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Schaeuble: Any further aid to Greece must 'make sense'
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said helping Greece is in Germany?s interest, though not at all costs, and Greeks shouldn?t blame international creditors for their financial woes.
UEFA concern over Greek soccer violence bill
Greece provoked fresh concern from European soccer's governing body UEFA on Wednesday over governmental interference which could lead to the Euro 2004 winners' international suspension.
UEFA secretary general Gianni Infantino made plain his unease over proposed amendments to a draft bill to curb violence in domestic sport in a letter to Greek soccer federation.
Greece set to escape ban as sports law goes to parliament
By Graham Wood
Greek soccer is set to breathe a sigh of relief as the country's controversial new sports law was submitted to parliament on Wednesday with the necessary amendments to avoid a FIFA and UEFA ban from international competition.
Greece paid 200-mln-euros to IMF on Wednesday
Sources from the Finance Ministry stated that Greece has made a 200-million-euro interest payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday. Earlier, Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas had told private TV MEGA that the installment would be paid.
The next 750-million-euro payment that needs to be made to the IMF is due on May 12.
Greece said to have made 200 mln euro IMF payment due Wednesday
Greece has made a 200-million-euro interest payment to the International Monetary Fund that fell due on Wednesday, a Greek official familiar with the matter told Reuters.
"It's done, the money is on its way," the official said, on condition of anonymity.
Bulgarian PM to Attend Opening of UEFA European U-17 Championship
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will attend the official opening of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship on Wednesday.
This was announced by Zhivko Todorov, the mayor of Stara Zagora, one of the four host cities of the tournament along with Burgas, Sliven and Sozopol.
Greek debt talks progressing, no breakthrough yet, says Austrian FinMin
Greece's debt talks with international creditors are making progress but have not yet produced a breakthrough, Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling said on Tuesday, adding he could not tell if a deal was in reach next week.
Probe into Panathinaikos basketball chief's threats against Olympiakos player
A prosecutor investigating sports-related issues has launched an investigation against Panathinaikos basketball club owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos after he was accused of directing threats at Olympiakos captain Vassilis Spanoulis following a league game between the two teams on Saturday.
Merkel touches upon issue of German WWII responsibility
German Chancellor Angela Merkel touched upon on a subject that is taboo for the German people during her message for the 70-year anniversary since the end of World War 2 on May 8. Speaking about the dark pages of German history and the Nazi atrocities during WWII, Merkel underlined that nobody should draw a segregational line with Germany’s past.
Moody's warns risk of Grexit should not be underestimated
Moody?s rating agency warned on Thursday that the impacts of a Greek euro exit could be much wider than many people think.
Greek soccer's 'Grexit' risk eased after talks with UEFA
By Derek Gatopoulos
Greece is unlikely to be suspended from international competition after its government pledged to make key changes to a new sports law aimed at fighting violence and match-fixing, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said Wednesday.
Austrian FinMin hopes Greek debt team reshuffle brings progress
VIENNA - Austrian Finance Minister Hans Joerg Schelling hopes Greece's new negotiating team will make faster progress in debt talks with international creditors and that negotiations do not go back to square one, he said on Tuesday.
Coeure says Grexit not a scenario ECB is working on
The European Central Bank is making no plans for a Greek exit from the eurozone, ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure said in a magazine interview.
"The exit of Greece is not a scenario we are working on," Coeure was quoted as telling French magazine Alternatives Economiques.
Half of investors expect Greece to leave eurozone within 12 months, says Germany's Sentix
Around half of investors expect Greece to leave the eurozone within the next 12 months, a survey by German research group Sentix showed on Tuesday.
Sentix's eurozone breakup index for Greece shot up to 48.3 percent in April from 35.5 percent in March, suggesting one in two investors is skeptical about pledges to keep Athens in the single currency bloc.
‘GrUEFA’ fear subsides as govt says it won’t mess with football federation's autonomy
Call it a “strategic withdrawal”. The relevant minister on Monday said he won’t submit legislatiοn threatening the Greek football federation’s autonomy – something FIFA and UEFA directly warned would be lead to Greek teams’ exclusion from international play!