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Will SYRIZA split up following the new Memorandum’s vote?

The Greek government is on yet another crossroads. The casting of votes for the new package of measures will show how much support the Government lead by SYRIZA and Prime Minister Tsipras can enjoy from the party’s own rank. The leftist party has inched...

Croatian national Tomislav Salopek executed in Egypt

Tomislav Salopek, the Croat who was abducted by Islamic State extremists in Egypt, has been executed, report Croatian media. French news agency France Press tweeted the information, citing a report of the online news portal “SITE Intel Group.” A photo containing disturbing imagery quickly spread on...

Tsipras clashes with SYRIZA MPs before the coming vote in Parliament

In an environment full of obstacles and mutiny in the ranks of SYRIZA and announcements for protests in the streets, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras submitted in front of the National Assembly the new three-year agreement with Greece’s creditors. There is optimism that the agreement...

Greece has reached an agreement with the “troika”

The Greek government and the “troika” reached a deal for new reforms that will secure the paying of the country’s debt. The document will enter the Greek Parliament today. The Government is hoping that it will pass the bill tomorrow. The Agreement was reached after...

Bulgaria blames Macedonia for the outbreak of brucellosis

Bulgaria’s Minister of Health Petar Moskov claims that the cases of brucellosis in his country originate from a sickened goat that intended for mating, after it was illegally smuggled there from Macedonia. Bulgarian news portal „Off News“ writes that 23 people have been infected by...

Tsipras urges Parliament to pass a new agreement by Sunday

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is in a rush to have the new packet of measures voted in Parliament by August 15. The Government of Greece is hoping it will reach an agreement by tomorrow about the final text regarding the measures and obligations...

British secret services fear a terrorist attack on Queen Elizabeth 2 during WW2 anniversary

The British secret service came to disturbing information that Islamic State are preparing an assassination on Queen Elizabeth the Second during the celebration of the World War 2 anniversary. The alleged assassination planned by Syrian jihadists has stirred the MI5 but Scotland Yard...

The faith of the Croat abducted in Egypt still unknown

The faith of the Croatia national Tomislav Salopek, who was captured in Cairo, is still unknown, despite intensive efforts by the government there and in Zagreb to find a way out of the situation. The Egyptian government intensified its search for the terrorist group that...

Greece made a payment on their MMF loan

Greece has made a payment of 186.3 million euro on their debt to the International Monetary Fund, reports the institution. By doing this Athens avoided a late payment. This is the first time that Greece, from early June onwards, to pay on time their...

Athens and Brussels optimists for an agreement by the end of August

The Greek government is expecting by the end of today to close the first round of negotiations with the “troika” and with its creditors. This will get the country closer to a potential deal by the end of August. In the ranks of the...

Tsipras admitted he and Varoufakis had a Plan B for the possible Grexit

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras admitted openly that he had given an order to Yanis Varoufakis to prepare a Plan B, for a possible Greek exit from the Eurozone. Answering to the question posed by the leader of PASOK, Fofi Genimata, regarding the entire...

Greek Parliament votes for a second package of austerity measures; New blow to Syriza and Tsipras

The new priority measures for Greece have the adopted, however Alexis Tsipras did not get the support for his demands for a broader support of his party Syriza. In the marathon parliamentary discussion which finished with a vote at four in the morning, the...

Brussels Demands a Timely and Complete Implementation of What had been Agreed on July 15

The European Commissioner Johanes Hahn and the Slovakian Minister of foreign affairs Miroslav Lajcak, who presided with the Stabilization and Association Council, asked for a “complete and timely implementation of the Przhino Agreement.” Lajcak said that the Macedonian representatives- Minister for Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki...

Banks in Greece Open, its Economy Sees New VAT Rates

Banks in Greece are open today for the first time in three weeks, but limits to cash withdrawals remain. People can now take out 420 euro once per week, instead of the 60 euro limit per day. Today comes into force the VAT rate hike...

The new measures voted out, 38 MPs turned their back on Tsipras

With 228 votes "FOR", the Greek Parliament passed the new package measures. 54 MPs voted against the measures, and there were six abstentions. Although the measures were passed with majority, almost historic, this vote was withering for the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and SYRIZA....

Part of SYRIZA requests Tsipras to cancel the agreement with the EU

Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis requests Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to withdraw the agreement with creditors before making final decisions in the Parliament. Lafazanis, who from the beginning is a sharp opponent of the demands and proposals of the European institutions and considers measures humiliating, said...

Draft agreement with Iran on nuclear program reached

Draft agreement between Iran and six major powers on Iran's nuclear program was reached in Vienna, report world's media, citing diplomatic sources. The draft provides for UN inspectors to have access to all suspected Iranian sites, including military. The agency "Reuters" notes that it is a...

Tsipras: The agreement is hard, but the worst case scenario for Greece was avoided

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returns to Greece with a commitment the Greek Parliament to vote on the whole list conditions and priority actions agreed at the 17 hours of negotiations on a new Greek assistance in Brussels until Wednesday. Plan B for Greece’s exclusion...

End of the Greek drama: Athens and the creditors reached an agreement

Eurozone leaders reached an agreement on financial assistance to Greece, which for five months was trying to find a compromise with creditors. President of the European Council Donald Tusk via "Twitter" announced that agreement with Greece has been reached "unanimously". "Everything is ready for the European...

Greece hopes that it won’t be excluded from the Eurozone

The eyes in Greece remain turned to Brussels. The hopes are that the scenario for exiting the Eurozone slowly fades primarily due to the cancellation of the summit of 28 EU member states, instead of which, only summit of the leaders of the Eurozone...