https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mitsotakis-sworn-in-as-pm-amid-east-med-tensions
Conservative politician Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister on Monday after storming to victory on a pledge to create jobs and lure investment to the economically stricken nation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/they-are-not-europe
Britain and the chaos that has taken over the country is the biggest sign of what dangerous populism can do if it is underestimated, but it is not the only example...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/dbrs-reaffirms-cyprus-s-rating
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/greece-should-have-taken-10-year-‘timeout-from-eurozone-says-schaeuble
Former German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, widely regarded as the architect of austerity in eurozone crisis countries, said in an interview in the Financial Times on Friday that Greece should have taken a 10-year timeout from the bloc.
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https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/10th-economic-ideas-forum-takes-on-cyprus-economic-reforms
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/economic-ideas-forum-comes-to-nicosia
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/finish-what-you-started-on-reforms-imf-tells-greece
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/eurogroup-may-put-off-tranche-decision-to-greece
The chances that the 1-billion-euro tranche will be disbursed to Greece are diminishing, as this Monday’s Eurogroup is not expected to grant its approval, given that the Greek government has not completed all the necessary reforms, according to a eurozone official who spoke to reporters on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/eu-unhappy-with-greek-reforms-debt-relief-in-doubt
Greece's bailout creditors say the country has fallen behind on several key reforms that have been set as a condition for debt relief....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/parsimonious-northerners-are-the-euro-s-biggest-winners-study-shows
Germany and the Netherlands have benefited enormously from the euro over the 20 years since its launch, a study has found, while for almost every other member the single currency has been a serious drag on economic growth....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/stop-the-brexit-clock-says-cyprus-finance-minister-on-bloomberg
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dbrs-upgrades-cyprus-economy-to-investment-grade
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dijsselbloem-cyprus-is-still-in-search-of-a-new-economic-paradigm
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/grexit-plan-was-no-bluff-french-ex-president-tells-kathimerini
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-officials-call-greece-for-stability-amid-pension-debate
European officials are urging the Greek government to focus on maintaining financial and political stability even as political parties ratchet up their rhetoric ahead of general elections next year....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/merkel-takes-the-fall-leaving-europe-without-a-leader
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/weak-greek-economy-threatened-by-world-unrest
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/banks-have-their-recovery-work-cut-out
The bank stock slump has gone on for too long and valuations are now exceptionally low, say senior credit sector officials in Athens. However, analysts questioned on the issue by Kathimerini say the problems that Greek lenders are facing will not be overcome quickly, justifying the pounding the sector has sustained on the Athens stock exchange....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/european-central-bank-unveils-new-€100-and-€200-banknotes
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/cyprus-eyes-10-year-low-yield-bond-after-s-p-lifts-sovereign-to-investment-grade
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/interview-with-the-french-minister-of-foreign-affairs
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/shadows-loom-over-government-s-‘clean-exit-scenario
Greece’s bailout exit has been eliciting condescending and bitter commentary on the country’s beaches and in its near-deserted cities, as few Greeks believes their lives are going to improve or that the country’s prospects will be akin to those of other bailed-out eurozone states. Greece’s “return to normalcy” and “clean exit,” much touted by the government, appear to be happening somewhere else....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/regling-says-greece-will-remain-linked-to-esm
Greece will be monitored more closely by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the other institutions after its bailout ends six days from now compared to other countries that emerged from rescue programs, according to ESM chief Klaus Regling....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/global-jitters-hit-greek-bonds
Just days before Greece is to emerge from its international bailouts, upheaval in international markets took a toll on Greek bonds on Thursday, driving yields up above 4 percent....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/holding-referendums-in-fyrom-and-greece
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is moving ahead with preparations for its referendum on the name deal reached with Athens, which will pave the way for its induction to NATO and remove a major obstacle to the process for it to join the European Union....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/no-more-pretexts
The world will never be the same since Donald Trump was installed in the White House. In a sense, his election was unavoidable. Not because matters became unbearable in the last 30 years after the fall of the communist system in Europe. Rather, it was because they became in a way unnatural....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-leaders-under-pressure-to-curb-migration
European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to agree new measures to restrict arrivals across the Mediterranean as growing popular discontent over immigration puts pressure on governments from Germany to Italy....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/debt-deal-exceeded-market-expectations-tsipras-says
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday hailed the Eurogroup debt deal for Greece during a televised exchange with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, referring to a "historic" agreement that exceeded the expectations of the markets....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/imf-berlin-still-divided-over-greek-debt-but-progress-in-sight
A meeting of the so-called Washington Group – representatives of Greece’s creditors as well as the governments of Germany, France, Spain and Italy, the biggest eurozone economies – failed to break a deadlock over the Greek debt as the International Monetary Fund and Berlin remain divided on the length of an upfront extension on bailout loans....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/tsipras-says-greece-will-meet-fiscal-targets-with-no-fiscal-gap-in-2018-9
Greece and its foreign creditors agreed that the country will meet its fiscal targets in the coming years and there will be no fiscal gap in 2018 and 2019, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his cabinet ...