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Government Uploads List of Companies and People With Overdue Debts

The name of 13,730 big government debtors were published on the internet, however many of the names of companies on the list have either been sold off, closed down or wiped off their debts.The same list had been publicized...

Black Anniversary: One Year Since the Referendum and Capital Controls

On the morning of June 26, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras invited his entourage of ministers to the 25th floor of the hotel where the Greek delegation to Brussels was staying. Ahead of the European Council, his ministers - Nikos...

Delia Velculescu: IMF Wants Greek Debt Sustainability, Μeasures Aren't Enough

International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Delia Velculescu said that Greek debt is not sustainable, during her address at the Economist Conference in Athens. "Greece needs substantial debt relief," she said, adding that the IMF is participating in discussions and...

IMF Chief: No Decision on Greek Debt Relief Yet

A new analysis of the sustainability of the Greek debt before the end of the year would determine whether the International Monetary Fund will participate in Greece's bailout program, said Managing Director Christine Lagarde. Speaking to reporters on the Greek...

Eurogroup Chief Tells EP that ESM Will Approve 7.5-Bln-Euro Bailout Tranche for Greece

Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem, speaking at the economic and monetary committee of the European Parliament, on Tuesday said he believed that the European Stability Mechanism would approve the disbursement of the 7.5-billion-euro loan tranche as Greece has met all...

ANEL Junior Government Partner Says Greek Reforms are Unconstitutional

Greek right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) leader Panos Kammenos, the junior partner of the leftist SYRIZA government, appeared on TV Presenter George Papadakis' morning show on Friday. He criticized many of the measures voted through in Greek Parliament stating that...

Schaeuble Says Greek People, Not Banks, Benefited from Bailout

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble appeared upbeat on Greece at a conference hosted by Deutsche Bank on Friday. He said that Greece had implemented the majority of required measures under the bailout package and was headed towards regaining global...

EU Commissioner Moscovici Says Next Eurogroup to Disburse Greek Tranche

In a statement to the ANA-MPA on Thursday, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said he was confident that the next Eurogroup will decide to disburse the first installment of a loan tranche to Greece, amounting...

EWG Gives the Green Light for the Disbursement of 7.5 Bln Euros for Greece

The Euro Working Group's meeting in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday focused on ironing out the details of the program review for Greece. Technocrats of the Euro Working Group came to a positive conclusion, paving the way for the release...

Bloomberg: Greek FinMin Admits Grexit Still on Table

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said that Greek bonds will soon be eligible for the European Central Bank's asset-purchase program, in an interview with Bloomberg. He pointed to the benefits of this, including the gradual recovery of investor confidence. Greece...