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Athens taking more time to consider 2019 measures ahead of budget talks
EconomyProgrammethat everything could be finalised by the Finance Ministry in August. The deadly fire on July 23 upset... to negligible amounts by this autumn, may contribute to this goal. According to the latest Finance Ministry
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Cabinet reshuffle expected to presage coalition's revival effort
PoliticsGreek Politicschanges at the Finance Ministry. Despite the fact that there continue to be rumours of friction between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and the prime minister’s team, Tsipras does not seem to have any
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Tsipras seeks to capitalise on bailout exit, build platform for elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos... their positions. It is also unlikely that Tsipras will change any of the team at the Finance Ministry
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SYRIZA readies itself for election battle, Mitsotakis pledges pension overhaul
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA. Currently, the left-wing “53” faction, which is informally led by Finance Minister Euclid... or cancelled. In an interview with Ta Nea on Saturday, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz refused
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Tsipras conducts varied reshuffle in further bid to revitalise coalition
PoliticsGreek Politicspromotions. However, the top positions at the Finance, Economy, Labour, Foreign and Defence ministries... In summary, the reshuffle means that the government’s big hitters: Finance Minister Euclid
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Newsletter 174 -14/09/2018
to the mission chiefs for the first time on Wednesday, when Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Houliarakis reportedly set out the case for not reducing pension
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Card transactions in Greece experience boost due to capital controls
EconomyBankingcontrols In recent months, capital controls have been steadily relaxed, with Finance Minister Euclid... lifting capital controls. The Ministry of Finance has been stepping up efforts towards the lifting
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Newsletter 175 -21/09/2018
efforts to convince lenders that next year’s pension cuts should be cancelled. Finance Minister... pensioners, who are likely to spend their retirement Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos made his case
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Greek leaders' contrasting visions all a blur
Agoraapproach to serious issues. Similarly, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos’s assertion last week... of the Finance Ministry. The proposal is an interesting attempt to make municipalities more fiscally
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Privatisation revenues edge upward as end-of-year deadline looms
EconomyFeatures. According to the final budget figures up to August that were released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF... for commercial use. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos also made a statement that monuments would
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