Angel Gurria

Greek government bond yields hit fresh two-and-a-half-month lows after Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) chief Angel Gurria said on Monday that Greece has made "enormous" reform efforts since its debt crisis broke out and its international lenders must now grant it debt relief.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development says Greece is on track to recover from its economic depression, but long-term growth prospects are modest and further reforms must be pursued.

OECD chief Angel Gurria says the Greek economy should grow 2 percent this year and 2.3 percent in 2019, as the country heads out of an eight-year financial crisis.

Greece has made an "enormous" reform effort since its debt crisis broke out and its international lenders must now grant the country debt relief, OECD chief Angel Gurria said on Monday.

Gurria, who met Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens, urged Greece to continue with reforms after its third international bailout expires in August.

Joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is regarded, in the first place, as a modality to stimulate reforms in Romania, incorporated in the objective of increasing the welfare of citizens, Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melesdcanu said in Paris on Friday, on the occasion of the visit to the OECD seat, where he met the organisation Secretary General, A

Head of State Rumen Radev will be from 4 to 6 December on a working visit to the French Republic at the invitation of President Emmanuel Makron, reported BGNES.

The visit is a continuation of the top-level dialogue between Bulgaria and France after the meeting of the two presidents in the Palace of Evksinograd in August this year, the presidential press service announced.

"I am delighted to be in Ljubljana to present the OECD Economic Survey of Slovenia.

According to initial estimates included in the latest OECD report, the refugee crisis has cost the Greek economy 0.4 per cent of the country’s GDP in 2015. OECD General Secretary Angel Gurria presented the findings of the report to the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, during his visit in Athens, Thursday.

Greek government admitted that the borders are in fact closed, said government sources following the meeting held between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and OECD secretary general Angel Gurria at Maximos Mansion.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received on Thursday OECD secretary general Angel Gurria. This was the third meeting between the two officials since February 2015.

G-20 finance ministers endorsed the final package of measures for a comprehensive, coherent and co-ordinated reform of the international tax rules during a meeting on Oct. 8, in Lima, according to a written statement Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD).