Gikas Hardouvelis

After two days of marathon negotiations in Paris, Greece and its international lenders have failed to reach a deal regarding the country’s austerity and reform program, while Greece is approaching the deadline to strike a new financing deal with its...

The Greek delegation will meet with the Troika of international lenders in Paris today to negotiate the reforms Athens will have to implement for the final review of the bailout program. Analysts say that negotiations will be hard and Greece 's...

The Finance ministry on Monday announced that late on Sunday it was agreed that the government representatives and the troika would meet on November 25, in Paris, to speed up the evaluation process and decide on forthcoming steps. Greek Finance...

The four-hour teleconference between the troika of international creditors and the Greek government concluded at 3 a.m. with no results to show. No date was set for the final review either as the three representatives refuse to come to...

His confidence that the country will achieve a "safe" agreement with its lenders if it remains calm, expressed Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis during a meeting with President of the Hellenic Republic Karolos Papoulias. "In the final straight for the...

Negotiations with the Troika are currently at a "complex" stage. This was revealed earlier today by Greek government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos, after his meeting with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras at the government headquarters, in which Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis was...

"We had a detailed discussion about everything. The negotiation is progressing," Greek Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis said on Monday, immediately after a two-hour meeting with Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. In statements to reporters waiting outside as he left the...

Greece’s Finance Minister, Gikas Hardouvelis, sent a letter to the representatives of the country’s international lenders yesterday, explaining the positions on key issues that the Greek government is about to follow during the upcoming negotiations. The letter was in regards...

Greek banks are ready to implement the law on "bad loans." This emerged after today's meeting at the government headquarters between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras,...

Troika envoys have sent Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis a list of 19 tough reforms they want Athens to implement for their latest evaluation to be completed before the Eurogroup summit on December 8, according to a Kathimerini report. One of...