Economist Aristos Doxiadis, a venture capital professional and General Partner at Openfund, and Prof. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Professor of Economics and deputy Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF),…

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Following a debate of five days in the Greek parliament, the 2016 budget was approved in the early hours of Sunday morning with a total of 153 SYRIZA- ANEL coalition MPs in favor of the budget plan, 145 opposition MPs against and two MPs be…

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In his opinion article "The Eurozone crisis and the future of Europe, as viewed from Greece", Manos Matsaganis, Associate Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business, explains that the necessity of imposing austerity measures to combat the economic crisis in a country where prosperity does not seem to be returning anytime in the near future, has become a dire reality both for rulers and their voters.

Matsaganis points out that many misconceptions still abound even about the basic facts of causes and implications related to the Greek economic crisis. At the same time, the need to clarify "what went wrong and why" is an even more urgent task in Greece, being far more affected by the European crisis than any other economy. …

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US Secretary of State John Kerry is on an official visit to Athens today (4.12) for talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, on a broad range of bilateral and regional issues.
Security in light of recen…

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According to Apostolis Fotiadis’ latest opinion piece, "Kicking Greece out of Schengen won’t stop the refugee crisis”, recent media reports that Greece might be facing suspension from the Schengen zone reveal a tendency of cert…

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The Greek government has repeatedly pointed out that the migrant and refugee crisis is a European issue that needs to be dealt with at European level. As the crisis continues to escalate, recent media storieshave been reporting that Greece is be…

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Addressing the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce’s 26th annual Greek Economy Conference in Athens yesterday (1.12), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted that "2016 will be the year that will mark the “exit from the…

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras joined 150 world leaders at the inaugural session yesterday (30.11) of the Paris COP 21 United Nations Conference on Climate Change.

Addressing participants, Tsipras said the summit, as an obligation toward future…

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A special EU-Turkey summit meeting in Brussels concluded in an agreement on Sunday (29.11), where Turkey will help stem the flow of migrants to Europe in return for 3 billion euros cash, visa-free travel for Turks to Europe and renewed EU entry talks…

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Turkish economist, former head of the United Nations Development Programme and former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey, Kemal Dervis, who holds the reputation of "a good manager" that helped Turkey overcome its financial crisis fifteen years ag…

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