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Greece on the Verge of an ‘Economic Megacycle’, Barclays Says

Greece is on the verge of a third economic megacycle irrespective of who wins the elections, Barclays Bank analysts forecast. The British multinational published a big report on Greece earlier in the week lauding the economic performance of Greece, which...

Barclays Accused by Customers in Greece of Closing Accounts Withholding their Money

Barclays Bank in the UK has closed the accounts of non-UK residents following Brexit and is now dragging its feet in returning the money to their rightful owners, customers in Greece allege. There are at least two cases of Greek...

Greek Banks Drop After Eurogroup Meeting

Greek banks dropped in Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) after the meeting between the Eurozone’s Finance Ministers ended abruptly when Greece refused to sign a bailout program extension. According to Bloomberg, this raised concern among creditors who “may need to introduce controls...

OTE Plans on Buying Nova Pay TV

The Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) has submitted a non-binding offer to Forthnet for the acquisition of Nova, its pay television program. The offer amounts to around 250-300 million euros and the financial advisor for OTE is Barclays Bank. The offer came...

Doukas Says Greece Can't Repay Loans

Petros Doukas, who served in the finance ministry under former premiers Konstantinos Mitsotakis and Costas Karamanlis, said Greece will have to give its international lenders at least a 40 percent loss - a so-called "haircut" - because despite $325...

Bank of Greece Acquires Eurobank

With Greek banks still reeling from big losses imposed by the government in a desperate bid to write down its staggering $460 billion debt, shareholders at Eurobank have voted to accept a buyout offer from the National Bank of...

Greece Locked out of Markets Until 2017 or even 2022

ATHENS – After stiffing investors earlier this year with 74 percent losses and still wracked by a deep recession, $460 billion in debt, and unable to raise revenues or collect from tax evaders, Greece seems unlikely to win back...