Stand by for another euro crisis
BBC / Mark Mardell — The European Union is staggering in the ring, like a bloodied boxer, taking punch after punch, staying just about upright, […]
ECONOMY
Greek economy defies expectations by moving back into the black
The Telegraph — Greece’s economy has performed “substantially better” than forecast in its massive bail-out deal, according to the EU, ahead of Friday’s meeting of eurozone […]
Taxpayers’ bill to rise by 1.8 bln euros
eKathimerini — The country’s 8.5 million taxpayers will have to fork out an extra 1.8 billion euros per year in income tax alone according to […]
Talks with creditors to resume but review up in the air as Athens rejects fresh austerity
eKathimerini — With talks set to resume on Tuesday with Greece’s international creditors, Athens said on Monday it has no intention of implementing austerity measures […]
Schaeuble: Greece must continue reforms
dpa – Greece must continue to implement reforms to put its towering debts on a sustainable path, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Saturday, on […]
IMF: Current Greece finance plans not realistic
The Statesman — The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that the fiscal projections underpinning Greece’s proposals for moving ahead in its bailout program are […]
Lagarde: ‘Primary surplus target is not sustainable, even if it is met once’
eKathimerini — The International Monetary Fund retains reservations about Greece achieving the fiscal targets included in the country’s bailout program, which is why it is […]
New VAT increase on the cards
eKathimerini — Thousands of goods and services will suffer fresh hikes in prices and fees as a result of the increase in the top value-added […]
Negotiations with lenders suspended for a week for IMF spring meetings
Sputnik – Negotiations between the Greek government and four of its international and European lenders have been suspended for a week on Tuesday for the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) spring […]
Lenders call for tax hikes on incomes up to 27,000 euros
eKathimerini — The Finance Ministry has received a proposal from the creditors on the tax reform that provides for hikes on incomes between 8,182 and […]
Schaeuble: Solution on Greece will be found soon but without debt relief
Reuters — German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on German television that he was “quite optimistic” lenders would find a solution on Greece in the […]
Land register to get back on track as tender is launched
Τhe company responsible for drawing up the Greek land register, the National Cadastre & Mapping Agency (EKHA), has launched a tender for the final phase […]
Greece signs Piraeus deal with Cosco
people.cn — Greece has signed an agreement to sell 67 percent of stake in Piraeus, the country’s largest port, to Chinese shipping company China Cosco Holding […]
Germany’s Merkel says Greece can’t have debt haircut in euro zone
Reuters — Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that a debt haircut for Greece was not possible so long it remains in the euro zone, […]
New package of tax measures proposed to the creditors
eKathimerini — The government has forwarded to the country’s creditors its new package of proposals for measures aimed at plugging the fiscal gap up to […]