Greek debt

The International Monetary Fund and the European Union continue to disagree on the Greek debt relief issue, as was shown during the IMF and World Bank spring meeting in Washington. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the two sides attended...

Any debt-relief measures for Greece will be discussed only after Athens presents a credible program that focuses on growth, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has said. The German finance minister, interviewed in Sunday's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said Berlin's position -- and...

On Monday's Eurogroup, eurozone finance ministers will not discuss Greece's debt easing, nor the supervision of Greek reforms after the bailout program ends in August, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. The report says that technical discussions have not progressed...

Greece finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel, but a suitable form of supervision is needed for years after the bailout program ends, said Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici. The EU official is in Greece for a...

Greece will face strict supervision of its implementation of reforms for years after its bailout program ends, a senior European Commission official has warned. Declan Costello told a group of Dutch lawmakers in the Hague that Greek reforms should be...

Greek 10-year government bonds yields hit an 11-year low on Friday, as recent upbeat economic data and a deal struck with its lenders encouraged investors to snap up Greek debt. Greece and its eurozone creditors reached a preliminary agreement earlier...

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,...

Greek banks have shown progress in tackling a stockpile of non-performing loans, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said on Friday, but added that it would remain a challenge for the country. Greek banks are saddled with 103 billion euros...

Greece is at risk of bankruptcy unless there is substantial debt relief, warns the Parliamentary State Budget Office, while calling for the need of tax policy change. In its quarterly report (July-September 2017), the House office claims that debt relief...

At least 1.1 billion euros of revenue surplus will be distributed in the form of social dividends by the end of the year, Greece's Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Tuesday. The Greek minister spoke to national broadcaster ERT saying...