Greek withdrawal from the eurozone

Paul Krugman needs no introduction. A Nobel laureate in economics (2008) and a contributing columnist for The New York Times, he is considered a specialist in deciphering international political and economic dynamics.

In June 2012, while serving as president of the European Commission, I organized a brainstorming session on the future of the euro as the currency of the European Union at the Commission's headquarters in Brussels, the Berlaymont.

When will we see a similar phenomenon in Europe and Greece

It wasn't too long ago that Greece seemed to be going from crisis to crisis, with Grexit being thrown around as a real possibility. Today, we're seeing Greece described as a European success story.

A coalition government after the second round of elections in the summer is the main scenario for investment firms and rating agencies, with the whole process expected to be difficult and time-consuming, resulting in possible delays in both the recovery of investment grade and the implementation reforms and investment promotion.

Behind the horrors of war, amidst successive international crises, a favorable reality for Europe (and Greece) is quietly unfolding. What was once a factor of division and weakness for the European Union is now a pillar of unity and strength. The euro, at the heart of the EU's first major crisis of the 21st century, has evolved from a weak core to a European unifier.

So much controversy has been stirred by a recent event titled "Are We Staying in Europe? Wiretaps, Rights and Rule of Law," that the discussion about it actually began before it even took place.

American economist Paul Krugman, one of the more vocal proponents of a Greek exit from the euro during the 2009-2019 debt crisis, is pointing to Greece as one of the countries that have successfully managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Katerina Sakellaropoulos was sworn in today as president of the Hellenic Republic.

The moderate, progressive, rights-oriented jurist is the first woman to hold the country's highest office and was until her election in parliament serving as president (again the first woman) of the Council of State, the country's supreme administrative court.

Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who served during the leftist SYRIZA government's first term in 2015, has said that he will be publishing his recordings of negotiations with Greece's eurozone partners and creditors on March 16.