Athens Informer

The Finance Ministry has been in a race against time for the last few days in a bid to complete all the prior actions required for the disbursement next week of the next bailout installment amounting to 4.2 billion euros. The aim is for Minister… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The Finance Ministry has been in a race against time for the last few days in a bid to complete all the prior actions required for the disbursement next week of the next bailout installment amounting to 4.2 billion euros. The aim is for Minister Yannis St… … Full News here – Latest News

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The state privatization fund (TAIPED) has dropped plans for the utilization of state-owned islands to private investors via long-term lease, according to TAIPED officials, who stress that any previous statements concerning the materialization of such plan… … Full News here – Latest News

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The coalition has agreed on a plan for the sacking of civil servants, it emerged yesterday, which will see around 2,000 bureaucrats removed from their positions by the end of June. Athens has agreed to fire 15,000 civil servants by the end of next… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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The Development Ministry is set table in Parliament its original proposal for the optional opening of stores on any Sunday of the year, and not that of the country’s international creditors for all stores to open on 10 Sundays per year. The ministry’s pro… … Full News here – Latest News

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International investors are increasingly convinced Greece is about to emerge from its crisis and are eager to invest in the Greek success story, which would provide the local economy with some desperately needed capital when implemented. Investor Daniel L… … Full News here – Latest News

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Gold swung between gains and losses as Cyprus denied it plans to sell bullion to ease its debt crisis and some investors reduced holdings on speculation that the US Federal Reserve may scale back stimulus measures. Several Fed officials said the central b… … Full News here – Latest News

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International Monetary Fund representatives were recently in Athens to speak to officials involved in drawing up Greece’s first memorandum of understanding with the troika in 2010 as well as with opponents of the bailout terms as the Washington-based… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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International Monetary Fund representatives were recently in Athens to speak to officials involved in drawing up Greece’s first memorandum of understanding with the troika in 2010 as well as with opponents of the bailout terms as the Washington-based orga… … Full News here – Latest News

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International Monetary Fund representatives were recently in Athens to speak to officials involved in drawing up Greece’s first memorandum of understanding with the troika in 2010 as well as with opponents of the bailout terms as the Washington-based orga… … Full News here – Latest News

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The Cypriot government submitted a series of bills to the parliament in Nicosia yesterday foreseeing the creation of a national solidarity fund and the winding down of the country’s largest lender, Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki), in a bid to secure a… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras stressed yesterday that Greece was “fortified” against the repercussions of a possible failure by Cyprus to find the necessary funds to protect its banks, adding that Athens had an alternative plan for Cypriot banks… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades met with party leaders on Wednesday morning in the wake of Parliament’s decision to reject a deposit tax as part of an EU-IMF bailout. “The President of the Republic expresses his absolute respect for yesterday’s decis… … Full News here – Latest News

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A plan drafted by the Manpower Organization (OAED) aims to address the problems of more than 400,000 households with no employed members, offering them jobs for five months on local projects where there are insufficient or no structures for various… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Public servants were set to participate in a rally on Wednesday in protest to the government’s austerity measures. The rally was being organized by ADEDY, the country’s main umbrella union representing civil servants and was scheduled to start on Klafthmo… … Full News here – Latest News

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