Christos Staikouras

A memorandum of cooperation was signed in Athens on Monday by Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and his Egyptian counterpart Dr Mohamed Maait.

The MoC will further develop and strengthen bilateral economic relations, aiming for optimal coordination for the management of issues of mutual interest.

The primary budget deficit for 2022 came to zero, compared to a forecast of 1.6%, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, thanks to the higher-than-expected growth.

Greece's economy covered a gap of nearly 3.4 billion euros.

Eurogroup chief Paschal Donohoe congratulated Greece and its Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Greece's economic progress in recent years during their meeting at the Maximos Mansion in Athens on Tuesday.

Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, Ireland's minister for public expenditure, national development plan delivery and reform, is due to participate in a conference on the Greek economy titled "Resilience, Progress, Perspective" in Athens on Tuesday, which will be hosted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, who is Ireland's Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform, is due to visit Athens on Monday and Tuesday to participate in a conference on the Greek economy on April 4 entitled "Resilience, Progress, Perspective", which is hosted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Τhe platform for the repayment of outstanding debts to the state, the national social insurance agency (EFKA) and tax authorities in 72-120 installments will open by Friday, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras told Skai TV on Saturday. 

Forecasts by the government, the Bank of Greece and economic analysts on this year's growth rate are being revised upward to 2-2.5%, compared to the 1.8% that had been foreseen in the 2023 budget.

The Greek banking system is clearly in a much better position now to absorb any turbulence from international markets than it was four years ago, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Thursday, commenting on global banking system tensions caused by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the crisis at Credit Suisse.

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras will be attending the Europgroup and Ecofin meetings in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has attended the funeral of Spyros Voulgaris, one of the 57 people killed in last week's railway disaster at Tempe.

Voulgaris, 35, was the driver of the freight train involved in the collision.