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After 'No' vote, pulling Greek banks back from brink a priority
EconomyWith a clear win of ‘No’ vote in Greek referendum, the situation for Greek banks is expected to remain on the brink with a negative outlook. Greek bankers will meet with the Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas later this evening to assess their liquidity position in the aftermath of weekend
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Strengthened Tsipras shows willingness for deal with lenders after "No"
PoliticsGreek Politics. The prime minister’s efforts may be facilitated by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis’s resignation
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Tsipras has until Sunday to keep Greece in euro, must pass measures immediately
PoliticsGreek Politicsan outline for its third loan package. At the Eurogroup earlier in the day, new Finance Minister
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Greece sends request for 3-year ESM programme, reform proposals to come
EconomyProgrammeAs agreed at Tuesday’s Eurogroup, the new Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos sent a letter on Wednesday to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) officially requesting a new 3-year programme. The amount being requested was not specified buy the letter stated that it would be used to cover
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Tsipras runs gauntlet as he seeks approval for proposals from cabinet, lenders
PoliticsGreek Politics. The French Finance Ministry denied on Thursday that it is assisting Athens. However, opposition
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Tsipras's proposals to lenders come under SYRIZA scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicsof a Eurogroup on Saturday. The vote will be to authorise Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance
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A breakdown of what Tsipras and European lenders agreed to
EconomyProgrammeleaders largely adopted the finance ministers’ recommendations. We summarise below the key points
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This is what's in the legislation Greece has to approve by Wednesday night
EconomyProgrammeStatistical System comprising of 17 members with a 4-year tenure. They will be appointed by the Finance
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Revenues 705 mln short in June but expenditure above target by 961 mln
EconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus widened to 1.88 billion euros in the first half of the year, from 1.51 billion in the 5-month period, and 707 million in the first half of last year, according to the Finance Ministry (MoF) preliminary budget bulletin published on Tuesday. Also, the outperformance
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Cash primary surplus reaches 1.3 bln at end of June on lower expenditure
EconomyMacroeconomy, while the respective items reported in the budget execution bulletin by the Finance Ministry (MoF
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