greek prime minister alexis tsipras compared the crisis and aftermath to homer's odyssey a national address an international drug. said our country is regaining its right to define its own fortunes and futures like a normal european country without having policies forced on it by foreign officials with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our people. and in that regard we take a look at the good the bad and the ugly of the eurozone economies you can guess where greece lands to help us out we're joined by the c.e.o. of straw market and from germany r t correspondent peter oliver thank you very much both of you for being here and peter let's start with you the good not long ago some experts we reported here peter that said that germany could go into a recession as early as this june well as they saying not dead yet the second quarter growth for the country is surprised and pleased many peter what's the latest. well certainly not dead in fact alive and kicking is the german economy it's performed better than it had been expected for the second quarter of twenty eighteen posting growth of z

tsipras acknowledged the hardship of recent years and said past mistakes would not be repeated greece avoided bankruptcy for the last eight years through three hundred billion dollars in loans from.

tsipras acknowledged the hardship of recent years and said past mistakes would not be repeated greece avoided bankruptcy for the last eight years through three hundred billion dollars in loans from the i.m.f. and the european union and return it imposes punishing austerity measures aimed at balancing its budget she must above the musk's in medicine that carried with them austerity and recession and turned our country into a social desert are over our country's regaining its right to define its own fortunes and its future like a normal european country without being compelled to do things from abroad with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our peoples. more from athens. the prime minister signaled the beginning of a new age for greece one in which greece will become a normal european country again able to choose its fate to determine its economic policy free from the external coercion of other countries and member and understand this is very much within the c.d.'s the narrative that this left wing government was elected to rid the country over. all stare at the policies imposed f

tsipras so called it a day of liberation and an address on if it kept symbolic move because it's the island that homer's hero in d.c. has finally returned to after twenty years of war and adventure experiences a message to greeks was that the economic policy was over since two thousand and ten greece avoided bankruptcy through three hundred billion dollars in loans there's a headline stay with us salaries are well it's coming right up. a cup of coffee. on. october the twentieth two thousand and eleven libya's ex leader colonel muammar gaddafi was captured and killed.

see newman al jazeera cataracts greek prime minister alexis tsipras has officially declared an end to the era of a sterile thius the nation exits the biggest ever international bailout three hundred billion dollars in loans of help greece of void bankruptcy but the past eight years have had a profound effect john's droplets reports. prime minister alexis tsipras may have been trying to custom self in the role of a hero when he chose to send a message to the greeks that their economic odyssey is over this is the island home his hero odysseus finally returned home to after twenty years of war and adventure and live the same this see matter today a new day has dawned for our country historic day the bailouts of austerity recession and a social desert are finally over our country began to the right to shape its own future and fortunes like any normal european country without external duress blackmail or sacrifices by our people for this group of young people the news comes too late the economic crisis struck at the beginning of their teens and changed their lives you know to go see one wh

tsipras that knowledge people had suffered hardship and said past mistakes won't be repeated greece impose tough measures to trim its budget in return for barring three hundred billion dollars from the e.u. and the i.m.f. turkey has filed a complaint with the world trade organization over u.s. tariffs on steel and element and donald trump doubled levies earlier this month after turkey refused to release an american pastor accused of links to the failed coup twenty sixteen more bodies are being found as floodwaters recede in the indian state of carola all the four hundred people died in the worst floods in a century one point two million people are living in temporary camps right those are the latest headlines for us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's slavery rates. this is the story of a world whose territories and borders were drawn by the slave trade a world birth violent subjugation and profit imposed their roots. this criminal system shaped our history and founded the world's greatest empires as a people tell it but that one lives this love hate thing the fuss the multiset t

tsipras the hardship of recent years and said past mistakes will not be repeated chris avoided bankruptcy for the last eight years through three hundred billion dollars in loans from the i.m.f. that is in the european union and return it impose punishing austerity measures aimed at balancing its budget he must above. that carried with them austerity and recession and turned our country into a social desert over our country's regaining its right to define its own fortunes and its future like a normal european country without being compelled to do things from abroad with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our people. more from athens. the prime minister signals the beginning of a new age for greece one in which greece will become a normal european country again able to choose its fate to determine its economic policy free from the external coercion of other countries and memoranda understanding this is very much within the seed is a narrative that this left wing government was elected to rid the country of austerity policies imposed from without due to the policies of previous adminis

