A lot of 'small' private investors lost a lot of money through holding Greek bonds.How many rich Greeks had some? The only stubborn ones are either ignorant or too proud to free themselves from projections are like Dionyssus . If you totally rely on ...

How IMF and ECB have the power to decide the fate of Greece

Everything is for Greece. They have been wronged by everyone and have no responsibility whatsoever for the state they are in.Their economy contracted once the decades-long drip-feeding with other people's money stopped. Again now it is everyone's ...

Greece orders IMF repayment despite cash shortage, creditors cite progress in bailout talks

depends who blinks first....

Greek Aid Talks Gain Urgency as Breakthrough Remains Elusive

Some memberstates play poker with their own economy, citizens' welfare and collegue member states

Greece signals concessions in crunch talks with lenders

What is Germany's big profit? I thought more that Germany carries a big risk, or rather the German taxpayers.

Tsipras in Dreamland

NikitasNax: sorry :In Greek mythology Europa (/jʊˈroʊpə, jə-/; Greek: Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē; Doric Greek: Εὐρώπα Eurṓpā) was a Phoenician woman of high lineage,[1] for whom the continent Europe was named. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a ...

Varoufakis: Greece cannot cut pensions

Europa was Zeus' mistress and he had to take her disguised as a bull. Nice archetype.

Varoufakis: Greece cannot cut pensions

NikitasNax: Pride comes before the fall

Varoufakis: Greece cannot cut pensions

What about changing Greek tax laws once and for good to get the elite to contribute as they should! You know, in other countries pensioners do not feast on oysters and caviar either.

Varoufakis: Greece cannot cut pensions

First someone goes bancrupt, then he blames everyone else but himself. If I had done what Greece has done I would be up against criminal proceedings for fraud

Varoufakis: A New Deal for Greece

Bla, bla, bla..... Do your home work first and do not blame Greece's lack of reform to the oh so bad Troika......

Varoufakis: A New Deal for Greece

France should be able to turn around if the pain gets just a bit bigger. Same for Italy and Irland and Spain and Portugal. g Greece seems to me to be a turtle flat on its back which pushed away the ones who wanted to help turn it back on its feet.

Kathimerini Reporting That Greece Has Secured EUR450 Mln From Local Authorities

jegas, do you mean ' trump card'.

Kathimerini Reporting That Greece Has Secured EUR450 Mln From Local Authorities

Have you ever thought what happens to a collective if/when the weakest member leaves?

Kathimerini Reporting That Greece Has Secured EUR450 Mln From Local Authorities

Hot air

A New Deal for Greece

The one who stays afloat

Tsipras' Biggest Fight Will Be At Home

He had enough time to deliver relevant reforms - but did he?

Alexis Tsipras seeks interim deal for Greece in talks with Angela Merkel

You cannot compare the EU with the US: The latter is a political entity, the EU is not. How far would federal aid and aid from other members of the union go to bail out bancrupt members of the union? The EU in contrast seems to be a self-service ...

Moral Hazard Taken Too Far

I do not think that any German believes Greece will pay back the bailout loans. But no one wants to give them more money. The sooner Greece exits the Euro the better, for all parties.

Greek Bank Units Abroad Told to Exit Greek Debt: Kathimerini

By the way, Germany is no occupied territory anymore, if Yaroufakis has forgotten...

Yanis Varoufakis urges Obama to squeeze Europe over debt stalemate