Ministry of Finance
Grey technocrat, colorful outsider at center of Greek drama
For the third time in a little more than a week, 19 European finance ministers gathered in Brussels Friday to try to cut through the rhetoric and hammer out some way for debt-plagued Greece to stay in the euro.
New Democracy waits for outcome of talks
New Democracy maintained a relatively low profile Thursday as it waited to see the outcome of the government?s negotiations with the eurozone.
The conservatives find themselves in a difficult position as they do not want their criticism of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition to appear like support for the stubborn negotiating line taken by the country?s lenders.
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US Treasury Secretary Greece to reach debt deal to avert immediate hardship
By Andrew Mayeda
US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew urged Greece to reach a deal with international creditors, warning that failure to do so would bring immediate hardship to Europe?s most indebted-state.
Greek gov't vows to tackle domestic corruption
By Stephen Grey
Greece's new anti-corruption minister is not a politician, but he is in tune with the new crusading mood.
International attention on Greece since the SYRIZA party took over has focused on the leftist government's fight against an austerity package imposed from abroad.
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Greek accord a question of wording, says French finance minister
French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Tuesday there was a consensus with Greece on issues such as debt and ruling out a haircut and reaching an agreement was mainly about wording.
Varoufakis, you're so funky, they want to write songs about you! (video clips)
There are a number of songs inspired by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis giving him something of a cult status? Infact regardless of your musical tastes there's probably a Varoufakis song for you:
Rebetiko version?"Yanis good-looking kid, Yanis leventis, Yanis showy? Varoufarastoryteller"
Conservatives hold emergency meeting on economy
Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras convened an emergency meeting on the economy at the New Democracy?s headquarters on Tuesday.
Taking part in the meeting were former Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, former Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Samaras?s aides, Stavros Papastavros and Chrysanthos Lazaridis.
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Greek euro exit risk raised by Commerzbank as talks break down
By Stephanie Bodoni & Corina Ruhe
The risk of Greece exiting the euro was raised to 50 percent by Commerzbank AG after talks with euro- area finance ministers broke down on Monday.
Eurogroup: The statements rejected, changed, withdrawn (read them all!)
Eurogroup Finance Ministers ended their meeting without an agreement. The Radical Left Coalition's (SYRIZA) plan was accepted, but one statement proved a stumbling block:
Greece's talks with creditors are not a 'bargaining game,' writes FinMin Varoufakis
