Search Results for: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis
Greek government searches for funds amid fresh speculation about third bailout
March 3rd, 2015
The government on Monday scrambled to find ways to raise much-needed funding amid renewed speculation about a third bailout for Greece. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis met with his deputies and other officials to discuss ways of covering the country’s ...
Yanis Varoufakis: “We will never leave the euro”
February 27th, 2015
Finance Minister stresses that “for the first time we are becoming the authors of our future” The Minister of Finances Yanis Varoufakis stated that the recent Eurogroup agreement was a major success, in an exclusive interview he gave to Giorgos Padadakis on ANT1. Mr. ...
Varoufakis says funding problem lies ahead
February 26th, 2015
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis admitted on Wednesday that Greece may face difficulties in finding the money to pay its obligations to the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank over the next few months. Greece has to repay ...
Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis: We didn’t u-turn on reforms (Video)
February 25th, 2015
Greece’s latest deal with its fellow euro zone countries to secure an extension of its bailout program doesn’t mean the country’s new government has bowed to pressure, the country’s finance minister told CNBC. “We didn’t get elected in order ...
Greek finance minister’s letter to the Eurogroup
February 24th, 2015
Following is the text of Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis‘s letter to Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem outlining Greece’s proposed reforms. “Dear President of the Eurogroup, In the Eurogroup of 20 February 2015 the Greek government was invited to present ...
A Greek Drama Draws In the Obama Administration, Again
February 20th, 2015
President Barack Obama and his team may be suffering from Greek financial-crisis déjà vu. In 2010, and again in 2012, Mr. Obama and top officials in his administration worried that Greece’s debt woes could fracture the eurozone, knock down an ...
J. Dijsselbloem: “Received Greek request for six months extension”
February 19th, 2015
The “bridge program” or “extension” may be approved by Friday if all goes well The Greek request for a six-month interim agreement, known as the “bridging program” by the Greek side or “extension” by the EU side, has been ...
Greek stocks fall as debt deal talks stall
February 17th, 2015
Yanis Varoufakis: “We are ready and willing to do whatever it takes” Greece’s stock market fell by more than 4% at its open after European finance ministers failed to reach a new deal to restructure the country’s debts. Greek ...
Greece’s Varoufakis Says ‘No More Loans’ Until Credible Growth Plan: NYT Interview
February 17th, 2015
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said his government was not asking for a way out of repaying the country’s debt, but wanted a few months of financial stability. In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Varoufakis also ...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Video)
February 12th, 2015
Greece‘s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish ...
