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- No Question of Greece Leaving Euro -FM
- France Telecom’s Orange reduces revenue drop in Romania
- Romania’s new Cabinet will stand by commitments to IMF and EC, says new PM
- Romania: OMV and Exxon in gas find
- Russians Already Building Reactor Vessel for Bulgaria’s Belene NPP
- Politics » Domestic Bulgarian Finance Minister Speaks Up For Discredited Healthcare Officials
- Israel Tycoons Face Cutting Company Pyramids to 3 Levels
- U.S. General’s Iran Comments Sharpen Rift With Israel
- Russia warns Israel not to attack Iran
- Cyprus-Israel: Closer relations create increased tension
- Cyprus Institute fends off criticism
- Cyprus’s central bank and its Greek bonds
- Turkey to overcome secular qualms with Islamic bond
- Turkey's CHP asks top court to cancel spy bill
- Turkey, China set eyes on $100 bln in mutual trade
- Grim Outlook for Small Businesses
- Roubini Urges Greece to Leave the Euro
- Greek Energy Contacts In UAE
- Court Endorses First Bailout Agreement
- Business Leader Snubs Bailout Agreement
- Bailout Program Gives Greece a New Chance -FM
- Lufthansa introduces new flights to Romania after 20% increase in passenger volumes
- Romania’s Transelectrica Is Sued Over Wind-Park Grid Connection
- Dacian Ciolos: Romanian organic products to go to U.S. with national certification only
- Bulgaria's Unemployment Rate at 11.4% in Q4 2011
- Bulgaria Last in EU by Monthly Minimum Wage
- Bulgaria Opens Great Wall Car Plant, Hopes for Great Chinese Investments
- UBS launches Israel wealth management unit
- Palestinian prisoner ends 66-day hunger strike after Israel guarantees his release
- Corruption in Cyprus at all levels says former minister
- Cyprus economy has yet to hit bottom say economists
- Cyprus-Bulgarian trade s team up
- Turkey's Calik media assets being evaluated separately-sources
- Turkey's EU hopes drift amid financial uncertainty
- China's Xi praises Turkey's growing clout in Middle East
- PM Says Agreement Lays Ground For Recovery
- Eurogroup Approves Greek Bailout Program
- Budget Deficit Seen At 6.3% of GDP in 2012
- Greek Banks Seen Requiring Huge Recapitalization
- Greek C/A Deficit Falls 8.3% in 2011
- Gov't Sees End of Uncertainty
- Pressure Piles on Bulgaria's Sopharma over Alleged Monopoly
- Bulgaria Must Negotiate Gas Price Cut with Gazprom – Right-Wing MP
- Chewing gum 'stolen as Romanian currency'
- Romania aims to boost foreign tourism by canceling VAT on visits
- Romania's president bets on Putin plan
- Israel Safest as Investors Discount War Threat: Riskless Return
- Israeli candy makers raise prices despite cheaper imports, study shows
- Israel Railways freezes Bombardier agreement
- Growth for financial sector, services jobs in Cyprus
- Former Ambassador says Turkish claims in Cyprus' EEZ are unfounded
- Cyprus spat widens as Eroglu says Christofias pretends to be a hero
- Moves to question Turkish spy chiefs quashed
- Turkey urged to allow greater religious freedom
- Turkey Central Bank Meets Tuesday, Forex Reserves In Focus
- PASOK Trails Third in Opinion Polls
- Spate of Reform Legislative Work Ahead
- ATEbank To Sell More Subsidiaries
- MEP Alleges Plan For Greek Exit From Eurozone by July
- Gov't Presents Huge Solar Energy Plan
- Culture Minister Resigns After Ancient Olympia Museum Robbery
- Three Bidders Said to Eye Bulgaria's Vivacom, Deadline Extended
- Brussels Probes Bulgaria over Govt Darling Corpbank
- Bulgaria Unanimously Welcomes Croatia to EU
- Romania is the country with the lowest absorption of EU funds. "It’s a reality we cannot deny," says PM
- EC to Urge All EU States to Let In Bulgarian, Romanian Workers
- New Romanian PM asks IMF mission chief back to Bucharest soon after previous visit
- Israel opts for Italian training plane over South Korean competitor
- Thousands rally in Gaza, West Bank in support of Palestinian jailed in Israel
- Israel blames Iran’s Quds Force for embassy bombings
- Arctia Estates Limited has opened real estate branch in Cyprus
- In Cyprus, Netanyahu urges natural gas cooperation with Israel
- Cyprus Labour Minister to attend EU Council on employment
- Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies in Syria, body brought to Turkey
- Turkey limits court powers to question state spies
- Senior PASOK Cadres Launch Leadership Race
- Greece At Risk of Power Cuts
Aggelos Stagos
Let's Do Our Bit Now
A Greek sigh of relief should have been heard to the end of the world after Eurogroup’s approval of the country’s bailout program on Monday, which prevented a direct risk...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
A Clear Choice
Monday’s Eurogroup agreement may not be a cure-for-all Greek ills but it is certainly the best we could have obtained presently.
