Delia Velculescu

Dolman replaces Velculescu as head of IMF mission to Greece

After three years as the head of the International Monetary Fund's mission to Greece, Romanian Delia Velculescu is replaced by US official Peter Dolman.

Dolman is seen by his colleagues as a particularly experienced technocrat who is not among the "particularly hard" IMF officials, but rather moderate.

Lagarde says she had constructive discussions with Tsakalotos on policies and debt

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, said on Friday she had a constructive conversation with Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos during their meeting on the sidelines of the IMF Spring Meetings in Washington DC.

The case for security

For the last seven years Greece's negotiations with its international lenders have frequently entered phases of uncertainty that have simply prolonged domestic antagonisms, with the opposition slamming whichever government happened to be at the helm at the time. In turn, the government called out the "irresponsibility" of its political opponents.

Bleak IMF reports on Greece

Two negative reports concerning Greece were forwarded to the members of the IMF’s board directors, Tuesday night. Citing an informed source, mignatiou.com says that the two documents, which are expected to be discussed during a special IMF board meeting in the first week of February, were “depressing.” “The reports were not good for Greece.

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