coming up over the next week, greek prime minister alexis tsipras marks the end of bailouts. we get minutes from the fomc meeting. and fed chairman jay powell will speak at the annual central bank gathering in wyoming. still with me in new york city is george goncalves, kevin giddis, and luke hickmore. i haven't heard many people talking this week about jackson hole next week. it seems to be downplayed. why? >> it is more of an academic exercise. they are not really worried a major change from the fed. it would take a lot for them to change it. the fed is entrenched in their policy right now. it would take a lot for them to change it. perhaps you could see some acknowledgment of the em vol, but we think that is wrong. we think that is why we are waiting and seeing. jonathan: the idea of the federal reserve is going to respond anytime soon to international situations, are they? i see no sign of that from jay powell so far. luke: no, it does not seem likely. maybe we will get a little bit of a chat about what they expect to happen with wage markets in the u.s. and why they are

tsipras in the first instance need to do. where he's made commitments to continue with what we might call disciplined as opposed to a sturdy fiscal policies he's required as part of understanding with the european union to maintain what's called a primary surplus that's the difference between public expenditure and public revenue raising many through taxation but without counting the interest payments of three and a half percentage points of g.d.p. for the next three years and thereafter for two point two percent so there's no real platitude for the kind of public spending spree that he might be tempted to do in advance of the election next year so he's between a rock or a sturdy so sorry to interrupt i was just going to get a put to you the he's between a rock and a hard place really and as you've already alluded to he's got he's got a pressing electoral timetable to deal with as well. yes he will rely on economic growth to be the means by which he can generate additional resources to start to give some goodies back to his e

the greek prime minister alexis tsipras has officially declared an end to an era of austerity as the nation exits the biggest international bailout in history greece avoided bankruptcy through three hundred billion dollars of international loans since twenty ten zero as john psaropoulos takes a look at how the past eight years affected some of the country's young people. prime minister alexis tsipras may have been trying to custom self in the role of a hero when he chose to send a message to the greeks that their economic odyssey is over this is the island home his hero odysseus finally returned home to after twenty years of war and adventure and live the same this see america today a new day has dawned for our country historic day the bailouts of austerity recession and a social desert are finally over our country began to the right to shape its own future and fortunes like any normal european country without external duress blackmail or sacrifices by our people for this group of young people the news comes too late the economic crisis struck at the beginning of their teens and chan

address alexis tsipras acknowledged the hardship of recent years and said past mistakes would not be repeated greece avoided bankruptcy in the last eight years through a three hundred billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. and the european union and didn't return it was forced to impose punishing the measures aimed at balancing its finances and go live now to athens the greek capital and speak to our correspondent there jones or oculus john so alexis tsipras has now made his address it was a televised address to the people of the country he chose a rather significant location and what was his message. essentially his message is that the country is now in bucking on a new age that this is now a normal european country able to choose its fate and without the external coercion of other countries telling it what to do with its economy of course that's a selective version of the truth because all euro zone members have to submit their budgets for approval before submitting them to parliament and greece is very much under the european commission has called enhanced oversight and which is anot

greek prime minister alexis tsipras compared the crisis and aftermath to homer's odyssey a national address an international address said our country is regaining its right to define its own fortunes and futures like a normal european country without having policies forced on it by foreign officials with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our people. and in that regard we take a look at the good the bad and the ugly of the eurozone economies you can guess where greece lands to help us out we're joined by the c.e.o. of straw market and from germany r t correspondent peter oliver thank you very much both of you for being here and peter let's start with you the good not long ago some experts and we reported here peter that said that germany could go into a recession as early as this june well as they saying not dead yet the second quarter growth for the country is surprised and pleased many peter what's the latest. well certainly not dead in fact alive and kicking is the german economy it's performed better than it had been expected for the second quarter of twenty eighteen posting gross

address alexis tsipras acknowledged the hardship of recent years and that past mistakes would not be repeated recently avoided bankruptcy for the past eight years through three hundred billion dollars in loans from the i.m.f. and the european union in return it was forced to impose punishing austerity measures to balance its budget johnson has the latest from athens. the prime minister signal to the beginning of a new age for greece one in which greece will become a normal european country again able to choose its fate to determine its economic policy free from the external coercion of other countries and memorandum of understanding this is very much within the seed is a narrative that this left wing government was elected to rid the country of austerity policies imposed from without due to the policies of previous administrations and admitting no blame itself in prolonging or causing any further problems in the course of the greek economy the opposition conservatives have a very different narrative they believe that sees us election itself spooked the markets prolonged greece's peri

