Finance Ministry

Teleconference for Varoufakis in view of upcoming Eurogroup

The Greek Finance Ministry denied on Tuesday that Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis took part in a teleconference with representatives of Greece's creditors.

Varoufakis reportedly spoke with representatives from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission, in view of a March 9 meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.

Germany threatens Greece with default outright for the first time

Germany has amped pressure on Greece with outright threats of default unless the country sticks to its painful austerity measures. German sources rejected Eurogroup Chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem's proposal for a 7.2-bln-euro tranche from the rescue package worth 172 bln euros, threatening Greece with insolvency unless it implements reforms.

House protection criteria will benefit wealthy borrowers, too

By Evgenia Tzortzi

The regulation that the Finance Ministry is promoting to freeze home repossessions effectively even protects households with high incomes, as it covers not only the 90 percent of households whose main residence is valued up to 200,000 euros, but also the minority that certainly require no protection.

Reform talks move to Brussels

 Greece sends list, aims to raise 3 bln euros in extra revenues this year, but further consultation needed

The Brussels Group, technical teams from Greece and its lenders, is on Saturday due to begin discussing the details of Athens reform proposals, which were completed Friday and will determine to a large extent whether creditors decide to release further bailout funding.

Berlin to Yanis: 'No such thing as pre-planned lack of clarity in loan agreement'

Immediately after a successful vote in the Bundestag on the extension of the Greek loan agreement, German government officials fielded an array of press questions related to yet another eyebrow-raising quip by Greek FinMin Varoufakis, who earlier claimed that eurozone partners wanted “ambiguous statements” in the extension agreement.

 

Greek finances: Mind the 5-7-bln-euro gap, lost in numbers

The more the new Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government focuses on the figures, the nearer it gets to introducing more austerity measures. The most crucial stage of negotiations with Greece's international Greek creditors came on Wednesday as Finance Ministry officials gazed at a fiscal gap of 5-7 bln euros.

Ex-finance minister denies tampering with list of Greeks with Swiss accounts

Former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou appeared before a special court on Wednesday on charges of tampering with a document and attempted breach of trust in connection with his handling of the so-called Lagarde list of Greeks with Swiss bank accounts.

?I am innocent,? Papaconstantinou told the court. ?I categorically deny all the charges.?

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