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Primary surplus up to 3.9 pct of GDP in 2016, far above target
EconomyMacroeconomyby the Finance Ministry as of February 14 and is subject to change once official data become available... confirms recent comments made by the government and top eurozone officials indicating that the fiscal
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Review set to resume in Athens as debt talks drag on
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMinistry official, who told local media that discussions on debt relief are set to continue... and the International Monetary Fund are due to resume talks with coalition officials with the aim of reaching
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Tsipras upbeat on debt relief prospects, lenders more cautious
PoliticsGreek Politics’s optimism is also not in line with the comments emerging from Brussels. A senior eurozone official...Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has provided an upbeat assessment of the chances that an agreement on debt relief will be secured at Monday’s Eurogroup, although this was not backed up by officials
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Lenders provide words of support and warning regarding debt talks
PoliticsGreek Politicseconomy to return to a path of normality and stability,” added the ECB official. He also referred... in June. But Greece needs to act swiftly.” The fact that both ESM officials chose to focus on the prior
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Greece eyes higher growth as possible catalyst for Eurogroup deal
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Greece,” as the French official tweeted. It remains to be seen, though, whether at this late... believes (along with other European officials) that this prediction is far too pessimistic
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PASOK launches attempt to form alliance that would rival SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicsof MPs from the centrists to the socialists. PASOK already goes under the official title of Democratic... with SYRIZA, much to the frustration of some senior PASOK officials, but this strategy seems to have been
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Bond success questioned as coalition looks to build on trial issue
PoliticsGreek Politicsimplementation and official debt relief from Greece’s European partners to restore debt sustainability.”... but European officials have suggested to the local media that early 2018 might be a more realistic target
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SYRIZA tries to look forward but struggles to escape past
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Venezuela by Pappas in 2013 and a meeting between Tsipras and Venezuelan officials in Moscow. Eleftheros Typos newspaper quoted a Venezuelan official who claimed that Tsipras had a plan for leaving
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Government gears up for third review while lenders await pending actions
PoliticsGreek Politics, it was made clear to the official from Athens that beyond the demands of the programme, Greece’s... of the year. The December 4 Eurogroup has been mentioned as the target date by officials in Athens.
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Early banks stress tests offered as Greek programme compromise
EconomyProgrammeofficial told the agency that Greek lenders have been asked to send data to the SSM by the end... as a must for his party. The message from Greek government officials is that they are concerned
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