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Capital controls: How Greeks and tourists will be hit
June 29th, 2015
For the average Greek, capital controls have now gone from threat to reality. But what does this mean in practice? On Monday morning, employees of the National Bank of Greece, the country’s largest commercial bank, were continuing to go ...
Athens Stock Exchange: Announcement
June 29th, 2015
The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), during its 715th/ 29.6.2015 Board of Directors’ meeting decided the following: a. The ATHEX regulated market and the Multilateral Trading Facility of “EN.A” (Alternative Market of the Athens Exchange) shall remain closed, throughout ...
ECB: TARGET2-Securities successfully launched
June 23rd, 2015
TARGET2-Securities (T2S), the Eurosystem’s landmark platform for securities settlement, started live operation this morning A first group of securities depositories and their user communities from Greece, Malta, Romania and Switzerland are now connected to T2S for settlement of euro ...
Athens, creditors offer conflicting views on negotiations
May 28th, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday that a deal with creditors was “close” and government officials said an agreement was being drafted but representatives of the country’s creditors made it quite clear that they do not share such ...
Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) Decisions
May 21st, 2015
The Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC) decided during its Board of Directors’ meeting, on 14.5.2015, the following: The approval of the offer document regarding the mandatory bid of PIRAEUS BANK SA to the shareholders of the company TRASTOR REIC, according to ...
Greek Prime Minister concession keeps ELA alive
May 7th, 2015
ECB increases pressure on government for agreement, but offers another 2 bln euros in cash to local banks The European Central Bank is putting extra pressure on Athens for the completion of an agreement with creditors, pegging the maintenance ...
Merkel and Tsipras ease tension but did not find political solution
March 24th, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struck a conciliatory tone after their first bilateral meeting in Berlin on Monday but the Greek leader’s host insisted that she is not in a position to ease Greece’s ...
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
March 9th, 2015
Interview with Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, conducted by Yannis Seitanidis on 8 March 2015 The ECB’s Governing Council had a meeting in Nicosia, two years after the “bail-in” agreement on the recapitalisation of ...
ECB decisions may prove to be a blessing in disguise
March 6th, 2015
Draghi adds 500 million euros to ELA, giving banks a breather European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi announced on Thursday a board decision on Greece that may appear tough but in fact averts a default during March at least ...
Mario Draghi: Introductory statement to the press conference in Nicosia
March 5th, 2015
Latest Update, March 06, on March 05 release of President of the ECB Introductory statement. The update is regarding Questions and Answers. You can find the Questions and Answers at the end of the following statement. Mario Draghi, President ...
