Greece was given an ultimatum to reform by this Sunday or else. The EU indicated it had been trying to work with the country for half a decade to resolve her financial problems. Reform or Go The Greek Prime Minister, Tspiras, first has to meet … [Read more...]
July 1, 2015 – EU & Greece
One way or another, Greece and the European Union is guaranteed to be a hot topic in Europe again in July. Greece defaulted on a large loan payment on Tuesday June 30, 2015. Days earlier, her leaders called a referendum for Sunday (July 6, 2015). … [Read more...]
June 20, 2015 — Europe
In the EU last week, talk about the likelihood of a Grexit and a Brexit grew to be almost deafening. Greece On June 18th, many Greek citizens made it abundantly clear through street protests that they were scared of the ramifications should … [Read more...]
February 25, 2015 – Greece
The news program, Journal, on Deutsche Welle (DW) TV had referred to last Friday as the “mother of all deadlines for Greece”. But intensive last minute negotiations over the weekend apparently averted the potential immediate Grexit from the … [Read more...]
January 26, 2015 – Greece
The UK’s Telegraph newspaper late headline on Sunday January 25, 2015 read, “Greeks hand stunning victory to anti-austerity Syriza — Greece on collision course with rest of Europe after handing general election victory to far-left … [Read more...]
January 4, 2015 – Europe
A Deutsche Welle headline on January 3, 2015 read, “Germany ‘prepared to let Greece leave eurozone’ if voters reject austerity – A German report has said Chancellor Angela Merkel is prepared to let Greece quit the eurozone, should the … [Read more...]
