Yannis Stournaras

Stournaras says bonds can wait

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras has distanced himself from the government's plan for an immediate return to the bond markets, arguing on Tuesday that it is "rather early" and saying that two or three landmark privatizations must be completed first to regain investor confidence.

ESM disburses € 7.7bn to Greece

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) disbursed the € 7.7 billion tranche to Greece, Monday. The amount was deposited in the Bank of Greece’s (BoG) special treasury account. € 6.9 billion will be used to service the country’s debt, with the remaining 800 million going to overdue public debts to the private sector.

Ex-parliament speaker files lawsuits over not seeking war reparations

Former parliamentary speaker Zoe Constantopoulou, who broke away from SYRIZA in 2015 and formed her own far-left party, is taking legal action against President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras for purportedly not seeking war reparations from Germany.

Stournaras: Greece cannot withstand another year of uncertainty

Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras has called for international creditors to provide more detail on the debt relief they will provide the country, while calling for lower primary budget surplus targets.

"The Greek economy cannot withstand another year of uncertainty," Stournaras told the Economist conference in Frankfurt on Wednesday.

Tsakalotos, Stournaras at Frankfurt conference

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos will be the keynote speaker at an Economist conference in Frankfurt on Wednesday titled "Greece: A Comeback to the Financial Markets?"

Also addressing the conference will be Alternate Economy Minister Alexis Haritsis, Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras and his fellow ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure.

Greek Central Banker: Greece has done everything required and its partners must now do their part

 

Greece has done everything it was required to do and it is now the turn of Greece’s partners, especially the Eurogroup, to assume their responsibilities, Bank of Greece governor Yannis Stournaras said in an article published by the Greek newspaper “Kathimerini” on Sunday.

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