Greece

  Energy and Environment Minister George Stathakis will join the Greek negotiating team in Brussels, ministry sources told the Athens-Macedonian news Agency on Tuesday, without specifying the date. Stathakis is currently in Berlin where he participated in the Berlin Energy Transition...

A good deal today between Greece and its creditors is preferable to a better deal tomorrow, Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis said in an interview with “Kathimerini” newspaper on Saturday. He believes the country will be included in the European...

New Democracy criticized the government and Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis for missing a EuroWorking Group (EWG) meeting on Thursday to speak at an event at LSE in London. "While the second review is at a crucial point after...

The second review of Greece's program must be concluded as soon as possible, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin and Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos agreed on Wednesday, during a meeting focusing on issues linked to the review. The meeting was...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had announced a government reshuffle for quite some time, however, speculation mounted on Friday with the long-awaited shake-up expected all day. The announcement was finally made at 10 p.m. on Friday by Olga Gerovasili. The...

Targets of the Greek budget for 2017 were discussed at the meeting between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis and the institutions representing Greece's creditors on Monday. The talks focused on a number of issues: * The...

Greek Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis claimed that the capital controls that are currently restricting the Greek economy will be lifted by June 2016. During a hearing at the Greek Parliament's Economic Affairs Committee, Chouliarakis claimed that liquidity in the Greek economy will be fully...

Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias expressed his dissatisfaction over the abstention of Greek interim government from the United Nations critical resolution on the restructuring of debt of debt-ridden countries. Kotzias said that the caretaker government has far exceeded its powers....

The Greek 2018 state budget tabled on Tuesday night in Parliament foresees that the country will return to capital markets next year to strengthen liquidity in the secondary bond market. The budget plan envisages, among others, a new series of...

Talks between Greece's creditors and the government on concluding the third review of the Greek program are due to begin today (Monday), when the heads of the institutions' missions return to Athens. This will be the first round of negotiations,...

The National Council of Radio and Television (ESR) has set the starting price for each of seven national television content licences put up for auction at 35 million euros - or 245 million euros in total. In a letter sent...

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Alternate Finance Minister George Chouliarakis on Thursday will depart for Washington where the 2017 spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will take place. The Greek ministers hope that...

The Greek state is to take over the 'Megaron' Athens Concert Hall Organisation's unpaid debts. The debts were incurred from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a 150-million-euro loan taken out in 2003, which was guaranteed by the Greek...

The Greek government plans to bring forward an omnibus bill including all landmark issues - needing a legislative action - pending from the first review of the Greek bailout program, a top Finance ministry official told the Athens News...

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...