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Opposition tries to pin government down over last year's Plan X
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy MPs asked the government on Thursday to make public any documents connected with the so-called Plan X that former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis worked on during the first half... itself from Galbraith’s latest comments. On Wednesday, Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos
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Lew highlights geopolitical dimension of debt relief discussion on visit to Athens
PoliticsGreek Politicsvisit. Lew, who met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos... and institutions should end up. Except that in the end, it has to work," concluded the US finance chief
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Government eases capital controls further, aiming to restore depositor confidence
EconomyFollowing pledges earlier in the month, the government has now further relaxed the capital controls imposed last summer. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos published in the Government Gazette... at the Parliament on July 20, Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis said that 3 to 4 billion
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Budget primary surplus confirmed at 2.5 bln in H1 2016, tax revenues soar in June
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus was confirmed at 2.47 billion euros in the first half of 2016 from 1.88 billion a year ago, corresponding to a notable improvement of almost 31 percent, the Finance... of at least 1.2 billion is scheduled to be collected by the end of July. In addition, the Finance
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HFSF General Council appoints interim CEO and Deputy CEO
EconomyBankingwill be submitted to Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, who will base his decision on this list. HFSF..., the Finance and Economy ministries and the Bank of Greece a study including a non-performing loan (NPL
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Greece not seen meeting milestones soon, refugee rise may add to tension
PoliticsForeign PolicyPierre Moscovici and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis... review to begin. The Greek Finance Ministry suggested that Tsakalotos proposed to Moscovici
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Newsletter 86 - 02/09/2016
to re-energise his government a day after eurozone finance ministers meet in Brussels, where... of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), Andreas Georgiou. Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos
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Newsletter 87 - 09/09/2016
months of the year, according to the Finance Ministry GG bulletin. The most notable improvement... will no longer be available. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos assured his counterparts that the milestones
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Budget primary surplus of 3.8 bln to Aug beats target by wide margin
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s budget primary surplus edged down 1.1 percent to 3.76 billion euros in the 8-month period of 2016 from 3.8 billion in the corresponding period last year, the Finance Ministry (MoF... million. The Finance Ministry confirmed on September 6 that the August revenue target incorporated
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Countdown to start of second review begins, focus on more reforms
EconomyProgrammewhether the Finance Ministry will publish in the context of the second programme review the Medium... review will move the focus from legislating to the implementation of reforms. Finance Ministry
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