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Merkel says she wants Greece to 'remain part of our story'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she wanted Greece to "remain part of our story", ahead of elections this weekend which could sweep the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and determine whether the country stays in the eurozone.
Greek leftist widens poll lead, says to end 'humiliation'
Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras told thousands of people gathered in Athens that an end to "national humiliation" was near after opinion polls on Jan. 22 showed his Syriza party pulling ahead three days before an election.
Excluding Greek bonds from ECB QE would be bad for Greek rating, agencies say
Excluding Greek bonds from any European Central Bank quantitative easing program would be bad news for the country's recently upgraded credit rating, the main ratings agencies said.
PASOK open to SYRIZA as part of wider alliance
By Renee Maltezou & Lefteris Papadimas
Greece's Socialist PASOK party could support a government led by the radical leftist SYRIZA party as part of a wider pro-euro alliance to steer the country out of its bailout program, PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos told Reuters.
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Agencies: QE exclusion bad for Greek rating
Excluding Greek bonds from any European Central Bank quantitative easing program would be bad news for the country?s recently upgraded credit rating, the main ratings agencies said.
The ECB is widely expected to announce a large-scale government bond-buying program on Thursday.
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New Democracy responds to opposition statement over port concession
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's New Democracy party responded on Tuesday to statements made by a candidate for the main opposition SYRIZA party, suggesting a renegotiation of several privatization projects and in particular of the cargo terminal at the country's main port in Piraeus.
Any new Greek government will have to continue reforms, says Juncker
Any new Greek government will have to deliver on the commitments of its predecessors and continue reforms, the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker told Reuters.
His comments are seen as a clear warning to Greece's left-wing Syriza party, which is solidifying its opinion poll lead over the ruling conservatives days before a Jan. 25 election.
ECB holds key to Greek developments
Frankfurt can control the flow of cash in the domestic credit system and therefore the state?s liquidity
By Dimitris Kontogiannis
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Greek central bank asks ECB to allow emergency bank lending line if needed
By George Georgiopoulos
Greece's central bank has moved to protect its banks from any fallout from the coming general election, asking the European Central Bank to approve a stand-by domestic emergency funding line, a Bank of Greece official said on Saturday.
Diminishing Greek bond yield inversion show default fears easing
By John Geddie
Investor concern that a new government may push Greece toward another default appears to have eased over the past week, as a sharp inversion in its borrowing costs diminishes.