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EU subsidies help push Q1 primary budget surplus to 1.57 bln, well above target
Economy, according to the preliminary data released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The state budget balance... government, which is based on the Economic Adjustment Program (EAP) rules Alternate Finance Minister
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Greek primary surplus at 1.5 bln in Q1, aided by PIB and social underspend
Economyto the final data released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Although the state budget balance... by May 5. This is the date of the next Eurogroup, where the Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras
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Greece unveils MTFS seeing 4.2 bln primary surplus in 2014 but just under 2 bln fiscal gap in 2015-16
EconomyMacroeconomyThe Finance Ministry unveiled on April 30 the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy (MTFS) for 2015 – 2018, which was also tabled in Parliament. The government aims for the program to be voted through the House by May 5 to coincide with the date of the next Eurogroup, where the Greek Finance Minister Yannis
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Is post-election just pre-election in Greece?
Agorathat the Eurogroup of finance ministers has to address with regard to Greece in the coming months includes a host... if constant speculation about the position of finance minister Yannis Stournaras endures, if the debate
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Greek gov't and Parliament on hold, waiting for cabinet reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politics’ perception of the coalition. These include the finance, health and agriculture ministries. They key position Samaras and Venizelos have to fill is at the Finance Ministry, where Yannis Stournaras
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With prior actions pending, PASOK showing signs of adjustment fatigue
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat finance auxiliary pensions (effective as of 1 January 2015) 5) adoption of small Public Power... work to do in a short period of time. Greece’s new finance minister, Gikas Hardouvelis, is expected
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Two years on, Greek government ready to give up on higher heating fuel tax
PoliticsGreek Politicsof life. Ex-Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras was forced to repeatedly defend the measure, even from... the higher tax for heating oil, although this will also need the troika’s approval. Finance Ministry
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Coalition caught between pleasing lenders and voters ahead of next troika review
PoliticsGreek Politics, less significant, actions in time for the September review. Finance Ministry officials admitted that this is a tall order. Reports indicate that in a bid to facilitate the September review, Finance
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Greek primary cash surplus reaches 1.8 bln in H1 2014
EconomyMacroeconomyto the gg bulletin released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Thursday. The MoF announcement also... billion in December 2013. The Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras recently stated
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Friction over property tax exposes cracks in Greek coalition's strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsafter swearing at a Finance Ministry official during a row over ENFIA. New Democracy’s parliamentary spokesman, Adonis Georgiadis, went as far as suggesting that Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis
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