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The IMF’s troika representative Poul Thomsen underlined the importance of Greece’s return to the credit markets, as it was one of the main goals of the...

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos have met to discuss Greece’s immanent return to the markets...

According to a world economic outlook report of the International Monetary Foundation, in 2014 Greece can expect to see its economy grow, while the...

At the press conference that followed the Ecofin, Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras explained that the 11 billion euros that are still available with the FSF would...

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, commented on her recent three-day visit to China, where she met with Premier...

The ECB, EC and IMF triumvirate issued a statement on Wednesday regarding the recent agreement that was struck with the Greek government, which...

Despite the optimistic comments of various Ministers that the critical negotiations with the troika would be complete by Monday evening, the optimism gave way to ...

The International Monetary Foundation recently published study on “Fiscal policy and income inequality”, according to which the poorest 10% in Greece suffered ...

Four days have been left for the Minister of Finances Yannis Stournaras to come to an agreement with the EU, ECB and IMF representatives, after the ...

With Greece and the troika unable to come to an agreement over a number of unresolved issues, Monday’s Eurogroup in Brussels was expected to be difficult for the Minister of...

Yesterday’s six-hour negotiations meeting at the Ministry of Finances may have ended shortly after 2am on Thursday, however the two sides were unable to ...

The IMF has expressed its concerns over the possibility of deficits in the Greek state budget, which in part it attributes the coalition government’s lack of political will to...

The IMF’s Christine Lagarde recently gave an interview to Australian broadcaster ABC, where she expressed her belief that Greece have finally overcome a series of hardships and is now entering a growth phase. During the discussion, a member of the audience raised the issue of austerity, with Mrs. Lagarde admitting that mistakes were made with […]

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 German Minister of Finances Wolfgang Schäuble gave an interview to the international news agency Reuters about how the IMF contributed towards increasing the credibility of European policy against the crisis. In the interview the German Minister claimed that the debt crisis in the Eurozone has “calmed down” and that he does not expect any […]

The former Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou claimed that the participation of the IMF in the first Greek rescue package was enforced by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel because “she did not trust the Commission”. According to Ta Nea, Mr. Papandreou made the remarkable claim in London, at a conference organized by the London School of […]

Confidential IMF documents dated the 9th of May 2010, during the time when the first Greek bailout was approved, reveled that German, French and Dutch banks sold off Greek bonds, despite having promised to preserve them. The shocking revelation was made by the Spanish daily El Pais, according to which representatives from Germany, France and […]

Even though the troika was originally expected to return to Athens around the 15th of January in order to resume talks with the Minister of Finances, it now appears that the trip to Athens has been postponed until the troika is certain that it will strike a deal for the disbursement of the IMF and […]