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ND's Bakoyannis fears capital controls over long weekend
New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis fears that if Greece does not reach an agreement with lenders this week it will be forced to implement capital controls over the weekend.
Speaking on Skai TV on Monday, the ex-foreign minister called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to seal and agreement with the institutions and bring it to Parliament for approval as soon as possible.
Greece calls on creditors to compromise as IMF payment nears
By Marcus Bensasson
Greece called on the country?s creditors to compromise on demands to break an impasse over the release of funds for its cash-strapped economy as a deadline neared for payments due next month to the International Monetary Fund.
Narrow victory for Greek PM as heat rises within SYRIZA
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced his biggest challenge from within the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) on Sunday after weeks of simmering dissent among his group’s Left Platform, the more radical faction of the government.
Opposition party leaders rev up criticism against Tsipras, SYRIZA
Opposition party leaders in Greece heaped more criticism on the ruling radical leftist SYRIZA government over the weekend, as the latter was holding a “soul-searching” central committee meeting with opinions vacillating between “pain compromises” with creditors, to uncompromising “rift”.
Greece issues fresh warning on IMF payment in June
A Greek government minister said on May 24 that Athens will be unable to repay the IMF on schedule next month, reiterating previous warnings by officials during tense talks with the country's creditors.
"The instalment to the IMF won't be paid," Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis told Mega TV.
Greeks back government's red lines, but want to keep euro
Cash-strapped Greeks remain supportive of the leftist government's tough negotiating style, according to a new poll published Sunday, but hope for a deal with creditors that will keep the euro in their wallets.
SYRIZA campaign pledges fade amid tough negotiation with creditors
The four-month anniversary of radical leftist SYRIZA party’s ascent to power comes as it struggles to clinch a deal to extend bailout financing from international creditors and, more ominously, with several of its main pre-election pledges apparently abandoned in the face of tough negotiations.
Tsipras reiterates red lines but faces revolt within SYRIZA over terms of deal
After a busy week of talks with European leaders aimed at securing support for a deal for Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces challenges on the home front amid tensions with SYRIZA over the terms such an agreement would entail.
Greek minister: Others may have …taped Eurogroup sessions!
“Bombshell No. 2” in last week’s “Riga Gate” development related to the question of whether Greek FinMin Yanis Varoufakis secretly taped deliberations at a recent Eurogroup meeting in the Latvian capital.
Greece to back NATO-led campaign against ISIS, Kammenos says
Greece will join the United States and other NATO members in efforts to defeat militants of Islamic State (ISIS), an issue which is expected to be discussed in the summit of the transatlantic alliance in Brussels next month, Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said on Friday.
Nearly 800 irregular migrants detained as EU mulls refugee relocation plan
Nearly 800 undocumented migrants were detained in the Aegean Sea on Friday amid reports that the European Commission is set to propose plans for the redistribution of 40,000 asylum-seekers across the European Union.
Albanian parliament vice-speaker refers to … Chams — Irredentism making a comeback?
“Albanians of .. Cameria” was the latest irredentist “pipedream” heard in the increasingly tense western Balkans this week, uttered by none other than an Albanian lawmaker who assumed a vice-speaker’s position in that country’s Parliament.
The phrase belongs to one Shpëtim Idrizi, listed as the president of the small nationalist Party for Justice, Integration and Unity.
'Hello dictator,' Juncker says to Hungary's Orban
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker teased Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban over his strongman reputation Friday, jokingly greeting him as "dictator" as he arrived at an EU summit in Riga.
Juncker, Tsipras eye Greece deal in early June
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker held talks in a very friendly and constructive climate on the sidelines of an EU leaders' meeting in Riga on Friday, according to sources who indicated that the two men looked to a possible deal early next month.
IMF's Lagarde says much work left to be done on Greece deal
A potential deal to help resolve Greece's debt crisis still requires a lot of work and must not be rushed, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Friday.