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Archive - Aug 2015

August 10th

Greece ends up with no budget surplus and a recession of over 2% for 2015

10 August 2015 / 17:08:12  
Such are the estimates of both the Greek government and the creditors


Fear of suicide bombings in Greece

10 August 2015 / 15:08:02  
The new jihadist threat and references to the explosion in the Athens suburb of Vouliagmeni


A Richter 4.6 tremor near Patras

10 August 2015 / 12:08:20  
The quake was felt in other areas of the Peloponnese, e.g. Corinthia and Arcadia


August 9th

Left Platform about to leave SYRIZA

09 August 2015 / 20:08:13  
Its leader Panagiotis Lafazanis described the cabinet's negotiating tactics as a complete fiasco, pointing out that unfortunately the government has dogmatically clung to the euro in its mistaken belief that Greece's exit from the Eurozone is the greatest peril


Global investment funds again in Athens

09 August 2015 / 18:08:05  
The alarm has been sounded across the big foreign funds, which have invested in listed Greek companies, especially in the financial and banking sector


A Korean adviser of Varoufakis claims a fee of €375,000

09 August 2015 / 14:08:17  
Glenn Kim showed a solid CV, in which he posed as an associate of the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, and claimed that he had created the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)


August 8th

Agreement by Tuesday, parliament votes the new programme on Thursday

08 August 2015 / 20:08:49  
Greece is heading for the completion of the draft agreement for a third bailout programme by Tuesday; the first tranche may be extended before 20 August