Greek government-debt crisis

Alexis Tsipras got a demonstratively warm welcome to Brussels from EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker, who walked off hand-in-hand for talks with Greece's new prime minister after exchanging a kiss on the cheeks for the cameras.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and the President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, in Frankfurt have concluded their crucial meeting in Frankfurt shortly after 11.00 am (Greek time) on Wednesday.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has ruled out that Greece plans to seek aid from Russia.

Recent elections in Greece, won by leftist SYRIZA party, have not changed the fact that the debt-wracked nation must respect its commitments, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

Lebanese Morgan Stanley banker Bernard Mourad is writing a play script focused on the time when George Papandreou was the socialist PASOK prime minister of Greece. According to newspaper Liberation, Mourad has the script ready and is collaborating with Mag & News Co to get it published.

Greece has started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over a plan to swap its sovereign debt for growth-linked bonds, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in an interview published on Wednesday.

By Angelos Stangos

One of the issues that dominated the country?s pre-election debate was whether SYRIZA, which eventually won the vote, had worked out a plan B. It was clear from the start that its much-hyped plan A was impossible and bound to meet with strong resistance from Greece?s eurozone peers.

By Namitha Jagadeesh, Nikos Chrysoloras & Inyoung Hwang

Traders who got attached to bets that Greek financial markets will unravel are getting a lesson in politics.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has proposed that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) replace the auditors representing Greece?s so-called troika of international creditors, Kathimerini understands.

As Financial Times report the European Central Bank resists Greek new government’s latest bailout plan.