Eurozone – EAP (Europe Asia Policy Centre for Comparative Research)

Greek stock plunged after reopening (5 August 2015)

5 Aug 2015

The major Greek share index has significantly fallen on Monday and the Athex ended with a drop of more than 16% following a five-week closure due to the Greek government’s emergency capital control and measures to avoid financial collapse. Although...
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Greek referendum on bailout proposal (29 June 2015)

29 Jun 2015

On 26 June 2015, talks between Greek negotiators and Troika (ECB, IMF, EU Commission) abruptly broke up. Following a late-night cabinet meeting, Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, went on national television and called a referendum on 5 July in...
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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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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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Upcoming election and uncertainty in Greece (5 January 2015)

5 Jan 2015

Alexis Tsipras @ Piazza Maggiore
Flickr: lorenzogdnz/

European financial market experienced agitating turbulence in recent weeks following a setback of the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in a Parliament voting on 29th December. Failing to elect Stavros Dimas as the next president with 12 votes short of...
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19 August 2013: Encouraging figures by Eurostat shows Eurozone recovery

19 Aug 2013

Comparing with the previous quarter, the economic output of the Eurozone has risen by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU 28 during the second quarter of...
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6 June 2013: Latvia approved to enter Eurozone in 2014

6 Jun 2013

Latvia is going to be the 18th member of the eurozone after the European Commission gave it the green light on 5 June...
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