Greece, Continuing Pressure, No Let-Up

Pledges of commitment to reforms required by Wednesday (Reuters),

but, the Commission is still waiting, and calls off the Wednesday meeting (Kathimerini)

BBC on the cancelled meeting

All conditions to be met for Greece to stay in Eurozone (Reuters)

Update from Reuters  "European Union's patience with Greece close to breaking point"


From Kathimerini


An article which attempts to put things in some historical and cultural perspective, by Richard Pine, writing in today's Irish Times (February 14).

The Telegraph presents another gloomy picture.

Reuters again

Promises and missed targets

Teleconference compromise

The media everywhere, as well as most bloggers and Twitters, are open to the accusation that George Osborne has just made about the BBC (for its coverage of the UK economy) that it is "in the front row of the tumbrils, doing its knitting".