Yiannis Stournaras

Novartis: Why the prosecutor lifted witness protection for “Kelesi” and “Sarafis”

The Greek Justice system has removed the “masks” from protected witnesses “Maximos Sarafis” and “Aikaterini Kelesi,” almost six years after the Novartis case emerged under the SYRIZA-ANEL government as one of Greece’s largest scandals, which has since proven to be a major political fabrication.

Novartis case witness protection lift ‘a day of vindication’

Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, who is now able to take legal action against protected witnesses in a bribery case involving Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, doctors and public officials as a result of a decision Thursday by the Financial Prosecutor's Office to lift the protection status of the witnesses, described the development as "a day of vindication" with a post on X.  

Bank of Greece at the forefront in the battle against climate change

The Bank  of Greece (BoG) is, along with the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank  (ECB), at the forefront of the battle to tackle climate change through the promotion of sustainable finance, according to the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF).

Stournaras testifies over phone call recording

Testifying before a prosecutor Tuesday, Bank of Greece Governor Yiannis Stournaras is said to have accused Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis of illegally recording a telephone conversation between them.

Stournaras allegedly claimed that Polakis told him, during the conversation on his cell phone, that he was recording the call but had not requested his consent to do so.

Important to reach deal on Greek debt at Eurogroup, says Dombrovskis

It is important for Greece and its creditors to reach an agreement at the next Eurogroup meeting on June 21 over the debt relief that will be offered to the country, EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis said on Thursday, after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens.

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