Mario Draghi

By Marcus Bensasson & Nikos Chrysoloras

One phrase echoed from Brussels to Frankfurt and Washington as Greece?s creditors examined and then waved through the country?s new economic policies: ?starting point.?

By Marcus Bensasson & Nikos Chrysoloras

One phrase echoed from Brussels to Frankfurt and Washington as Greece?s creditors examined and then waved through the country?s new economic policies: ?starting point.?

ECB President Mario Draghi On Tuesday presented in Frankfurt the newly designed 20-euro note and announced that it will be launched on Nov. 25.

It is worth noting that the new banknote is designed with extra safety net, which makes it extremely difficult or even imposible to copy correctly.

The European Central Bank said Tuesday the reforms drawn up by Greece in return for a bailout extension were a «valid starting point» for talks, but that they differed in a number of areas from the existing programme.

 Image aside, the gov?t will have a mountain to climb in order to meet its fiscal and political targets

By Dimitris Kontogiannis

As top government official announced, a Eurogroup video-conference is to be held on Tuesday on the list of reforms proposed by the Greek government.

The above announcement of the video-conference dropped as a bomb, since it raises questions as to whether is a positive sign or an omen indicating a gap that can not be bridged between Greek government and lenders.

Few Europeans were guilty of assuming that new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras would perform what Greeks call a kolotoumba ("somersault") the instant he assumed duties, meaning to quickly change political positions.

By Costas Iordanidis

The Greek government has been perceived by many, rightly or wrongly, as slightly mad and irrational, a variable that upsets the status quo set by Berlin when the euro was introduced, based on Bundesbank directives and Germany?s traumatic past.

By David Goodman

As if Mario Draghi doesn't have enough problems already.

Europe is trying to avert a crippling bout of deflation. Germany wants austerity and less stimulus. And Greece is demanding to renegotiate the terms of its bailout, a move that has revived the risk of the euro area splintering.

By Jana Radow

Mario Draghi?s assurance that the European Central Bank has ring-fenced the risks of its bond-buying program has a caveat.