Giorgos Chouliarakis

According to government sources, the trip of the Greek mission in New York during the 71st United Nations General Assembly was successful in regards to the refugee issue, Cyprus negotiations and debt relief talks. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised...

Each of the four TV licenses which will be sold to private media channels in Greece will be auctioned at a starting price of three million euros, according to a joint ministerial decision issued on Tuesday by State Minister...

A meeting between Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis with the heads of the quartet of institutions ended on Thursday evening, with the two sides discussing the changes in the system of taxation. According to a...

Greece's public sector labor union ADEDY filed a motion on Monday to the Council of State, Greece’s supreme administrative court, asking to cancel a law that gradually increases the retirement age in the public sector. ADEDY is specifically turning against...

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...

In the midst of high speculation that Greece will miss deficit targets required in the Bailout Deal, Greek Alternate Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis commenced the discussion on the prior actions bill the Greek Parliament must legislate via a vote on Friday,...

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 government will not go to elections on the last minute, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said on Friday during an interview on Greek radio. If there are surprises, these will not come from the Greek government, she added. She said the negotiations...

The Brussels Group is expected to resume its meetings on Saturday. Council of Economic Advisors (SOE) President Giorgos Chouliarakis, Finance Ministry general secretary Nikos Theocharakis and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis' advisor Elena Panariti will participate from the Greek side. International Monetary...

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...