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Greece debt: PM Alexis Tsipras rules out third bailout

BBC: Friday, February 27, 2015

Greece will not need a third international debt bailout when its current programme ends in four months, the country's prime minister has said.

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Greece

Prosecutor orders preliminary investigation into allegations over conditions in Amygdaleza detention center (Feb. 27)

Greece struggles as citizens refuse to pay tax (The Australian: Feb. 25)

Law to protect indebted families from losing their homes will be tabled on Thursday (Feb. 18)

Thousands rally against austerity across Greece (The San Luis Obispo Tribune: Feb. 15)

Greece to move fast to close migrant centres (The Peninsula Qatar: Feb. 14)

Cartoon in Greek daily irks Germany (The Asian Age: Feb. 13)

Politics

Greece debt: PM Alexis Tsipras rules out third bailout (BBC: Feb. 27)

ERT bill will be possibly tabled in Parliament next week, State min Pappas says (Feb. 27)

Greece runs out of funding options despite euro zone reprieve (Reuters: Feb. 27)

The agreement with the lenders needs to be ratified by the parliament, ND spokesman says (Feb. 27)

Discord in Greek ruling party (Bloomberg: Feb. 27)

Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis warns Germany to respect sovereignty as financial reforms face parliament (Radio Australia: Feb. 26)

German lawmakers approve Greek bailout extension (Feb. 27)

5 Similarities Between Spain's Podemos Party and Greece's Syriza (Yahoo! Finance: Feb. 26)

IS militant 'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi from London (BBC: Feb. 26)

Mistrust threatens Turkey-Kurd peace efforts (Feb. 25)

UK to help train Ukrainian army (BBC: Feb. 24)

France moves to limit jihadi threat (Feb. 23)

Amnesty International report chronicles 'catastrophic' year (Feb. 25)

2022 World Cup: Fifa rules out compensation for unhappy clubs (BBC: Feb. 25)

Record-breaking cold descends on eastern US (BBC: Feb. 20)

Cyber bank robbers steal $1bn, says Kaspersky report (BBC: Feb. 17)

Israel calls for mass Jewish immigration after Denmark attack (Feb. 15)

Chapel Hill murders: Turkish leader challenges Obama (BBC: Feb. 13)

Business

Greek bank deposits return after bailout extension (The Business Insider: Feb. 26)

Bank of Greece: Greece needs progress in implementation of pending reforms (Feb. 26)

US citizens in Greece and US taxes - A word to the wise (eKathimerini: Feb. 25)

Greece debt deal: Reforms will 'combat tax evasion' (BBC: Feb. 22)

Greece defiant as Germany tears up last-ditch EMU compromise on austerity (The Telegraph: Feb. 19)

ECB offers Greek banks extra €3.3bn emergency cash (BBC: Feb. 18)

Sports

Ten-man Olympiakos couldn't overcome Dnipro (eKathimerini: Feb. 27)

Deputy Sports Minister: 'We will not accept threats and blackmails' (Feb. 26)

All soccer action suspended in a bid to combat violence (eKathimerini: Feb. 25)

Greek Super League board up in arms (eKathimerini: Feb. 24)

Greek football, both domestic and the national team, is in a state of disarray (ESPN FC: Feb. 23)

Panathinaikos wins derby to dispute Olympiakos's supremacy (eKathimerini: Feb. 22)

Top Stories - Picks

Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis warns Germany to respect sovereignty as financial reforms face parliament (Radio Australia: Feb. 26)

Prosecutor orders preliminary investigation into allegations over conditions in Amygdaleza detention center (Feb. 27)

Deputy Sports Minister: 'We will not accept threats and blackmails' (Feb. 26)

Merkel MPs in Germany back help for Greece (BBC: Feb. 26)

Ten-man Olympiakos couldn't overcome Dnipro (eKathimerini: Feb. 27)

5 Similarities Between Spain's Podemos Party and Greece's Syriza (Yahoo! Finance: Feb. 26)

German lawmakers approve Greek bailout extension (Feb. 27)

Discord in Greek ruling party (Bloomberg: Feb. 27)

Greek debt crisis: Violence in Athens ahead of Germany vote (BBC: Feb. 26)

Greece runs out of funding options despite euro zone reprieve (Reuters: Feb. 27)

Outgamed (The Economist: Feb. 21)

Greek debt deal: Government starts work on reform list (BBC: Feb. 21)

Greece relieved by debt deal, but difficulties ahead (Feb. 21)

Tsipras declares victory as Greece dodges financial collapse (Reuters: Feb. 21)

Greece debt deal: Reforms will 'combat tax evasion' (BBC: Feb. 22)

Insight - No feel-good victory for Germany in debt clash with Greece (Reuters: Feb. 22)

Alexis Tsipras: 'We have won the battle, not the war' (The Telegraph: Feb. 21)

EU Finance Ministers approve Greek bailout extension (Feb. 24)

Greek football, both domestic and the national team, is in a state of disarray (ESPN FC: Feb. 23)

France moves to limit jihadi threat (Feb. 23)

On this Day

February 28

380: Byzantine emperor Theodosius I issued an edict recognising Christianity as the official religion of the state.
1949: During the Greek Civil War, government forces discovered the secret location of the printing press of the communist newspaper "Morias".
1959: The Greek Parliament rejected by 170 to 117 the move to censure PM Constantine Karamanlis over his signing the Zurich and London agreements. ERE MPs applauded the result while Sophoklis Venizelos walked out of the chamber shouting "Long live Enosis!".
Births: Fotis Pittas, EOKA fighter (1935)
Deaths: Gregorios Staktopoulos, journalist convicted of the George Polk murder (1998).

Recent days: February 27 - February 26

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