Ministry of Finance

The new cabinet will be officially sworn in before President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the newly-appointed caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas at 12 p.m. on Friday. 

After the swearing-in ceremony, Sarmas will preside over a cabinet meeting at the Maximos Mansion.

If after June 10 there is no adopted budget for the year or a new extension of last year's budget, the state will only be able to spend as much as it collects. This becomes clear in the response of the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance after a question from the National Radio whether, in the worst case scenario, there will be funds for pensions and salaries in the public sector.

The "Erdoganization and Orbanization of Greece is now complete," former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said, in his first reaction to the election results that saw his MeRA25 party limp in 8th place and lose its presence in parliament.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled on Friday New Democracy's (ND) country-wide list for the upcoming elections on May 21 that includes eight women and seven men.

It poses risks to the country that the leadership and top officials of main opposition SYRIZA leave open - even if indirectly - the possibility of cooperation with the leader of the MeRA25 party and former SYRIZA finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.

Today at noon, the consultations on the budget started in the format of working groups between GERB-SDS and "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria". In the early afternoon, talks continued at the Ministry of Finance.

The scenario of a "tolerance government" alluded to by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras in his interview on Alpha TV came as a continuation of the whirlwind caused by the "Dimitra" currency program proposed by MeRA25 leader Yanis Varoufakis, who is considered a prospective partner.

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.