Yannis Stournaras

Greece's foreign lenders should grant it further debt relief and lower its primary surplus targets after 2020 to help it qualify for inclusion in the European Central Bank's asset-buying program, central bank chief Yannis Stournaras said on Thursday.

Journalist and publisher Costas Vaxevanis handed himself over to the police on Monday after the wife of Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras lodged a legal suit against him for slander over an article in his Documento newspaper accusing her of abusing her husband's influence to secure state funding for medical conferences.

Interior Minister Panos Skourletis on Monday accused Greece's creditrors of going back on agreements on PPC and downgrading the power board because they want to sell it off on the cheap.

Interior Minister Panos Skourletis on Monday accused Greece's creditrors of going back on agreements on PPC and downgrading the power board because they want to sell it off on the cheap.

The Greek government told the country's central bank chief to stay out of politics on Tuesday after he urged it to wrap up a long-delayed bailout review.

Bank of Greece Chief Yannis Stournaras on Monday warned the delay was creating uncertainty and risked forcing a downwards revision of growth forecasts this year.

Central banker Yannis Stournaras warned on Monday of the risk of a full reversal of the economy's course as the delays in the completion of the bailout review may "put in doubt all the targets for this year, the fiscal targets, the growth targets and the credit sector targets without exception."

Greece's fiscal mix is dangerous for the economy, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras warned at the Delphi Economic Forum on Saturday, where he also called on the government to complete the bailout review immediately.

"We have become a tax-centered economy," said Stournaras, stressing that taxes should be reduced and state expenditure cut for the economy to grow.

Following a meeting on Tuesday in Athens with China Development Bank chairman Hu Huaibang, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras expressed satisfaction with CDB's intention to expand its presence in Greece, mainly via the financing of infrastructure projects.

The Bank of Greece is sticking to its forecast which sees the economy expanding 2.5 percent this year, according to its annual report presented yon Friday by Governor Yannis Stournaras, though he warned that the economy will face a series of uncertainties unless an agreement is reached swiftly by the government and the country's creditors.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras sent the government a clear message on Wednesday to move ahead with the implementation of the necessary reforms, telling an event that "this is not the time to throw in the towel. We have covered 90 percent of the adjustment required."