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Agreement between Greece and Troika (25 Feb 2015)

25 Feb 2015

Mr Jeroen DIJSSELBLOEM, President of the Eurogroup.
Source: European Council 2015

Eurozone finance ministers have approved the reform proposals submitted by Greece on 24 February. Greece was last Friday requested by Troika to submit a proposal in order to obtain an extension of bailout fund for additional four months. Subsequent to...
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Eurozone meeting concerning Greece (17 Feb 2015)

17 Feb 2015

The Eurozone finance ministers meeting, on 16 Feb, with regard to the topic of Greece’s future bailout broke down as the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis objected the proposal to extend its bailout programme for another six months. The current...
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Podemos Party in Spain (16 Feb)

16 Feb 2015

Alexis Tsipras and Pablo Iglesias at a Syriza rally this month. Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

On 31st January, more than 100,000 supporters participated in a mass rally in Madrid organized by Podemos, a Spanish radical left party. The so-called “March for Change” rally is the first mass rally held by the party, following the recent...
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Negotiation between Greece and European partners (10 Feb)

10 Feb 2015

Following the victory of Syriza party in the Greek parliamentary election on 25 January, the first major task of the new government was to come up with an agreement with its international creditors. Both the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and...
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Updates on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (4 Feb 2015)

4 Feb 2015

The 8th round of the negotiation of The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) started on 2 February. The meeting is the first since the new European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the Commissioner of Trade Cecilia Malmström took office...
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Far-left Syriza won in the Greek Election (26 Jan 2015)

27 Jan 2015

The radical left party Syriza won Greece’s general election on 25 January 2015, getting 149 out of 300 seats in the Parliament, 2 seats short of an absolute majority. It formed a governing coalition with the right-wing party Greek Independents,...
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ECB’s Bonds-Purchasing Programme (26 Jan 2015)

26 Jan 2015

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced, on 22nd January, its large scale bonds purchase scheme, also known as quantitative easing (QE). Starting from March this year, the ECB will buy €60 billion bonds each month from financial institutions by...
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