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Greece says not backing down on debt relief goal
Greece has not given up on its aim to renegotiate its debt to render it manageable, the country's deputy finance minister said on Monday as talks between Athens and its lenders on reforms to unlock aid continue.
Greek govt to brief opposition parties at 8 p.m. Monday
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is briefing Parliament on Monday on developments concerning the negotiation with Greece's creditors. On Sunday, he asked Parliamentary Speaker Zoi Konstantopoulou to conduct a plenary session at a political leaders level at 8 a.m based on code 142A of the constitution.
“The Dictatorship of the Colonels, 1967-1974: Seven Years of Darkness" exhibition
Celebrating 40 years of the Restoration of Democracy in Greece with numerous pictures, photos, printed matters, holographs, documents, posters, and audiovisual proofs.
Greece's Tsipras to meet ministers as creditors ponder overhauls
By Paul Tugwell & Nikos Chrysoloras
Greece?s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to hold a cabinet meeting Sunday as Greek officials and creditors in Brussels discuss overhauls the country proposes to secure more funds from the euro-area to stave off fiscal collapse.
Greece says talks with lenders are continuing positively
Greece sounded an upbeat tone on Sunday over talks with its European and IMF creditors, which it said were continuing through the weekend as the cash-strapped country races to agree on reforms that will unlock more aid.
Telegraph: How Greece has brought lenders at the end of their rope
Greece and its demands have driven lenders to the edge, the “Telegraph” claims.
The paper aired the warning while analyzing why Athens and lenders may still be on a rickety ride.
Last chance… soiree this week in Brussels
The next three days may prove crucial for Greece, determining whether there will be deal or rift with eurozone partners, and whether the recession-plagued Greek economy will return to a growth orbit and restored liquidity, or, in the worst case, collapse and return to the … little drachmas of old.
Moscow expects progress from Tsipras visit
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras?s planned visit to Moscow on April 8 will be a ?big event? in the course of relations between Greece and Russia, according to the Russian ambassador in Athens, Andrey Maslov, who told Sunday?s Kathimerini that his government would examine any request from the SYRIZA-led coalition for a loan.
Opposition tells Tsipras to get control of his party
Opposition parties called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the weekend to get a firmer control on his party, claiming that some sections of SYRIZA are seeking a confrontation with lenders.
ND: Four SYRIZA govt lies within a week
The main opposition New Democracy party on Saturday accused the Prime Minister for saying “one thing abroad and something else in Greece”, while at the same pointing to ministers of the radical leftist government that undermine the country’s prestige and underestimate the intelligence of citizens
Spiegel on Greece: Zero surplus, 20 billion euros budget gap!
Following Friday's downgrade of Greece's creditworthiness by Fitch, the German magazine Spiegel reports that "by freezing reforms a new hole totalling billions in Greece's budget is formed".
Furthermore, the German magazine maintains that the new leftist government will post a zero primary surplus in 2015.
Fitch downgrades Greece amid bailout uncertainty
Ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Greeces sovereign rating amid growing uncertainty over the new government's pledge to overhaul reforms needed to restart bailout loan payments and avoid default.
The agency late on Friday said it had lowered the country's rating deeper into non-investment grade status from B to CCC, citing «extreme pressure on Greek government funding."
Dragasakis: Piraeus port privatization in a matter of weeks
Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis announced from Beijing on Friday that the privatization of the Piraeus Port Authority will come in a few weeks.
According to Dragasakis, the Chinese multination Cosco, considered amongst the favorites to assume a controlling share of the port, has tabled a competitive bid.
SYRIZA minister Lafazanis: Govt should clash with 'German Europe', EU establishment
Ruling SYRIZA's militant anti-capitalist wing, the "Left Platform", on Friday appeared impervious to attempts by the rest of the government to find a compromise with eurozone creditors amid a looming cash crunch.