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Greeks Sell-Off Assets to Repay Debts in Europe’s Newest Onion Economy
- January 21, 2013
- Afandou
- Agricultural Bank of Greece
- Antonis Samaras
- ATE
- Athens
- Athens airport
- Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company
- Bailout
- beaches
- Europe
- EYDAP
- firesale
- government assets
- government rollback
- Greece
- Greek
- Greek Debt
- Greek debt crisis
- Greek government
- Greek lottery
- Hellenic Horse Racing Company
- Hellenic Petroleum
- Hellenic Post
- HELPE
- IMF
- International Monetary Fund
- Investment
- Piraeus Bank
- Prime Minister
- private investors
- Privatization
- Rhodes
- sale
- Sovereign Debt
- state assets
- state holdings
Firesale privatization of Greek State Assets Raises Concerns for Future of Greece, accusations of Corruption In order to repay its sovereign debts, the Greek government has placed everything from a police headquarters in Athens to leasing private beaches on the auction block to raise much-needed funds. As part of its bailout of Greece, the International Monetary Fund […]
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Talks to Form Greek Coalition Government Collapse – New Elections Expected as Euro Zone in Turmoil
- May 15, 2012
- Alexis Tsipras
- Antonis Samaras
- Austerity
- Bailout
- Chryssi Avgi
- coalition government
- Euro
- Euro bonds
- Europe
- European Central Bank
- European Debt Crisis
- European Union
- eurozone
- Finance
- financial crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek
- Greek Debt
- Greek debt crisis
- IMF
- Karolos Papoulias
- left coalition
- leftist coalition
- Monetary Union
- New Democracy
- Pan Hellenic Socialism
- PASOK
- socialist
- Sovereign Debt
- SYRIZA
Greek President Karolos Papoulias has announced that talks to form a coalition, technocratic government have failed and new elections are expected. Evangelos Venizelos, leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), has presided over three failed coalition talks and is now instrumental in forming a caretaker government to chaperone Greece into its next round of elections. […]
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Germany Threatens to Cut Greece Off
- May 9, 2012
- Alexis Tsipras
- Angela Merkel
- Antonis Samaras
- Austerity
- Bailout
- Chryssi Avgi
- coalition government
- ECB
- Euro
- Euro bonds
- Europe
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- European Debt Crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek
- Greek Debt
- Greek debt crisis
- IMF
- Karolos Papoulias
- left coalition
- leftist coalition
- Martin Schulz
- New Democracy
- Pan Hellenic Socialism
- PASOK
- socialist
- Sovereign Debt
- SYRIZA
Responding to Greek leftist coalition Syriza’s leader Alexis Tsipras’ vow to abandon the debt resettlement terms, German leaders vowed today to cut Greece off from any international monetary aid if they fail to support the debt renegotiation settlement terms. Struggling to form a government in the wake of the May 6 elections, Greece’s leadership has […]
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Greek Political Crisis Emerges as Leftist Coalition Syriza’s Leader Alexis Tsipras Vows to Reject Austerity
- May 8, 2012
- Alexis Tsipras
- Antonis Samaras
- Austerity
- Bailout
- Chryssi Avgi
- coalition government
- Euro
- Euro bonds
- Europe
- European Central Bank
- European Debt Crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek
- Greek Debt
- Greek debt crisis
- IMF
- Karolos Papoulias
- left coalition
- leftist coalition
- New Democracy
- Pan Hellenic Socialism
- PASOK
- socialist
- Sovereign Debt
- SYRIZA
The fate of Greece rests in the hands of a newly elected far-left leader, Alexis Tsipras, propelled to power on a platform that Greece could no longer support her international loan agreements. The anti-austerity, leftist coalition, Syriza, emerged surprisingly strong after this past weekend’s poll, winning 16.8% of the vote. News of Greek anti-austerity measures […]
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Greek Rage at the Polls Results in Seats in the Parliament for Nationalist, Neo-Nazi Party the Golden Dawn
- May 6, 2012
- Antonis Samaras
- Athens
- Austerity
- business and finance
- coalition government
- Continental Politics
- Corruption
- cronyism
- Debt Crisis
- euro currency
- Euro-skepticism
- European Central Bank
- European Union
- eurozone
- global economic crisis
- Golden Dawn
- Greece
- Greek elections
- Greek Parliamentary Elections
- IMF
- International Monetary Fund
- Monetary Union
- neo-Nazi
- New Democracy
- Nikolaos Michaloliakos
- Panhellenic Socialist Movement
- PASOK
The start of voting in an early general election in Greece has not gone well for proponents of the European idea: After two years of austerity and financial crisis, the Greek public is turning away from the traditional conservative New Democracy party and the socialist Pasok, the two poles of Greek political life for decades. […]
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Eurozone Leaders Prepare for Papandreou’s Departure as Greek Prime Minister.
Things are not getting easier for Papandreou as his crisis stricken government is said to be on the moves to oust him as prime minister and replace him with current finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos. Even though Papandreou survived the confidence vote at 153 to 145, he is a divisive figure incapable of uniting the nation […]
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou Comes from Prominent Political Family.
Greece and its Prime Minister, George Papandreou, have been at the center of the debt crisis wracking the eurozone since its beginning. In many ways, Papandreou has become the target of scorn for both Europeans and frustrated Greeks and, after narrowly surviving a confidence vote this past Friday, it is any wonder he thinks himself […]
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