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Tsipras News

29 Feb 2016

Greek PM Tsipras says lenders could return for review in first 10 days of March

International lenders could return to Greece within the first ten days of March to complete a bailout review, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday.

19 Jul 2015

More than half of Germans think planned Greek deal is bad: Poll

Lawmakers in Germany, the biggest contributor to euro zone bailouts, on Friday gave their go-ahead for the currency bloc to negotiate a third bailout for Greece that could total 86 billion euros ($93 billion) over three years.

04 Jul 2015

Defiant PM rejects Grexit fears as he rallies 'No' vote

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras got a rock-star welcome at an Athens rally as he sought to revive support for a "No" vote in a referendum called to strengthen his hand in talks with international creditors.

01 Jul 2015

Greece seeks Eurogroup, ECB support after IMF default

Greece was appealing to its euro zone partners and the European Central Bank on Wednesday to keep it afloat after defaulting on its debt to the International Monetary Fund and losing frozen international bailout money.

26 Jun 2015

Greek debt sustainable, with new bailout: Creditor analysis

Greek debt will miss debt targets set out by creditors in 2012 but an analysis prepared for euro zone finance ministers shows its debt burden is still sustainable without writing off principal -- if Greece gets another three-year bailout.

26 Jun 2015

Europe tells Greece to meet debt deadline or risk `chaos`

The leaders of France and Germany on Friday handed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a weekend ultimatum to strike a debt deal with EU-IMF creditors or risk default.

26 Jun 2015

No deal for Greece, creditors, top-level talks resume Saturday

Greece failed again to clinch a deal with its international creditors on Thursday, setting up a last-ditch effort on Saturday to avert a default next week or start preparing to protect the euro zone from financial market turmoil.

25 Jun 2015

Greece crunch debt talks restart after no late-night deal

Tsipras was due to resume meetings with the heads of the European Commission, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank -- the "troika" of Greece`s main bailout monitors -- at 0700 GMT.

22 Jun 2015

European stocks rally on hope of Greece deal

Greece`s creditors saw a ray of hope as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras went into an emergency eurozone summit aimed at finding a deal to save Athens from default and a possible exit from the euro.

22 Jun 2015

Greece deal urged as new proposals offered ahead of summit

Greece's new proposals to European leaders ahead of a crunch summit on Monday offered a ray of hope that a deal to end the country's debt crisis can be struck after five months of deadlock.

22 Jun 2015

Greece offers new proposals ahead of emergency summit

French President Francois Hollande, on a visit to Milan, confirmed Greece had offered new proposals although EU diplomats said no formal written proposal had arrived.

19 Jun 2015

Juncker says `I don`t understand Tsipras`: Report

He said Athens had obviously misunderstood his role in seeking a compromise as "someone who can pull a rabbit out of the hat", Juncker said. "But that is not the case. I repeatedly warned Mr Tsipras that he cannot rely on me to prevent a collapse of talks."

11 Jun 2015

Merkel and Hollande to tell Tsipras to reach terms with creditors

The leaders of Germany, France and the European Commission told Greece on Wednesday it must reach a deal with its creditors and stop seeking softer terms in a political fix to unlock desperately needed funds.

09 Jun 2015

No Greek deal would be beginning of the end for eurozone: Tsipras

The Greek Prime Minister said failure to reach a deal to rescue Greece from a looming default would be the "beginning of the end" for the eurozone, an Italian daily reported Tuesday.

22 May 2015

Merkel, Tsipras, Hollande focussed on Greece completing current bailout

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande held "friendly and constructive" talks with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that focussed on Athens` completing its current bailout, a German government spokesman said on Friday.

28 Apr 2015

Gold clings on near $1,200 ahead of Fed meeting

Gold clung to sharp overnight gains on Tuesday, bolstered by a weaker dollar and short-covering on rising expectations the Federal Reserve will not hint at a June rate hike at its policy meeting this week.

23 Mar 2015

Greek PM faces Merkel in Berlin as debt pressure mounts

The leaders of Greece and Germany meet Monday aiming to calm the bitter acrimony raging since a radical-left government took power in Athens vowing to halt an austerity drive spearheaded by Berlin.

20 Mar 2015

Greece in new race against time to get bailout on track

Greece was in a new race against time on Friday to get its EU-IMF bailout on track, with its international creditors pushing for a clear reform pledge.

19 Mar 2015

Merkel sees no reason to despair over Greece

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was no reason to despair over Greece, although she warned that a solution to the country`s debt crisis would not be found at Thursday`s EU summit.

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