U.S.'s Lew to visit Greece, discuss its reforms

(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will visit Greece on Sunday to discuss the euro zone country's economic reforms and Europe's policies to support recovery, the Treasury said on Wednesday.

Lew will visit Athens after attending the Group of 20 gathering of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow this weekend. Greece's debt crisis has roiled the euro zone and raised doubts about the currency bloc's future.

UPDATE 1-Greece slow on asset sales but may tap bond market soon-EU/IMF

Fri, May 17 2013

* Pace of privatisations unsatisfactory - EU/IMF report

* Athens might try to tap bond markets in 2014 - EU official

* Country needs 4 bln euros extra savings to meet 2016 goals

BRUSSELS/ATHENS, May 17 (Reuters) - Greece's foreign lenders expressed concern at its slow pace of asset sales on Friday but praised the country for tackling its budget gap and said it may be able to tap bond markets in 2014.

Is There Hope for a Recovery of the Greek Economy?

Posted: 02/08/2013 4:10 pm

Evangelos A. CalamitsisEconomist and former director at the IMF

The Huffington Post

After five years of a deepening economic recession and growing unemployment in Greece, one may wonder whether there is now hope ("elpida") for an end to the Greek fiscal and debt crisis, the restoration of the country's competitiveness, and a sustainable recovery of growth and jobs.

UPDATE 1-EU court rules against Greece's OPAP gambling monopoly

Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:48am EST

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Europe's highest court ruled that OPAP's gambling monopoly in Greece was illegal and that the Greek authorities would have to reform the sector to protect consumers or open it up to competition.

The parable of the four-engined planes

Jul 18th 2012, 11:53 by I.C.

The Economist

AN OLD friend in the aviation business, with years of experience with Greek clients, told me a story that serves as a parable for how the country got into its current state.

Are state-led economies better?

By Ian Bremmer JULY 3, 2012

This piece originally appeared in Reuters Magazine.

As Europe’s leaders struggle to restore confidence in the single currency and America’s economy limps ahead at a painfully slow pace, China’s economy continues to power forward at its now characteristically strong clip.

Building euro-zone competitiveness, Ports in the storm

Portugal needs to privatise its ports to reap the full benefits of its location. The latest in our series on reforming Europe’s economies

The Economist

Mar 24th 2012

LISBON’S harbour mixes pleasure with business. Bars and restaurants sit alongside industrial machinery

Greece and the new rescue package

23/02/2012 | Manthos Delis

Published at http://lecercle.lesechos.fr/

… If one listens to the arguments made in the majority of the media both in Greece and abroad, the overwhelming impression is that the new rescue package is solely about wage cuts and tax increases.   In contrast, four out of five policies in the new deal concern structural reforms for the Greek economy  …