process known as OSI, or official sector involvement – the prime minister of Luxembourg and former head of the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker, said in an interview… … Full News here – Latest News

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On Athens visit, Dijsselbloem leaves options open on new Greek debt relief and … The possibility of Greek public debt being reduced further is unlikely to be decided before April 2014 but Greece is likely to find out on June 20 if the 50 billion euros it has borrowed to recapitalize its banks will be [...]

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The possibility of Greek public debt being reduced further is unlikely to be decided before April 2014 but Greece is likely to find out on June 20 if the 50 billion euros it has borrowed to recapitalize its banks will be recorded on the books of the… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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A commentary in Germany’s influential newspaper Die Welt broaching the issue of Greece’s renewed calls for Berlin to pay reparations to Greece for World War II has suggested that German authorities may have to consider waiving part of Greece’s huge… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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A commentary in Germany’s influential newspaper Die Welt broaching the issue of Greece’s renewed calls for Berlin to pay reparations to Greece for World War II has suggested that German authorities may have to consider waiving part of Greece’s huge debt b… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greek government debt declined from 170.3 percent of gross domestic product in 2011 to 156.9 percent of GDP at the end of last year, according to figures published by Eurostat on Monday. The European Union’s statistical arm also found that Greece’s defici… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greece’s heart attack rate has gone up by 29 percent since the onset of the country’s financial crisis, a new study has suggested. The study, which was presented on the Open Democracy website, was based on regular checks on 22,093 patients at… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The head of the main leftist opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, called over the weekend for the shaky coalition government to step down and pave the way for new elections, claiming that this was “the only way out” for a country seemingly condemned to… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Greece’s heart attack rate has gone up by 29 percent since the onset of the country’s financial crisis, a new study has suggested. The study, which was presented on the Open Democracy website, was based on regular checks on 22,093 patients at Kalamata’s G… … Full News here – Latest News

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The head of the main leftist opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, called on Saturday for the shaky coalition government to step down and pave the way for new elections, claiming that this was “the only way out” for a country seemingly condemned to endless a… … Full News here – Latest News

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The head of the main leftist opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, called on Saturday for the shaky coalition government to step down and pave the way for new elections, claiming that this was “the only way out” for a country seemingly condemned to endless a… … Full News here – Latest News

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Police in Thessaloniki on Friday arrested the 73-year-old owner of an Internet cafe in the northern city’s Ambelokipi district over an unpaid tax bill of 1.3 million euros. According to sources, the woman has already been convicted seven times for violati… … Full News here – Latest News

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