January 16,
2014, 9:12 AM ET
ByEmese Bartha
The Wall
Street Journal
Greece wants to make a new start.
Boasting
its first primary budget surplus in a decade, the country at the center of the
European debt crisis wants to sell government bonds–possibly in the second half
of the year–for the first time since the spring of 2010.
Various
high-ranking Greek officials have expressed their wish to bring the country
back to the debt markets. Most recently, finance minister Yannis Stournaras
spoke about this at a briefing with foreign journalists who visited Athens last week as Greece took over the European
Union’s helm.