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NBG strengthens capital at deep discount, falls short of initial target
Agorabillion. Since the bank aims for state aid to cover its total capital needs, the remaining bonds from... and including the burden sharing measures (bail-in), NBG would strengthen its capital by a total of 1.77... euros to cover its total capital shortfall. This figure is higher than the 2 billion initially suggested
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BoG sees ample capital space for banks to sell bad loans
EconomyBankingof provisions and total coverage ratio including collaterals. The study’s objective is to assess... that the total coverage ratios of provisions and collaterals exceed 100 percent and that almost 79 percent... to sell at a price of 3 percent of nominal almost 65 percent of the total portfolio in scope
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Key Greek election date firms up; turnout could prove crucial
PoliticsGreek Politicsof voting in the local polls but Interior Minister Yiannis Michelakis confirmed over the weekend.... The party has chosen an unknown economist, 33-year-old Gavriil Sakelaridis, to run in the Greek capital
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politicsmeasures. The new Interior Minister Argyris Dinopoulos recently argued that his party would lose votes... to boost lenders’ capital adequacy. The rest could be used to cover the funding gap. The Greek
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The education of Alexis Tsipras
Agorasmattering of women in his cabinet, Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... rather than Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis who was in the Belgian capital. There is a sense
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Greece and lenders already at apparent impasse, with options narrowing
PoliticsGreek Politicsof passing the bills through the Hoise. Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis insisted on Tuesday.... Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem went as far as suggesting that a Cyprus-style solution (capital
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Pressure on Greece to stem migrant flow puts strain on EU ties
PoliticsGreek Politicsof refugees and migrants to northern and central Europe. EU interior ministers urged Greece to have the hot... capital will Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras be willing to expend if he sees growing voter scepticism
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Athens unsettled by speculation about proposal at June 15 Eurogroup
PoliticsGreek Politicsa visit to the Interior Ministry on Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared to further... that the blame for Greece’s ills lies solely in the Greek capital. He also criticised Tsipras for claiming
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Saving Angela Merkel with the help of Alexis Tsipras
Agorainterior minister – Horst Seehofer – from the junior coalition partner CSU had threatened... of Merkel’s remaining political capital did not come via France with President Macron, nor
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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsof Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, Interior Minister Panagiotis Thedorikakos, and the head... the island’s capital. No camp residents are to be allowed to leave the island in the coming days
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