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12Jul/15

Ministers hope for progress as ‘difficult’ Greek debt talks resume

July 12, 2015EconomyAlexander Stubb, Alexis Tsipras, Athens, Belgium, Brussels, Council of the European Union, Economy of the European Union, Euclid Tsakalotos, Euro Group, Eurogroup, EUROGROUP CONSULTING FRANCE S.A.S., Europe, European Stability Mechanism, European Union, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, finance ministers, Finland, Government, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, Helsinki, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Politics, Valdis Dombrovskis, Withdrawal from the European Unionsmbale

Eurogroup ministers gathering in Brussels hope for progress as “difficult” Greece negotiations resume and the European Union’s president cancels a planned summit of all 28 EU leaders that would have been needed in case of a “Grexit”.
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05Jul/15

European Parliament President doubts Greek banks will reopen, warns of ‘dramatic’ times ahead

July 5, 2015PoliticsAACHEN, Austerity, Countries, Decades, Euro, Europe, European Parliament, European Union, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Fiscal policy, Geography of Europe, Germany, Government spending, Greece, Greek government, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, Humanitarianism, Macroeconomics, Martin Schulz, Politics, president, Public finance, Withdrawal from the European Unionsmbale

European Parliament President Martin Schulz doubts Greek banks will reopen this week, calls for emergency humanitarian aid for Greece and demands the government make meaningful proposals on its debt to stave off ‘dramatic’ times.

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01Jul/15

UK stock markets calm despite Greek default

July 1, 2015FinanceAlexis Tsipras, Bill Blain, Business/Finance, Decades, ECB, Economic history, Economics, Economy of Greece, Economy of the European Union, Euro, Europe, European Central Bank, European debt crisis, European sovereign debt crisis, European sovereign debt crisis timeline, Eurozone, Eurozone crisis, Financial crises, Government debt, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, History by period, Humanities, International Monetary Fund, Ireland, Italy, Late-2000s financial crisis, London, Portugal, SIMON SMITH, Spain, Stock market crashes, United Kingdom, Units of time, Withdrawal from the European Unionsmbale

UK traders consider the consequences of a possible ‘Grexit’ on the European markets.

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25Jun/15

Business man patents ‘Grexit” for sour schnapps

June 25, 2015Food and DrinkAlexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Coalition of the Radical Left, Decades, Europe, Germany, Germany–Greece relations, Government, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, Grexit, HAMM, International relations, January 2015 Greek government formation, Political ideologies, Politics by country, Sauer, Schnapps, Syriza, Uwe Dahlhoff, Yanis Varoufakissmbale

A German schnapps maker sees the funny side of souring German-Greek relations, patenting the name “Grexit” for a bitter schnapps.

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24May/15

‘Catastrophic’ for Greece to leave euro – Varoufakis

May 24, 2015EconomyAndrew Marr, ANDREW MARR SHOW, Athens, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Continents, Currency, Disaster/Accident, Economic history of Greece, Economy of Europe, Economy of the European Union, Euro, Europe, Finance Minister, Financial crises, Fixed exchange-rate system, Foreign exchange market, Greece, Greek drachma, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, January 2015 Greek government formation, London, Marxian economists, United Kingdom, Yanis Varoufakissmbale

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says it would be “catastrophic” if Greece left the euro, predicting it would herald “the beginning of the end of the common currency project”.

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13Mar/15

EZ’s Friday the 13th – lucky for some?

March 13, 2015EconomyAlexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Brussels, Business/Finance, CMC Markets, Decades, DEUTSCHE BOERSE DAX INDEX, Economy of the European Union, Euro, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, France, Frankfurt, Germany, Government, Government of Greece, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Greek withdrawal from the eurozone, Italy, Michael Hewson, Munich, ODDO SEYDLER BANK AG, OLIVER ROTH, Seydler, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, Time, United States, Vienna, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Wolfgang Schäublesmbale

(Reuters Business Report) – Frankfurt’s Dax – on its longest streak of weekly gains since 1998.

This, in fact, its ninth week.

Europe is the feelgood factor.
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