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Retired chief of Greek Army General Staff and former National Defense Minister, Alkiviadis Stefanis, has been appointed the governor of the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos on Tuesday. Stefanis replaces Ambassador (ret), Anastasios Mitsialis, who resigned his post.

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Ruling New Democracy officially withdrew its support to Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis on Monday morning. Ahead of the local elections in October, the press office of ND announced the deputy Defense Minister, Nikos Hardalias, as its candidate. Reason for Patoulis’ support withdrawal was a short video showing him relaxing …

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Anti-vaxxers have sent a fine order amounting almost 1.8 trillion euros was sent to the governor of South Aegean, Giorgos Hatzimarkos and members of the Regional Council. The payment order should be settled within 20 days, the document notes. The fine order was sent by the so-called “native indigenous Greeks”, …

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The head of the hot spot of Moria on the island of Lesvos submitted his resignation to the political leadership of the Ministry for Citizens’ Protection on Wednesday afternoon. Citing personal reasons, the Manager of the Reception and Identification Center, Ioannis Balbakakis said that he was “tired” and he had …

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The Greek government and the Prime Minister started a war against the Governor of the Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, and officially described him as “a failed finance minister”.  The war broke out just hours after a BoG Interim Report on the Monetary Policy 2017 suggested a “Memorandum Light” for …

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Greece’s influential central banker, Yannis Stournaras, was quoted on Sunday as saying that if the International Monetary Fund wants to leave the Greek program, “it should leave.” Stournaras message fueled speculation ahead of negotiations aimed to conclude the third review of the ongoing bailout. “If it (IMF) wants to leave, …

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Greek central banker, governor of Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras pointed to instability on the part of institutions in the country, as well as a lack of credibility and courage on the part of the domestic political system to “tell the people the truth”, as the primary reasons that Greece …

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Bank of Greece governor and former Memorandum of Understanding II Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras finally ound back to his rebel alter ego of social democracy and other nice stuff. Apparently tied of being a slave of the creditors, rebel Stournaras raised his head and attacked … Germany. “The present risks …

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SYRIZA MP Rachil Makri took legal action against Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras, accusing the banking chief of “possible malice” as regards his monetary policy report on Wednesday. In the Monetary Policy report 2014-2015, the Bank of Greece warned of a likely Greek exit from the eurozone and even …

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Governor of Bank of Greece and former Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras joined the crowd of those spreading fear over snap elections and the possibility of a SYRIZA government. Gone are apparently Samaras’ success stories, growth, debt sustanability and all the other nice things the Greek coalition government had been feeding …

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Outgoing Governor of Bank of Greece Giorgos Provopoulos certainly touched the heart of millions of Greek jobless and low-pensioners who shared with him more or less and for other reasons the nightmare of the Greek crisis. In the same mode like his successor Stournaras, Provopoulos claimed he spent sleepless nights …

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For some blessed people the stars are always shining above their heads. Hardly had Yiannis Stournaras lost his job as Greece’s Finance Minister, a new job has been waving to him and thus with better salary and much more benefits.  Stournaras’ new job is to be Governor of Bank of …

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Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras might soon leave the “electric chair” he has been sitting on since summer 2012 and find a less stressful job at the Bank of Greece. According to Sunday Edition of Proto Thema, Stournaras has allegedly said that his work at the ministry has been concluded. …

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“Greece’s path to current crisis wasn’t inevitable. The economic crisis could have been avoided, if the problems were addressed earlier.” Has the statement of Yiorgos Provopoulos, the Governor of Bank of Greece, shocked anyone in the debt-ridden country? I don’t think so. Some Greek commentators interpreted it in the context of the micro-cosmos …

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