Greece debt crisis

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Friday, 8 September, 2023

Greece credit rating raised to investment grade for first time since debt crisis
DBRS Morningstar’s upgrade expected to lead to a series of similar upward revisions from junk status
Saturday, 20 May, 2023

Greece
Bets against Greek bonds hit highest level since 2014
Investors’ nerves mount over the possibility of political paralysis after this weekend’s election
Friday, 19 May, 2023

Europe Express
Economic situation takes centre stage at Greek elections Premium content
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Wednesday, 17 May, 2023

Eleni Varvitsioti
Yanis Varoufakis is back — and he has a plan
The leftwing former Greek finance minister is making waves ahead of Sunday’s elections
Tuesday, 16 May, 2023

The FT ViewThe editorial board
Greece’s economic revival is still a work in progress
Athens’ rise from the debt crisis is impressive but the next government must build on it
Tuesday, 24 January, 2023

Megan Greene
Greece must show robust data matters and stop persecuting Georgiou
The country should not forget the need for strong and independent institutions in its dash for growth
Wednesday, 10 August, 2022

EU to end scrutiny of Greek economy after 12 years of turmoil
Nation was plunged into debt crisis and bailout programme after global financial crash
Sunday, 30 January, 2022

News in-depthGreece
Access to EU recovery funds gives Greek companies a chance to compete
Athens finalises innovative scheme that will lower the cost of loans for many businesses
Sunday, 12 December, 2021

Greece to make push for ECB to keep buying its bonds
End of pandemic emergency purchases risks leaving Greek junk bonds without European support
Friday, 25 June, 2021

Greece
Greece finally starts work on €8bn Athens ‘riviera’
Delayed for seven years, Hellinikon real estate project seen as critical for country’s post-pandemic recovery
Wednesday, 17 March, 2021

Greek economy
Greece sells first 30-year bond since 2008 financial crisis
Robust demand highlights brightening fortunes for once-embattled eurozone borrower
Monday, 25 January, 2021

Greek politics
Greece to buy squadron of Rafale jets from France
€2.5bn deal marks one of Athens’ first major defence purchases since financial crisis
Wednesday, 2 September, 2020

Greek debt sale ‘bodes well’ for busy eurozone issuance
Athens taps market after 10-year borrowing costs hit record lows last month
Sunday, 5 July, 2020

InterviewCoronavirus
Mitsotakis vows Greece will not bow to EU conditions on Covid-19 aid
Prime minister says his country has ‘matured a lot’ since debt crisis and will set its own agenda
Wednesday, 12 February, 2020

Sovereign bonds
Greek 10-year bond yield falls below 1% for first time
Country’s borrowing costs hit record low as economic recovery takes hold
Wednesday, 8 January, 2020

News in-depthThe Big Read
Greek economy: will reality collide with fresh optimism in Athens?
The new government has set confident growth targets, but they depend on high levels of foreign investment
Monday, 30 December, 2019

News in-depthMarkets
Aftershocks and fragility: 10 years in financial markets
How the crisis of 2008 continued to reverberate through the following decade
Friday, 13 December, 2019

Greek parliament approves bank loans restructuring plan
Scheme will remove up to €30bn of non-performing loans from banks’ balance sheets
Thursday, 5 December, 2019

Greece
Greece woos the wealthy with plan for ‘non-dom’ tax breaks
Shipowners and entrepreneurs courted with incentives in Athens’ effort to revive economy
Monday, 18 November, 2019

Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
Rise of sub-zero bond yields turns economic logic on its head
Even Greece now issues negative yielding debt as number of countries paid to borrow grows
Friday, 8 November, 2019

Greece on the mend as debt rehabilitation gathers pace
Investors now see Athens as a safer eurozone bet than Italy
Monday, 14 October, 2019

ReviewBooks
The Last Bluff, by Viktoria Dendrinou and Eleni Varvitsioti
A harrowingly detailed tale of incompetence and intransigence in the Greek debt crisis
Thursday, 10 October, 2019

EU signs off on Greek scheme to clean up banks’ bad debts
Vestager approves plan to allow Athens to guarantee a slice of non-performing loan sales
Wednesday, 9 October, 2019

Greece
Greece joins club of negative-yielding debt issuers
Milestone comes alongside new record-low borrowing costs for Portugal
Friday, 4 October, 2019

Greeks find film on Varoufakis a box-office turn-off
‘Adults in the Room’ is a rare attempt to make artistic sense of the financial crisis