Challenges after Greek election

Challenges after Greek election

(VOVWORLD) -Greece held a regular legislative election last Sunday to prepare for the formation of a new government to replace the incumbent administration of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The election...
Syriza party wins Greek election

Syriza party wins Greek election

(VOVworld) – Greece’s left-wing Syriza party led by Alexis Tsipras won Sunday’s election with 35.54% of the vote against 28.07% for the conservative New Democracy party
Greece accepts austerity measures

Greece accepts austerity measures

(VOVworld) – The Greek Parliament has voted to accept more austerity measures demanded by the Eurozone to open negotiations for a new bailout package
Is Greece really out of crisis?

Is Greece really out of crisis?

(VOVworld) – On Wednesday Greece’s parliament approved by a vote of 229 to 64 a bill on austerity measures requested by creditors in exchange for a new bailout package worth 86 billion euros...
Tsipras says creditors seeking to humiliate Greece

Tsipras says creditors seeking to humiliate Greece

(VOVworld) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has accused international creditors of trying to “humiliate” Greece and called on the EU to reconsider its support for the harsh reform proposals laid out by...
Greece on the verge of bankruptcy

Greece on the verge of bankruptcy

(VOVworld)- Greece’s central government has run out of money to pay debts now falling due. Meanwhile, negotiations for an aid package from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank...
German-Greek relations: concurrent challenges

German-Greek relations: concurrent challenges

(VOVworld) – During the Greek Prime Minister’s first visit to Germany since he took office, Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed Greece’s debt crisis and measures to boost bilateral...
Greece faces numerous challenges

Greece faces numerous challenges

(VOVworld)- Eurozone finance ministers have approved reform proposals submitted by Greece in order to obtain a four-month extension of its bailout. The extension will help Greece avoid bankruptcy but at...
Greece elects new president

Greece elects new president

(VOVworld) - Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a moderate conservative former Minister of Interior, was elected on Wednesday as new President of Greece
Greece’s new cabinet line-up announced

Greece’s new cabinet line-up announced

(VOVworld) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has announced his new cabinet with Yanis Varoufakis as Finance Minister and Panos Kammenos as Defence Minister
Greek election result: Good or bad news?

Greek election result: Good or bad news?

(VOVworld)-Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece’s Syriza anti-austerity party, was sworn in as Prime Minister after his party won the early Parliamentary election on January 25th. This was the...
Greece holds early election

Greece holds early election

(VOVworld) - Greece began voting on Sunday in a crucial general election that could bring the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and lead to a re-negotiation of the...