Tag: Syriza
Greek prime minister reshuffles cabinet to boost bailout reforms
Alexis Tsipras says time has come to speed up measures agreed with the country’s international creditors. The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has reshuffled his government to boost bailout reforms in the hope of getting the EU to agree to critical debt relief by the end of the year. Heralding a new political era for […]
For sale: Greek islands, hotels and historic sites
As privatisation agency chairman, Stergios Pitsiorlas is seen as the right man to expedite disposal of a growing list of assets In Greece today, government power comes with few trappings. Unable to tap capital markets and dependent wholly on international aid, the debt-stricken country’s senior officials are acrobats in a tightrope act. They are placating […]
Eurozone officials hope to give Greece next tranche of bailout
Greeces creditors are still at odds over whether the recession-hit country has taken enough measures to unlock delayed 10bn of bailout funds European officials are preparing to unlock 10bn in bailout money for Greece, as an ongoing row between the countrys creditors threatens to plunge the eurozone back into crisis. Greeces international creditors remain deadlocked […]