Central Bank of Greece

Greek central bank seeks full lifting of capital controls in September or October

Greece's central bank has recommended to the government that it fully dismantle capital controls in September or October, a bold move to swiftly reverse emergency steps taken four years ago to protect the country's banks during its financial crisis.

Remembering Zolotas: A speech in English with all Greek words

Just two days ago was the birthday of the late Xenophon Zolotas, the patrician economist of international repute, university professor, thrice governor of the central Bank of Greece, and the prime minister of an ecumenical multi-party government in the tumultuous late 1980's

He is widely viewed as one of the most prominent Greek academics and public intellectuals of the 20th century.

Unprecedented attack against “Guardian” and the “Financial Times” by Greek government

In an unprecedented level of press-bashing, the Greek government has unleashed a viscous attack on both international (Financial Times, Guardian) and Greek (Proto Thema) media outlets for being critical of its policies, adopting the doctrine of “anyone against us is our enemy”.