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Greece takes next steps, including bond swap, to enhance debt profile over coming years
EconomyMacroeconomyalso prepay some of the GLF instalments, from the bilateral loans of the first adjustment programmes... of the PSI swap exercise that the PDMA ran in November 2017 when a strip of 20 issues of PSI bonds
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Greek bond yields edge up as PEPP winds down
Economyis close to 35 billion euros as of end-November, with 2.75 billion euros of purchases last month... for the prepayment in full of the IMF obligations, as well as the 2022 and 2023 instalments of the bilateral GLF
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Athens treads carefully over Ukrainian stand-off
PoliticsForeign Policyon Greece to use all opportunities in bilateral relations with Russia in order to deter Moscow from.... In an interview with the FT last November, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis noted it was “unlikely
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Greece and Turkey head towards crucial stage of negotiations
PoliticsForeign Policyin November, in Thessaloniki. There, the two sides are also expected to sign several agreements on issues..., infrastructure, transport, energy and bilateral cooperation to deal with climate change and natural
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Athens aiming to maintain momentum in talks with Ankara, while sticking to basic positions
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens and Ankara are due to take the next step in their political dialogue. Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis is due to meet with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in November in Athens... political issues plaguing their bilateral relations, in particular the Aegean dispute, as well
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Athens insists maritime spatial planning plans do not obstruct talks with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policytreaty with Libya in November 2019 was rejected by Greece as unlawful as the two countries..., the issue is expected to be raised at a bilateral level at some point since it is also linked
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policyan immediate resolution, which could have a negative impact on the Greek-Egyptian bilateral relations... a consulate in Benghazi, last November. Athens would need to invest a lot of diplomatic capital
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsadvised them that the man who had been beaten was a member of a radical left group and had been... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along
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Primary cash surplus to July falls to 2.4 bln, including arrears repayment of 1.1 bln
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s central government primary cash surplus fell by 607 million euros to 2.38 billion in the 7-month period of 2016 from 2.99 billion in the corresponding period last year, Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed on Thursday. It is worth noting though ...
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General gov't primary cash surplus up to 5 bln in 2016, arrears fall by 1.1 bln in Dec
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s general government (gg) primary cash surplus increased by 1 billion euros to 5 billion in 2016 from around 4 billion in the previous year, the Finance Ministry (MoF) gg bulletin revealed on Friday evening. The fiscal performance largely reflect...
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