Eurogroup

After last night’s Eurogroup session, various government sources and troika officials agree that the likeliest date for the troika’s return to Athens is the upcoming Sunday, the 23rd of February. Greece is claiming a 10.1 billion euro loan installment which will cover the country’s need until August. The new troika review is expected to take […]

The President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem addressed the reservations of northern European countries regarding the possibility of further financial assistance to Greece and claimed that the reform efforts in Greece are contributing towards a significant improvement of the business climate. The Dutch Finance Minister, who appeared at an OECD seminar on the future of […]

The informal Eurogroup summit that is scheduled to take place in Athens n the 1st of April 2014 is a critical milestone for the ongoing negotiations between the coalition government and the troika. While both sides want to complete the review before the Eurogroup that is scheduled for the 10th of March, the IMF, ECB […]

The Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem expressed his disappointment that the troika has not yet completed its review in Greece and stressed the need for the Greek government and troika negotiations to complete as soon as possible, so that the troika may return to Athens. Mr. Dijsselbloem noted that more work needed to be done before […]

The Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras is expecting to face some hard questions by his colleagues at the upcoming Eurogroup session that is scheduled for the 27th of January, in order to convince the troika to return to Athens and complete its review. Earlier in the week the Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who is […]

The head of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem explained on international news agency Bloomberg that he was uncertain when the IMF, ECB and EU representatives would return to Greece for its next evaluation. The Dutch Finance Minister explained that the uncertainty was due to the Greek government’s procrastination with regards to the implementation of prior actions. […]

After a series of delays the Euro Working Group and Eurogroup in Brussels approved the Greek plan for the restructure of the domestic defense industries, paving the way for the collection of the 1 billion euros of the loan installment that was owed to Greece from July. The collection of the loan installment had already […]