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The Embassy of Greece in the United Kingdom, the Consular Office in London, and the Consulate General in Manchester are open daily, except on official Greek public holidays.
Greece says debt buy-back programme offers total 31.9 bln euros
The Greek authorities
on Wednesday said they have received offers worth 31.9 billion euros in a
book-building process of a debt buy back programme which ended on Tuesday.
Greece's Public Debt
Management Organization, in a statement, said that the offered bonds were
secured with six-month securities, worth 11.29 billion euros, of the European
Financial Stability Fund (EFSF), while the average repurchase price was set at
33.8 cents per euro nominal value of the Greek bonds.
The statement stressed that the Greek state plans to accept the offers in total if the EFSF agreed to raise its funding of the programme by 1.29 billion euros. Settlement date is set for Tuesday, 18 December.
Eurogroup to decide on the release of aid tranche to Greece
The European Commission expects that a decision on the release of an aid
tranche to Greece will be reached during Thursday’s Eurogroup, a Commission spokesman said here
on Wednesday.
Simon O’Connor, spokesman for EU Commissioner Olli Rehn, declined to
comment on the outcome of a Greek debt buy back programme, however, the details
of which were examined during Tuesday’s Eurogroup’s teleconference.
Germany favours release of aid tranche to
Greece
The German government is in favour of releasing the next tranche of an aid loan to Greece following the successful outcome of a Greek debt buyback programe, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a letter to the German Parliament, according to a Reuters report from the German capital. The letter stressed that amendments made in a Greek rescue programe and the success of a debt buyback programe meant that the stability level of the Greek public debt was such that “the German government favors the release of the next tranche to Greece”.
The German government is in favour of releasing the next tranche of an aid loan to Greece following the successful outcome of a Greek debt buyback programe, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a letter to the German Parliament, according to a Reuters report from the German capital. The letter stressed that amendments made in a Greek rescue programe and the success of a debt buyback programe meant that the stability level of the Greek public debt was such that “the German government favors the release of the next tranche to Greece”.
December 13, 2012
