Government of Greece
Lagrade, Tsakalotos discuss debt relief, reforms
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos discussed debt relief for Greece and speeding up reforms in a meeting on the sidelines of the fund's spring meeting in Washington on Saturday.
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Kouvelis says tension to continue after Erdogan calls snap polls
Greece's Alternate Defense Minister Fotis Kouvelis has expressed concern that tension in the Aegean will persist following the decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to call a snap election for June 24.
Mitsotakis rejects plan for new electoral system in local elections
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday his party will not allow local elections to be held with the system of simple proportional representation, because it would make municipalities ungovernable and harm the institution of local government.
ND leader meets with Greek mayors as polls are called
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Wednesday night with New Democracy and pro-ND mayors from around Greece to discuss the conservative party's strategy in the runup to local elections.
Turkey continues provocations despite Greek PM's appeal for 'cooperation'
In a visit to the Aegean island of Kastellorizo on Tuesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a message of "cooperation... but also determination" to Turkey. But provocations continued with Turkish jets harassing the Chinook helicopter carrying Tsipras and armed forces chief Evangelos Apostolakis.
Mitsotakis checks out youngsters' virtual entrepreneurship
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday attended the Junior Achievement Greece organization's 12th Trade Fair Athens, titled "Virtual Enterprise," and visited the kiosks of 60 schools from central and southern Greece exhibiting their students' business ideas at The Mall Athens.
Athens confident despite stance of Germany's Scholz
Athens did not appear particularly troubled Monday by what has been viewed as the tough stance of new German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz during his meeting last week with his Greek counterpart Euclid Tsakalotos.
Equifund stages its first presentation
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras addressed an event held on Monday in Athens for the first official presentation of the Equifund investment instrument, in the presence of ministers, politicians, bankers, corporate officials, candidate investors and others, who were hoping to meet with representatives of the nine investment funds that Equifund will initially finance to the tune of about 240 million
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Scholz seen to pick up where Schaeuble left off
Despite the cordial meeting on Friday between Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and his new German counterpart Olaf Scholz, Berlin made it clear that the key Greek demand of debt relief will only be discussed after Greece's bailout program ends.
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Hollande told Tsipras after referendum that 'Greece lost,' he says in book
Former French president Francois Hollande claims in his new book, "Lessons on Power," that he told Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after the referendum in the summer of 2015 that "you won, but Greece lost."
Hollande said that after Greeks rejected a fresh round of austerity, he told Tsipras that those in the EU that favored a Greek exit from the euro were only emboldened.