Greece

Greek foreign minister due in Berlin ahead of PM

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due to travel to Berlin on Sunday, where he will meet with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at a time when relations between the two governments are especially tense due to disagreements over the progress of bailout talks. Bilateral relations are to top the agenda of talks.

Pol leader quotes Yanis on 'Grexit': ATMs emptied in 20 minutes; clock turned back decades

"In 20 minutes all of the ATMs will have been emptied dry; poverty will have conquered 80% of (Greek) households," was the way centrist Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis described the repercussions of Greece's exit from the eurozone - the financial markets' bogeyman known as "Grexit".

Varoufakis discusses Greek-German relations on his blog

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Friday discussed Greek-German relations on his personal blog. Taking his cue from a recent controversial video, the minister noted that the footage had sparked a ?kerfuffle reflecting the manner in which the 2008 banking crisis began to undermine Europe?s badly designed monetary union, turning proud nations against each other.?

FinMin Varoufakis's blogpost on toxic "finger-pointing" between Greece and Germany

In a new blog post titled "Of Greeks and Germans: Re-imagining our shared future," Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis stressed today the need for Greeks and Germans to stop the blame game and work together.

Read below the full article, as it was published on the Greek FinMin's blog.

Ankara wants confidence-building talks in March

 Turkey will reserve swaths of Aegean if Athens procrastinates, sources say

Ankara is insisting that Greek and Turkish authorities begin talks on confidence-building measures before the end of this month otherwise it will reserve large swaths of the Aegean for military maneuvers as of April 1, Kathimerini understands.

Greek yields fall, stocks rise after PM Tsipras says reforms coming soon

Greek government bond yields fell and stocks rose on Friday after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras assured European Union creditors that he would soon present a set of economic reforms to unlock cash and stave off bankruptcy.

Friday's fall in yields at the open was only a fraction of Thursday's sharp rise.

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