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OECD: Greeks are Hardest Working People in Europe

Greeks are the hardest working people in Europe, since they work 2,037 hours per year, a OECD study shows. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development conducted a study to determine in which of the 38 OECD member-countries people work the...

Greek FinMin Varoufakis Criticizes the Rigidity of Eurozone's Institutions

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Thursday said he is not satisfied with the eurozone’s institutions, during his speech at the annual conference of economists organized by the Institute for New Economic Thinking in cooperation with the Organization for...

OECD: Greece Must Act to Fight Foreign Bribery

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in a recent report highlighted Greece's urgent need to improve its mechanisms to fight companies bribing foreign officials in order to win contracts. The OECD highlights that Greece should not only tackle...

ND: PM Tsipras Voted Down all OECD Reforms Proposed by Previous Government

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) on Thursday criticized the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for maintaining a hypocritical stance towards the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), saying it was the ND-led government which first cooperated with the...

Technical Staff Discussions on Greek Proposals Start In Brussels

The discussions with the institutions, on a level of technical officials, over the clarification and specialization of the Greek government's proposals start on Wednesday in Brussels. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet the OECD head Angel Gurria on Thursday...

Tsipras Launches Series of Meetings With Top European Officials Over Debt

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras launches a series of meetings this week with top European officials in light of the crucial negotiations over Greece's bailout. After the devaluation of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis by his European counterparts ahead of Monday's Eurogroup,...

Varoufakis: Primary Surplus Target of 3% Would be Catastrophic for the Greek Economy

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Wednesday said that a target for a 3% primary surplus would be catastrophic for the economy and that it was no longer under discussion. "A primary surplus could not be higher than 1.5%," Varoufakis...

Greek Gov't List of Reforms Namely Structural

The Greek government's list of recommended reforms will finally be submitted to the international institutions on Tuesday morning. According to latest information emerging from the Greek government's headquarters, the climate among the cabinet members is positive as the reforms...

Plans from Greece and OECD to Draft Reform Program to Boost Growth

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday announced plans to work with the OECD to draft a program of reforms to boost growth in the debt-laden country, which is hoping to renegotiate its bailout commitments. The program will be based...

Greek FinMin to Visit Britain, France, Italy

Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, will travel to London on Monday, February 2, for talks with his British counterpart George Osborne. The meeting will focus on the start of a close cooperation between the two countries on issues of...