Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Bulgaria is ready to double the subsidies it offers in order to secure the contract for the new Volkswagen plant, the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes in an exclusive material. "We have found a way to offer the Volkswagen Group 250 to 260 million euros instead of 135 million euros," former head of state Rosen Plevneliev told F.A.Z.

The cost of Germany taking in a record number of asylum seekers could hit 10 billion euros ($11 billion), four times what Berlin spend looking after refugees last year, a German newspaper said onr Sept. 5.  

German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ) reports that a deal between Greece and the Quartet for the new 86bln Euro bailout plan is possible by next Friday, August 14. The reports notes on the ‘excellent cooperation’ between the creditors and the Greek negotiating team during talks.

Eurogroup leaders are set to hold the next Greece debt talks on Wednesday, European Council President Donald Tusk has said.

Though crisis talks on Monday evening failed to produce tangible results, participants described the developments, including Greece's new package of reform proposals, as a good starting point, according to German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Alternate International Economic Relations Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Thursday refuted that he spoke of a bailout program in his interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) dated May 27.

Finland holds firm

Finnish Finance Minister Antti Rinne told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that the decisions are clear and that Greece “will get extra money only when the reforms are not just decided upon but also implemented.”

German Media focus on Monday’s crucial meeting between the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

A critical meeting will reportedly take place today in Berlin between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble to plan their strategy ahead of the Eurogroup meeting on Monday.
The German government tried to keep the meeting a secret, foreign media say, but Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper published a relevant report yesterday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has insisted that his interview for German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeiting contributes to the good relations between the peoples of Bulgaria and Russia.

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German Ambassador to Ankara Eberhard Pohl was summoned to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Aug. 18 following media reports claiming German secret services have been eavesdropping on Turkey for some time. The Turkish Foreign Ministry asked for an explanation from the ambassador and said in a public statement that it would be “grave” if even only part of the media reports were true.