prime minister alexis tsipras may have been trying to custom self in the role of a hero when he chose to send a message to the greeks that their economic odyssey is over this is the island home his hero odysseus finally returned home to after twenty years of war and adventure and live the same this see america today a new day has dawned for our country historic day the bailouts of austerity recession and a social desert are finally over our country began to the right to shape its own future and fortunes like any normal european country without external device blackmail or sacrifices by our people for this group of young people the news comes too late the economic crisis struck at the beginning of their teens and changed their lives you know to go see one who is studying political science but what he really wants to do is three d. animation there's no market for that here so he'll go broad you know my parents had invested everything in government bonds we lost everything it had a huge effect on our psychology and it immediately changed how we lived it was as though you had flipped a sw

prime minister alexis tsipras may have been trying to custom self in the role of a hero when he chose to send a message to the greeks that their economic odyssey is over this is the island home his hero odysseus finally returned home to after twenty years of war and adventure and live the same this see america today a new day has dawned for our country historic day the bailouts of austerity recession and a social desert are finally over our country began to the right to shape its own future and fortunes like any normal european country without external device blackmail or sacrifices by our people for this group of young people the news comes too late the economic crisis struck at the beginning of their teens and changed their lives you know to go see one who is studying political science but what he really wants to do is three d. animation there's no market for that here so he'll go broad. my parents had invested everything in government bonds we lost everything it had a huge effect on our psychology and it immediately changed how we lived it was as though you had flipped a switch ste

greek prime minister alexis tsipras compared the crisis and aftermath to homer's odyssey a national address an international drug. said our country is regaining its right to define its own fortunes and futures like a normal european country without having policies forced on it by foreign officials with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our people. and in that regard we take a look at the good the bad and the ugly of the eurozone economies you can guess where greece lands to help us out we're joined by the c.e.o. of straw market and from germany r.t. correspondent peter oliver thank you very much both of you for being here and peter let's start with you the good not long ago some experts we reported here peter that said that germany could go into a recession as early as this june well as they saying not dead yet the second quarter growth for the country is surprised and pleased many peter what's the latest. well certainly not dead in fact alive and kicking is the german economy it's performed better than it had been expected for the second quarter of twenty eighteen posting gross thou

tsipras acknowledged the hardship of recent years and said past mistakes would not be repeated grace avoided bankruptcy for the last eight years through three hundred billion dollars in loans from the i.m.f. and the european union now in return it imposed punishing last year any measures aimed at balancing the budget greece will now have to borrow on the international markets he must above the musk's in medicine like in the bailouts that carried with them austerity and recession and turned our country into a social desert over our country's regaining its right to define its own fortunes and its future like a normal european country without being compelled to do things from abroad with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our people john topples has more from athens . the prime minister signal to the beginning of a new age for greece one in which greece will become a normal european country again able to choose its fate to determine its economic policy free from the external coercion of other countries and memorandum of understanding this is very much within the seed is a narrativ

prime minister alexis tsipras may have been trying to custom self in the role of a hero when he chose to send a message to the greeks that their economic odyssey is over this is the island home his hero odysseus finally returned home to after twenty years of war and adventure only the same this seems better today a new day has dawned for our country historic day the bailouts of austerity recession and a social desert are finally over our country began to the right to shape its own future and fortunes like any normal european country without external device blackmail or sacrifices by our people for this group of young people the news comes too late the economic crisis struck at the beginning of their teens and changed their lives you know to go see one who is studying political science but what he really wants to do is three d. animation there's no market for that here so he'll go broad you know my parents had invested everything in government bonds we lost everything it had a huge effect on our psychology and it immediately changed how we lived it was as though you had flipped a switc

greek prime minister alexis tsipras compared the crisis and aftermath to homer's odyssey a national address an international. said our country is regaining its right to define its own fortunes and futures like a normal european country without having policies forced on it by foreign officials with no more blackmail no more sacrifices for our people. and in that regard we take a look at the good the bad and the ugly of the eurozone economies you can guess where greece lands to help us out we're joined by the c.e.o. of straw market and from germany r.t. correspondent peter oliver thank you very much both of you for being here and peter let's start with you the good not long ago some experts we reported here peter that said that germany could go into a recession as early as this june well as they saying not dead yet the second quarter growth for the country is surprised and pleased many peter what's the latest. well certainly not dead in fact alive and kicking is the german economy it's performed better than it had been expected for the second quarter of twenty eighteen posting growth of zero