Exactly half a century has passed since April 21, 1967. The date marks the anniversary of one of the darkest moments in modern Greek history. 50 years ago a group of Colonels seized political power by force, imposing a brute military junta on Greece for the following 7 years.
In an opinion article published in the Wall Street Journal, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras called on the country’s creditors to stop blocking the return of economic growth in Greece.
The primary surpluses that will be decided for the Greek bailout program should be more reasonable because they will determine the size of debt restructuring that will be required to make it sustainable, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said in a press conference in Washington DC on Thursday.