Athens racing against time. Find EU and Greece still a way out of the crisis? Or is it already too late? Allegedly, the Greeks have again thrown the troika of the country. All information in the news ticker.
- Greece goes on April 8 out of money
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- Varoufakis calls the end of the Obscene Finger dispute to
- Juncker says Athens billion aid in the fight against poverty
Greeks stash there billions Athens wants to Switzerland on black money talk
18.49 Clock: The Greek government wants to talk with Switzerland on untaxed money in Swiss bank accounts. Responsible for International Financial Matters Secretary Jacques de Watteville will travel next week for talks in Athens, a spokesman for the Ministry of Finance in Bern said on Saturday. These are the first talks about the Greek black money in Switzerland since the appointment of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras end of January.
As the Swiss newspaper “Tages-Anzeiger” reported on Saturday, hoard Greek citizens 1.5 billion francs (1.4 billion euros) in Swiss bank accounts. A portion of the proceeds is therefore untaxed. The Ministry spokesman declined referred to in the report sum, however, did not confirm.
In the past few days in the Swiss media has been speculation about why the verge of bankruptcy Greece does not care about the millions of illegal money in Switzerland. Last Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf had spoken in February 2014, with her then-Greek counterparts Giannis Stournaras on the subject. On Friday Tsipras had then announced at the EU summit in Brussels early negotiations with Switzerland to talk about an “agreement on the funding of Greeks in Switzerland”.
Greece needs because of its heavy debt crisis to the anxious remain in the euro. The euro-countries are willing Greece continue to help, but only if they hold the land to the negotiated austerity and reform commitments. Because the negotiations falter, Athens is in acute financial
European Commission has calculated. Greece is on April 8 out of money
16.40 Clock: The Greek government has until April 8th sufficient liquidity. This is clear from internal calculations of the EU Commission, based on new figures for its professionals in Athens, the Sunday newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAS) reported, citing diplomats. The Commission considers that Athens end of the month to fully pay wages and salaries. They assumed here that the Government of Alexis Tsipras also relies on cash of the social funds and state-owned enterprises; as the legal requirements have been created in the past week.
Tsipras remain so over two weeks to coordinate with donors a complete reform list. Only then money can flow out of the last outstanding tranche of 7.2 billion euros. On Friday Tsipras had agreed with the tips of the European institutions to present such a list “in the coming days.” Preparations are already underway in Brussels; the technical experts of the donors have resumed work in Athens on Friday.
In the EU Commission is expected as the FAS further reported that the experts work next week again in the Greek Ministries and may examine the books. Then came the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker during the negotiations with Tsipras at night on Friday. Juncker pointed to the example of the International Monetary Fund. Sends every year experts in the ministries of the Member States in order to determine financial and economic indicators. Tsipras Juncker had not objected to, writes the FAS
From 9 April the financial situation of the Greek government in the EU Commission is classified as “critical”. The country then must pay back the IMF loan tranche in the amount of 467 million euros. In mid-April will also need short-term government bonds worth 2.4 billion euros refinanced
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