By Jens Bastian via MacroPolis | Many indicators suggest the result is still too close to call, either in terms of winners and losers, or regarding the configuration of any coalition government arrangement.
By Damian Mac Con Uladh via MacroPolis | Greece’s Supreme Court has received a total of 24 applications from political entities – including 19 parties and five coalitions – to contest the elections on 20 September.
By Luis Martín via Truman | Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs (Texas), James K. Galbraith was advisor to the Greek Minister of Finance, Yanis Varoufakis, from February through July 2015. In this interview he spoke about the Greek crisis and the challenges ahead for the euro currency.
By Manos Giakoumis at MacroPolis | Following the European Central Bank’s governing council meeting on Thursday, Mario Draghi provided more detail about issues relating to the eligibility of Greek government bonds (GGBs) for the Quantitative Easing (QE) programme and reinstating the waiver on Greek government securities for ECB funding.
Conn M. Hallinan | On one level, the recent financial agreement between the European Union (EU) and Greece makes no sense. Not a single major economist thinks the $96 billion loan will allow Athens to repay its debts or get the economy moving anywhere but downward.
ATHENS | By Nick Malkoutzis via Macropolis | Greek mainstream parties and media will not have Greeks’ trust for next elections.
New risks and setbacks again threaten Europe’s economic sentiment.
What is the meaning of all this dynamic of successive bankruptcies and bailouts?
A German company is granted the concession to run 14 Greek airports in the first privatisation process signed by Syriza.