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
The Hour of The Private Sector
If Greece’s international creditors, the so-called troika, ultimately succeed in persuading our politicians to shrink the public sector, they will have addressed the core of the country’s problem. For the...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
Only One Good Scenario For Greece and Europe
Europe has been trapped in its own foolishness, incompetence and heartlessness, and will soon be forced to change to avoid dissolution.
Nikos Chrysoloras
Why The Germans Are Wrong
Many in Europe –particularly in Germany- wonder why they should continue providing financial support to a country that has failed to honor its commitments with partners and is an international...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
A Punitive Program
The reduction in incomes which Greece’s new economic program brings would make sense only if we could hope that the problems of recession and the country’s excessive debt could be...
Aggelos Stagos
No Elbow Room For Politicians
It’s a curious thing that even at this crucial moment, when the future of the country hangs in the balance, its political class cannot clearly “read” our creditors’ stance and...
Takis Lainas
Apocalypse Now!
We are all watching breathless the endless unpopular serial of Greece’s negotiations with the troika, wondering whether our political leaders will finally utter “Yes” or raise the flag of the...
Aggelos Stagos
Destined to Sink?
The negotiations with Greece’s international creditors –the so-called troika- on the final details of the economic program that will accompany a second, €130 billion bailout loan seem to have developed...
Nikos Chrysoloras
The "crucial next 48 hours”
If I come across the expression, “crucial next 48 hours,” again I think I am going to have a nervous breakdown. Our political leaders are bent on rattling our nerves...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
Histrionics
Greek political leaders on Sunday put on their brave faces, in the best of patriotic traditions. They would have us believe that they were resisting the demands of Greece’s international...
Takis Lainas
Much Ado About Nothing
The demand of Greece’s international creditors, the so-called troika, for a lowering of Greek salaries and wages is not just devoid of substance but also dangerous.
Aggelos Stagos
Do It Like Boutaris
There is no doubt that the German proposal for the appointment of an economic overseer, whose main task would have been to ensure the repayment of the country’s debt, was...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
European Immorality
Europe is regarded as the world’s ‘ethical force’. Today, however it is in danger of losing this important title because of its immoral choices in tackling the debt crisis.
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
The truth about the PSI and bank shares
Because so much has been heard and written about the PSI which not only affects us psychologically but our investment decisions as well, i.e. the equity markets, it seems important...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
Two simple interventions for development
Whilst we all appreciate that the economic recovery is the only way to solve the problems of Greece’s deficit and debt, the Greek government is not in a position to...
Aggelos Stagos
The war against Papademos
As to whether it is perceived or not, certain individuals, in cooperation with the media, are attempting to destroy Papademos as ‘evil’, ‘merciless’ or even as a ‘failure’.
Nikos Chrysoloras
Greece's lost wealth
Αsides from negotiations concerning the private sector’s ‘voluntary’ participation in cutting Greek debt, the essence of Greece’s actual economy has been condensed into one phrase by the Troika.
Nikos Chrysoloras
A public problem for Greece
The discovery that almost all the national television channel’s journalists who had been on strike for weeks, were paid in full, either because they took sick leave or because they...
Aggelos Stagos
A lack of restraint flares up again in Greece
After a respite of relative calm, which many associate with Papademos’ premiership and as a result, the Greek public’s raised expectations, unfortunately jeering and violence have emerged once again.
Nikos Chrysoloras
Why isn’t Greece competitive?
The debate on the Greek economy’s restoration came to the fore once again as it now seems inevitable that labour costs will be reduced through eliminating the 14th salary in...
Dimitris Kastriotis
Greece’s powerful institutions (It’s just that the banks, the press and the politicians are suffering)
Recently, the whole issueof lending – or indeed the refusal to lend funds to Greek media companies, has come to the fore – all based on the political business dealings...
Aggelos Stagos
Europe wants Greece in the Eurozone on condition that their terms are accepted
If the statements hold any political value – and are in fact reliable, yesterday, Merkel, Sarkozy and Schauble (in the background) made two points clear: They want Greece to remain...
Grigoris Nikolopoulos
Politicians and the public administration are harming the private sector in Greece
Under the pressure of the present circumstances and that of our partners and lenders and from the parties who are supposedly supporting him, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lucas Papademos has...
Nikos Chrysoloras
Who will replace George Papandreou?
Sooner or later, George Papandreou, former Greek Prime Minister and President of the Socialist Party (PASOK), a man whose actions were incompetent and erratic, who probably would never have held...
Nikos Chrysoloras
The Greek Paradox
In its report on the threats and dangers that our planet faces (2011 Global Risks Report), the World Economic Forum confirmed a paradox: The problems that transcend national borders and...
Aggelos Stagos
2012 will prove to be a decisive year
Forecasts point to the fact that 2012 will be a very difficult year, maybe even more difficult than 2011, if that is even possible.
