Greek government-debt crisis
Stournaras: Bank of Greece prevented Grexit in 2015
If the Bank of Greece did not operate under the protection of the institutional framework of independence, after what happened in 2015, the country would have perhaps left the eurozone, Bank of Greece (BoG) Governor Yannis Stournaras said on Saturday during a Kathimerini conference on a panel titled "In the next 50 years, is democracy safe?" Is Greece reformable?" "Who doubts that if it wasn't
SSM reviews bank dividends
Greek banks eye dividends on a par with the European average in the coming years, pointing to the high profitability fueled by higher interest rates and clearing their balance sheets of bad loans.
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Loverdos launches new party ahead of European elections
Former PASOK minister and MP Andreas Loverdos has unveiled a new political party that will debut in the upcoming European Parliament elections in June.
SYRIZA wants parliamentary briefing on F-16 sale to Turkey
Main opposition SYRIZA has called on the government to brief Parliament whether there are conditions attached to the sale of F-16s to Turkey by the United States, following a relevant statement regarding their procurement by Ankara on Friday by US Senator Bob Menendez without proper terms.
T-bills auction seeks to raise 625 million euros
The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) is planning to auction 52-week treasury bills on Wednesday, to the amount of 625 million euros in book entry form.
According to Friday's announcement, the issue will mature on March 7, 2025.
The settlement date will be this Friday.
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Polakis chastises Tsipras
SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis criticized his former leader Alexis Tsipras over some of the remarks he made at a Kathimerini-sponsored conference Saturday.
In his remarks at the conference, Tsipras said that his government's management of the Novartis case (regarding allegations of bribery involving politicians and doctors) and the issuing of television licenses "was unfortunate."
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Stournaras: An independent central bank prevented euro exit in 2015
If the Bank of Greece were not independent, Greece might have exited the eurozone in 2015, Yannis Stournaras, then as now the central bank's governor, said Saturday.
Tsipras says he never contemplated leaving EU or euro
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said he never contemplated taking Greece out of the European Union or dropping its common currency when he called the 2015 referendum.
"Not even for a moment did it cross my mind to negotiate the country's presence in the EU and use of the euro," he told the final day of the "50 Years of the Metapolitefsi" conference.
Foreign policy milestones: EU accession, Turkey, Cyprus, Prespes
One of the areas where Greece made some of its greatest strides during the past 50 years has been in foreign policy, the second day of the "50 Years of the Metapolitefsi" conference heard on Friday.
Papandreou: ND bears responsibility for populism in 2009
New Democracy bears a "huge responsibility" for its populism in undermining his government after Greece's financial woes became known and for prolonging the country's bailout regime, former prime minister George Papandreou said on Friday.