Peter Spiegel

‘Last Bluff’ a ‘stunning chronicle’ of make-or-break 2015 Athens-Brussels talks

The presentation of Eleni Varvitsioti and Viktoria Dendrinou's book "The Last Bluff" (published by Papadopoulos) took place on Monday evening in a packed amphitheater at the Benaki Museum annex on Pireos Street, south of central Athens.

European dilemmas and prospects in focus at Delphi

European dilemmas and prospects forged by Brexit, the rise of populist nationalism and the growing geopolitical and technological competition between the US and China were at the focus of discussions on the second day of the Delphi Economic Forum, which also hosted a speech by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and a discussion earlier between conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and F

President Putin ‘probably’ responsible for Litvinenko murder

The murder of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in the UK was “probably” approved by President Vladimir Putin, a public inquiry finds.

The chairman of the inquiry, Sir Robert Owen, said President Vladimir Putin “probably” signed off the poisoning of Mr. Litvinenko adding that Litvinenko’s cooperation with the British intelligence services may have been a factor.

Reactions to ‘no’ vote by Schaeuble, other Euro leaders

Reactions continued on Monday afternoon in the wake of the landslide “no” vote a day earlier in the Greek referendum, with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble noting from Warsaw that Yanis Varoufakis’ successor will also have a tough time working out a deal with European creditors.

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