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20Sep/15

Greek conservative leader concedes defeat to leftist Syriza rival

September 20, 2015PoliticsAlexis Tsipras, Athens, Government of Greece, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Internationalist Workers' Left, January 2015 Greek government formation, Leader, Leader of the Opposition, New Democracy, New Democracy leadership election, Political ideologies, Political parties, Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras, Syriza, Syriza's Alexis, Tspiras, Vangelis Meimarakissmbale

Conservative New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis concedes defeat on Sunday in Greece’s national election to his leftist rival, Syriza’s Alexis Tsipras.

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20Sep/15

A look at Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras

September 20, 2015PoliticsAlexis, Alexis Tsipras, Athens, Euclid Tsakalotos, Germany, Government of Greece, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Greek government formation, January 2015 Greek government formation, Political ideologies, Politics by country, Popular Unity, Syriza, Tsipras, Vangelis Meimarakissmbale

Profile of former Greek Prime Minister and Syriza Party leader Alexis Tsipras.

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13Jul/15

Greece reached euro zone deal

July 13, 2015WorldAlexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Berlin, Brussels, Coalition of the Radical Left, Countries, Donald Tusk, Euro, Europe, European sovereign debt crisis, European Stability Mechanism, European Union, Eurozone, Germany, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, Hellenic Parliament, International relations, January 2015 Greek government formation, May 2012 Greek government formation, Panos Skourletis, Politics, Politics of Greece, Syrizasmbale

(EBS) – Euro zone leaders clinched a deal with Greece on Monday (July 13) to negotiate a third bailout to keep the near-bankrupt country in the euro zone after a whole night of haggling at an emergency summit.
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11Jul/15

Greek PM Tsipras defends “difficult” choices over bailout

July 11, 2015PoliticsAlexis Tsipras, Athens, Countries, Euclid Tsakalotos, Europe, Evangelos Meimarakis, Government of Greece, Greece, Greek bailout referendum, Greek government debt crisis, January 2015 Greek government formationsmbale

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defends “difficult” bailout proposals in front of parliament.

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04Jul/15

How did Greece get here?

July 4, 2015EconomyAlexis Tsipras, Angela Merkel, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Debt crisis, Decades, Europe, European troika, Germany, Government, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, January 2015 Greek government formation, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Nikos Kotzias, Nikos Skoutaris, Panos Kamenos, Riga, Syriza, United States, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Yanis Varoufakissmbale

A preview of events leading up to the referendum that could decide Greece’s future in the euro zone.

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25Jun/15

Greek minister accuses creditors of blackmail

June 25, 2015PoliticsAlexis Tsipras, Antonis Samaras, Athens, Brussels, Costas Isychos, Countries, Decades, Euclid Tsakalotos, Fofi Gennimata, Government of Greece, Greece, Greek government debt crisis, January 2015 Greek government formation, Konstantinos Tasoulas, Nikos Voutsis, Panagiotis Kalaitzidis, Panagiotis Kouroublis, PASOK, Stavros Theodorakis, The Riversmbale

Greek ministers are speculating creditors are conspiring against Athens as euro zone ministers say they will work with creditor proposal not the Greek one, but many still hopeful of a deal.

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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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