The non-payment of the next installment of loans to Greece is not a “scenario” that is currently on the table, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Tuesday in an interview with the private channel SKAI.
A compromise solution between the Europeans and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that allows the next tranche of loans to be disbursed to Greece will almost certainly be found before the June 15 Eurogroup, well-informed Brussels sources said on Tuesday. “There will not be any drama for Greece this summer. The installment will be disbursed […]
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and IMF chief Christine Lagarde agreed on the need for debt relief according to Athens Macedonian News Agency (ANA) sources.
Following a short break in the middle of the day, the Greek government and the heads of the institutions’ mission in Athens resumed negotiations on completing the second review on Sunday afternoon.
The delays in reaching an agreement on Greece’s programme are due entirely to disagreements between the lenders, government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis said on Monday, at a meeting with representatives of Greece’s banks.
The Director of the International Monetary Fund’s European Department, Poul Thomsen, expressed optimism on Friday that Greece and its lenders are close to a staff-level agreement.
The meeting with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde “went very well”, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos after the talks held in Washington DC, on the sidelines of the IMF’s Spring Meetings.
There is no issue of taking additional measures for 2018, government sources said on Wednesday, following the release of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Fiscal Monitor report on Greece’s primary surpluses.
BRUSSELS (ANA/ Ch.Vassilaki) – The agreement for Greece’s debt sustainability must be in compliance with International Monetary Fund (IMF) rules, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at an event held by Bruegel Institute in Brussels on Wednesday, discussing the course of the global economy.
«Ενώ υπήρξε κάποια πρόοδος στην τελευταία αποστολή, παραμένουν σε εκκρεμότητα σημαντικά ζητήματα. Οι συζητήσεις θα συνεχιστούν στις Βρυξέλλες σε επίπεδο επικεφαλής των αποστολών, τις επόμενες ημέρες».