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Nikos Chrysoloras

ARTICLES BY NIKOS CHRYSOLORAS

China says TikTok sale shows US ‘economic bullying’

2 min read . 15 Sep 2020

Donald Trump’s administration is asking Europe, Canada and other allies to accept quotas in exchange for an exemption from steel and aluminium tariffs that kick in May 1, when a temporary waiver expires. Photo: AFP

European Union sounds trade-war alarm as Donald Trump points gun ‘at our head’

2 min read . 28 Apr 2018

The European Commission’s planned revenue tax, which is expected to be proposed on 21 March, would only represent a targeted, short-term solution. Photo: Reuters

Tech giants set to face 3% tax on revenue under new European Union plan

2 min read . 17 Mar 2018

The EU says its retaliation to Trump’s tariffs will be in line with World Trade Organization regulations. Photo: Reuters

EU hopes Donald Trump will back down from import tariff threats

1 min read . 07 Mar 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May. The European Union presented a draft exit treaty that set out in great detail the so-called fallback option to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland after Brexit. Photo: Reuters

Brexit talks in peril as Theresa May rejects EU draft as unacceptable

1 min read . 28 Feb 2018

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker cited the EU treaty’s Article 49, which invites any European state that respects the bloc’s values to apply for accession and precedes Article 50 governing the process for leaving. Photo: Reuters

European Union opens door for UK return to the block

1 min read . 17 Jan 2018

Britain’s prime minister Theresa May, walks with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday. Photo: AP

UK, European Union strike Brexit deal, opening path to trade talks

3 min read . 08 Dec 2017

A protester holds a placard before the arrival of David Davis, UK’s secretary of state for Brexit, and EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

UK pins Brexit hopes on EU leaders reluctant to give ground

5 min read . 13 Oct 2017

Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission, has said the global willingness to not let the Paris deal fall apart is very strong. Photo: Reuters

EU tilts to China in climate fight after Donald Trump exits Paris deal

1 min read . 18 Sep 2017

Greece’s revival—the country sold €3 billion of bonds this week for the first time since 2014—underlines a seven-year crisis, when the fight to preserve the European Union had become a daily routine. Photo: Bloomberg

Crisis-plagued Europe sees a new dawn after Greek market return

3 min read . 27 Jul 2017

Brexit means a mistake in the eyes of the EU because Britain is turning its back on a project of peace and prosperity. There will be no need for punishment though, because as Donald Tusk argued “Brexit in itself is punitive enough.” Photo: Reuters

What we learned about Brexit from EU president Donald Tusk

4 min read . 01 Apr 2017

In an unusually strongly-worded statement, Lagarde hinted that the Greek government spied on IMF officials and leaked the transcript of the internal call. Photo: Reuters

Christine Lagarde says IMF Greek deal far off as talks roiled by leak

2 min read . 04 Apr 2016

Alexis Tsipras, former Greek prime minister and leader of the Syriza party, reacts as he places his voting slip in a ballot box as he votes in the general election at a polling station in the suburb of Kypseli, Athens, Greece, on Sunday. Photo: Bloomberg

Greece’s year of tumult enters new chapter as Alexis Tsipras dominates

4 min read . 21 Sep 2015

As a vote-weary public returns to the ballots, these polls suggest that 41-year-old Alexis Tsipras, who stepped down as prime minister on 20 August, won’t secure enough votes for an absolute majority. Photo: AFP

Greek election campaign starts with Alexis Tsipras in narrow lead

3 min read . 30 Aug 2015

The proposal was submitted to European institutions late on Thursday and will be presented to the Greek Parliament on Friday. Photo: AFP

Greece seeks €53.5 billion bailout in effort to keep euro

3 min read . 10 Jul 2015

Failure to get a deal could result in the European Central Bank (ECB) cutting funds to Greek banks, forcing the country to issue IOUs or some other form of exchange to prevent economic collapse. Photo: Bloomberg

Greeks under the gun to produce a reform plan to keep euro

2 min read . 09 Jul 2015

61% of voters backed prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s rejection of further spending cuts and tax increases in an unprecedented referendum that’s also taken the country to the brink of financial collapse. Photo: Bloomberg

Alexis Tsipras turns tables on Europe as Greeks reject austerity

3 min read . 06 Jul 2015

A supporter of the ‘no’ vote makes the victory signs after the referendum’s exit polls at Syntagma square in Athens. Photo: AP

Greece heads for ‘no’ vote, raising risk of exit from euro

3 min read . 06 Jul 2015

An image of Germany finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble seen on an “OXI” or “No” campaign poster against bailout proposals, sits on a lamp post, as “Evzones” presidential guards march to their positions in Athens, Greece, on Saturday. Photo: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg

Greece divided on eve of referendum to chart new economic course

3 min read . 04 Jul 2015

Creditors are insistent on pension reforms that would bring savings of as much as 1% of GDP by 2016 and immediate steps to eliminate early retirement benefits and allowances for lower pensions. Photo: Bloomberg

Europe rebuffs Greek overture as poll shows voters leaning ‘Yes’

3 min read . 02 Jul 2015