Press Room
19
Feb
2022
P.R.: Speech by the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras at the conference of LSESU Hellenic Society "Greece 2022: Semper Ad Meliora"
First of all, I would like to congratulate the London School of Economics Hellenic Society for today’s insightful hybrid event and to thank the organizing committee for offering me the...
14
Feb
2022
INTERVIEW OF THE MINISTER OF FINANCE MR. CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS WITH "REUTERS"
Greece to repay last IMF loans by March, achieve primary surplus in 2023 - FinMin
By Lefteris Papadimas
ATHENS, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Greece will repay the final tranches...
14
Feb
2022
EXCLUSIVE Greece to repay last IMF loans by March, achieve primary surplus in 2023-FinMin
Greece has officially submitted a request for the full prepayment of the outstanding balance of its IMF loans. The relevant procedure has been launched and is expected to be completed at the end...
5
Jan
2022
Interview of the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras with the British newspaper "The Telegraph"
GREECE DEMANDS RELAXATION OF EU DEBT RULES
Tom Rees
Mon, 3 January 2022
Greece is demanding a relaxation of European debt rules to allow a wave of green investment as Brussels...
31
Dec
2021
PR: Reflections on 20 years of the euro joint article by Eurogroup members
Reflections on 20 years of the euro: joint article by Eurogroup members
Twenty years ago tomorrow, around 300 million Europeans held a brand new currency in their hands, the euro. From...
31
Dec
2021
Common article - Reflections on 20 years of the euro
Reflections on 20 years of the euro
By Christos Staikouras, Paschal Donohoe, Valdis Dombrovskis, Paolo Gentiloni,
Mairead McGuinness and all Finance Ministers of the euro area
Twenty...
5
Oct
2021
PR: Common Statement of the Finance Ministers of Spain, France, the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania on energy market prices
Common Statement of
Nadia Calviño, Spanish First Vice-President and Minister for the
Economy and Digital Transformation,
Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for the Economy, Finance and...
29
Sep
2021
Speech by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Christos Staikouras, on "EU Economic Governance for Recovery and Resilience", at the online conference "Greece and the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility", organised by the European Commission in collaboration with IOBE
First of all, I would like to thank the organizers – the European Commission and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research – for their kind invitation and for offering me the opportunity...
11
Aug
2021
Opening of State Aid Account for depositing donations for the purpose of supporting and strengthening the wildfire stricken areas
By order of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Christos Staikouras, a special purpose bank account named "State Aid Account – Private citizens donations" was opened today pursuant to law 4797/2021...
12
Jul
2021
Doorstep Statement by the Minister of Finance of Greece, Mr. Christos Staikouras at the Eurogroup meeting, in Brussels
"Despite the difficulties and the uncertainty, Europe is recovering.
“Next Generation EU” will enhance, significantly, this process.
The adoption of the 12 National Recovery and Resilience Plans...
24
Jun
2021
Statement by the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras at the online press conference with the President of the European Investment Bank Dr. Werner Hoyer and the Vice President of the EIB Mr. Christian Kettel Thomsen
I would like to welcome the President of European Investment Bank, Dr. Werner Hoyer, and the Vice President Mr. Christian Kettel Thomsen, in the Ministry of Finance.
I would like to thank them...
9
Apr
2021
The prolongation of “Hercules” is approved by the European Commission
Today, the European Commission gave its approval to the prolongation of “Hercules”, which aims at drastically reducing bad loans.
The Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for the financial...
23
Mar
2021
Interview by George Zavvos, Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for the financial system to Nena Malliara , economics news site "Insider.gr"
WHY THE REFORM OF THE GREEK CAPITAL MARKET IS URGENT AND WHY EUROPE NEEDS TO SPEED UP THE CAPITAL MARKETS UNION
The development of the domestic capital market is for the government a goal...
15
Mar
2021
Remarks by the Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. George Zavvos, on the reforms of the Greek banking system and the extension of the Hellenic Asset Protection Scheme “Hercules”
On Friday, March 12, the Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for the financial system, Mr. George Zavvos, submitted the official request of the Greek Government for the extension of the...
8
Mar
2021
Intervention of the Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for the financial system, Mr. George Zavvos, at Fin Forum 2021
‘During the first year of its operation, the Hercules project, in which all 4 systemic banks have participated, has r educed non-performing loans (NPLs) by EUR 32 billion , i.e. by around 40 % ....
28
Jan
2021
Article of George Zavvos, Deputy Minister of Finance in charge of the Financial System, in the magazine “BusinessFile”
“Reforming the Greek financial system: The challenges ahead” ,
Article of George Zavvos , Deputy Minister of Finance in charge of the Financial System, in the magazine “BusinessFile”
...
11
Dec
2020
THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, Speech by Mr. George Zavvos, Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for the financial system
4th Simulation European Central Bank Event, organised by Get Involved Athens, 11 December 2020
I welcome you all and I applaud the excellent initiative for the organisation of this conference....
9
Dec
2020
Speech by the Minister of Finance Mr. Christos Staikouras, at his digital conference of “The Economist” titled: “EU Recovery and Resilience Fund for Greece: European Green Deal – Digital transformation – Infrastructure”
I would like to thank “The Economist” for organizing this important, high level, virtual event.
Event that takes place in a period of high uncertainty.
Unavoidably, the same happens to the Greek...
12
Jul
2020
"One year of major reforms in the Financial System", Interview of George Zavvos, Deputy Minister of Finance in charge of the Financial System, in the newspaper “Proto Thema” on July 12, 2020
One year has passed since the government took office. As the Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for the financial system, what measures have you taken and plan to take to strengthen the...
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