Bank of Greece

The budget’s cash results for the first three months of the year pointed to a primary surplus of 771 million euros, according to data published on Thursday by the Bank of Greece.

When revenues from the transfer of earnings from bonds and the exclusion of expired dent payments are included, this figure increases to 932 million euros.

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By Stathis Kousounis

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

The National Bank of Greece board is meeting on Tuesday to confirm the plan for the coverage of the lender’s capital requirements and for its share capital increase. Sources say that the increase will amount to about 2.5 billion euros and be supplementary to the strategy for creating capital by the sale of assets.

Nikos Maziotis in a file photo.

Police investigating a car bomb explosion outside the Bank of Greece last Thursday believe the prime suspect behind the attack – Revolutionary Struggle leader Nikos Maziotis – might have been involved in two armed robberies in the Peloponnese last month, Kathimerini has learned.

European Central Bank (ECB) funding to Greek banks fell further in March, according to figures released by the Bank of Greece on Monday.

By Yiannis Papadoyiannis

National Bank of Greece has almost finished drafting its definitive plan to cover the lender’s capital requirements as determined by its Bank of Greece stress test, and a share capital increase may be on the cards after all.

Police believe a car bomb explosion outside the Bank of Greece on Thursday might have been planned by two wanted terrorists – the leader of Revolutionary Struggle Nikos Maziotis and November 17 convict Christodoulos Xeros, Kathimerini has learned.

Central Bank Governor Giorgos Provopoulos stressed that a string of reforms must be implemented while the country must move toward a new growth model. At the same time he underscored that it is becoming clear that Greece is emerging from the crisis.

Police sources confirmed on Friday that CCTV cameras at the Bank of Greece and another lender in central Athens recorded parts of Thursday morning’s car bomb attack.

The footage shows a Nissan Sunny being parked outside the central bank headquarters and the driver emerging from the vehicle wearing a helmet.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Friday chided Aris Spiliotopoulos, his New Democracy rival in May’s local elections, after the deputy likened Athens to Kabul in the wake of Thursday’s bomb explosion outside the Bank of Greece.

“He is undermining the city’s effort to improve in terms of tourism,” Kaminis said on Skai Radio.