Gavriil Sakellaridis

Greek Economy Minister George Stathakis appeared certain that an agreement with Greece ’s lenders will close within the next days, in an interview to the Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos newspaper. The minister left open the possibility of a special...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) denied earlier today, a report published in German Spiegel magazine yesterday that it will temporarily withdraw staff from Athens in reaction to foot-dragging by the Greek government to implement reforms. In a statement issued today,...

In an attempt to reverse the negative climate created primarily by foreign media reports, numerous government officials are sending out the message that Greece has enough cash to make the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 450 million euros repayment, due...

Greek Deputy Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas  expressed his optimism today that Greece will be able to repay a loan tranche of 450 million euros to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), ruling out scenarios that the country will run out...

The Greek government has reportedly warned its international creditors it will run out of money on April 9, if no new funds are made available before that date, regardless of an agreement reached over the proposed reforms list, Reuters...

SYRIZA-led government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis expressed his optimism earlier today that the negotiations between Greece and its creditors "will have a positive outcome." In an interview to Greek television, Sakellaridis underlined that a Eurogroup meeting "should take place soon," and that...

A conflict within the Greek government was generated over the potential continuation of the single property tax (ENFIA). According to the creditors, the continuation of the ENFIA tax is included in the list of proposed reforms, while the government...

The government has positively assessed the meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that took place on Monday. “We return from Berlin happy because Mr. Tsipras above all posed a number of issues to Ms...

Government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis on Friday, in statements to private MEGA TV, expressed the government's content over the results of Thursday's EU summit. "Yesterday we made an important step, a positive step and we as a government are glad over...

The next stop of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, after his upcoming official visit to Berlin, will be Moscow. According to Greek media, Tsipras, who is in constant communication with foreign leaders seeking support to solve the country's economic riddle,...