Measures

"There is no discussion on the implementation of measures as of 2018," stated government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos in a press briefing on Thursday. "At this particular phase of the negotiation at a technical level, it is necessary for all sides...

Greeks need to know the truth, which is that nobody knows when, how and if the second review will be completed, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday. "I neither invest nor rejoice in the government's failure....

The measures that the government and the creditors are now negotiating are the result of the government's inefficiency and lack of credibility, main opposition New Democracy (ND) Vice President Costis Hatzidakis said on Saturday in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian...

"Some things cannot be agreed unless they are agreed together as a package," Greece's Foreign Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Thursday, replying to criticism about alleged delays in implementing measures for concluding the 2nd review of Greece's program. Replying to...

"There will not be additional measures in 2019 and after" reassured Economy and Growth Minister Dimitris Papadimitriou in statements on Saturday. Papadimitriou who is visiting the island of Rhodes to attend an event organised by a SYRIZA committee said...

Greece is not prepared to pass legislation now for measures that will go into effect in 2019 and has made this abundantly clear, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in an interview with the Sunday edition of the Athens-based daily...

"We expect by the end of January the official green light for the Greek debt relief measures," said Calin Anev Jansa, a member of the European Stability Mechanism Board (ESM, in an interview to Dow Jones news agency, according...

"The IMF demand for more measures in 2018 is absurd," State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Saturday in an interview with Kontra News newspaper. He also stressed the importance of concluding the economic programme review as soon as...

European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Thursday said he fully understood the reasons that led the Greek government to announce social welfare measures for poor pensioners, in statements during a press conference at the European Council in Brussels. Schulz said...

The government has requested a roll call vote in parliament for the two relief measures announced by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras last Thursday, which will be added in two separate draft bills. The measures concern a one-off benefit for...