Greece

Christine Lagarde, the current Chairman of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the next President of the European Central Bank (ECB) suggested on Wednesday that Greece's commitment to a primary surplus target of 3.5 percent of GDP should be...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is committed to continuing its support of Greece after the end of the fiscal program in August, but there is work that the country still needs to do, especially in structural reforms, IMF Managing...

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras met with EU Commissioner Pierre Moscovici and IMF director Christine Lagarde on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday. Both representatives of Greece's lenders praised the PM for the progress in...

Greece is now better equipped to achieve economic growth in the future after the structural reforms it has implemented due to the bailout terms, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, told German broadcaster ARD. "We can...

A restructuring of Greece's debt is essential so that the future of the Greek economy can be sustainable, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a statement to the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. Regarding Greece,...

The former head of the Financial Crime Squad (SDOE); Yiannis Diotis, was given a 10-year suspended sentence over his handling of the so-called Lagarde list. A three-member appeals Court of Athens unanimously found Diotis guilty of failing to use the data...

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, met Monday in Washington with the Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, to discuss recent developments in Greece and key issues ahead. The decisive implementation of Greece's adjustment program...

Christine Lagarde and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos agreed that a timely completion of the third review of the Greek bailout is essential for discussions on debt restructuring to gather pace. The Managing Director met Tsakalotos at the IMF headquarters...

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and his deputy, George Chouliarakis, will meet with the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde on Saturday. The meeting will be held in Washington on the sidelines of the IMF’s annual meeting. The meeting...

Israeli-Greek bussinessman Sabby Mionis is suing whistle-blower Hervé Falciani and the HSBC bank over the disclosure of private information from his bank account, contained in the "Lagarde List". Speaking to Swiss paper Les Temps, Mionis, who currently lives in Israel,...

Christine Lagarde may soon be visiting Athens in order to discuss the future position of the IMF in Greece’s bailout program, with the Greek government. According to John Koudounis, CEO of Calamos Investments, who spoke to Lagarde on the sidelines...

The Greek State earned very little from the famous Lagarde and Borjans lists of alleged tax dodgers, instead of the estimated 1 billion euros government officials were claiming to receive. A recent decision of the Plenary Session of the Council...

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement on Greece in Luxembourg today: “I would like to announce my intention to propose to the IMF’s Executive Board the approval in principle (AIP) of...

A new offer by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde may get Greece's creditors out of the impasse they are in which will allow for the euro zone to release a tranche of aid, says a Reuters report. Lagarde's...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and IMF chief Christine Lagarde discussed the progress in Greece's economic program on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum. IMF Communications Director Gerry Rice has issued the following statement in Beijing: "The Managing Director of...