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“Investment in Greece quintupled in first 7 months of 2017,” says Economy minister

August 31, 2017 Economy 1

Foreign investors have brought more than one billion euros in Greece in the last seven months, deputy Economy and Development Minister Alexis Charitsis said. In the equivalent time period in 2016, the amount was €200 million. Another 5 to 6 billion euros are expected to come through the package of …

Economy Minister: Schaeuble’s resistance to debt relief raises questions about Eurozone structure

June 15, 2017 Economy 1

Greek Economics Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou has accused German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble of being “dishonest” by blocking debt relief for Greece despite his acknowledgement that Athens has implemented significant reforms. Papadimitriou told German newspaper Die Welt in an interview published on Thursday that Schaeuble first had acknowledged that Greece had …

Economy Minister Stathakis: “We had money to pay the IMF, but chose not to do so”

June 5, 2015 Economy 3

Minister for Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism, Giorgos Stahakis said on Friday that Greece had indeed money to pay the International Monetary Fund but chose not to do so. Speaking to BBC Radio 4 Today, Stathakis said that Greece had the money to pay the IMF on June 5th but …

Greek Economy Minister: “Default to IMF is out of question” but “we cannot pay €7.6bn to ECB

April 22, 2015 Economy 1

Greece’s Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis has warned that Greece did not have the resources to repay two loans to the European Central Bank loans, amounting to some €7.6 billion, which fall due next July and August. However he underlined that a Greek default on loans to International Monetary Fund was …

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