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Waiting for Godot in Greece
Agoraat present by sitting down with the international creditors in a room in the finance ministry..., with the date of 8 December fast approaching when the next and last 2014 meeting of the Eurogroup of finance
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Greece moves closer to troika over fiscal gap, waits for response
EconomyProgrammeduring the weekend, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said that conditions for providing... finance ministers a month ago Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem suggested Greece would
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The measures Greece is proposing to secure troika's return
EconomyProgrammewith estimated revenues at 350 million. The Finance Ministry (MoF) acknowledges that this measure would seriously... of the pensioner’s social solidarity allowance (EKAS) incorporating wealth criteria. The Finance Ministry also
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Newsletter 7 - 12/12/2014
billion in the 10-month period, according to the Finance Ministry. This means the year-to-date figure... in November 2012. This was a strategy fully supported by Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, who
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Troika document reveals thorny issues, coalition's commitments to conclude review
EconomyProgrammeFollowing a meeting with the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras yesterday, the Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis outlined to reporters the timeline for the completion of the current long-lasting troika... for the establishment of a revenue administration agency with appropriate autonomy from the Finance Ministry
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Sharp monthly rise in unpaid taxes to 1.59 bln for November
EconomyMacroeconomysuccessive month. Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras put the rise in October (from the 1.03.... The first indicator refers to legacy debt collections targeted by the Finance Ministry (MoF) at 1 billion
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Snap elections in Greece bring state's liquidity constraints into focus
Economythat is formed next year. Speaking in Parliament on December 22 Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said... these circumstances, the Finance Ministry (MoF) is reportedly considering alternative funding
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Voting for brinkmanship while the real economy needs solutions
Agoraincrease T-bill issuance in order to finance ongoing government expenditure will only further drain... architecture in Greece that the finance minister, Gikas Hardouvelis, recently had to publicly reassure
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The bad hand being dealt to Greece's next government
Agorawill inherit a precarious situation. Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis gave the starkest warning... credit line. T-Bills maxed out At the same time, as the Finance Ministry reminded everyone this week
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Greece and lenders with conceptual, as well as practical, gaps to bridge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA meeting on Friday between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem that ended with a terse handshake and the Dutchman’s obvious displeasure has heightened... bristle. According to reports, the Dutch finance minister whispered to Varoufakis as he got up
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