All posts tagged "Greece"

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  Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, UK: Exclusive Interview

  Sir Nicholas Macpherson, a Treasury man for 30 years, has spent the last decade as permanent secretary to three chancellors. He talks to Global Government Forum about technological change, the

  • Posted August 3, 2015
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  Greek MPs Back Eurozone Deal Laws Amidst Protests

  Greek MPs have approved tough economic measures required to enable an €86bn Eurozone bailout deal to go ahead. The legislation includes the abolition of the VAT discount of 30% for Greek islands,

  • Posted July 16, 2015
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  Greek Civil Servants Stage 24-hour Strike Over Austerity Plan

  Public sector workers in Greece are today staging a 24-hour walk-out in protest against new austerity measures agreed by Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras. After a weekend of often-acrimonious negotiations,

  • Posted July 15, 2015
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  Iceland warns over capital controls

  The top civil servant in charge of Iceland’s finance ministry has warned that countries imposing capital controls should start thinking about a strategy for lifting them immediately. Iceland introduced capital controls –

  • Posted July 10, 2015
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  Euro working group to meet this week as Greece seeks to unlock bailout funds‏

  Euro zone deputy finance ministers will meet midweek ahead of a gathering of Eurogroup finance ministers two days later, as Athens and its creditors continue to seek a deal on

  • Posted April 20, 2015
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  Opinion: The irony of Greek debt and German demands

  Rob Whiteman, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), argues that German demands on Greece’s finances are somewhat insincere When Wolfgang Steiger wrote an open letter

  • Posted April 6, 2015
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  Greece to review public spending and increase efficiency

  Greece has today pledged to review public spending, make central and local government bodies more efficient and to identify savings in each government department. The proposals, which stop short of

  • Posted February 24, 2015
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  IMF lending can deepen economic crises, says report

  New research suggests that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is weakening the economies of countries to which it lends money. The European Network on Debt and Development, Eurodad, says that

  • Posted April 12, 2014
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