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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-23
CONTENTS
[01] PM Tsipras expresses concern for NATO's effectiveness in Aegean in
call to Stoltenberg
[02] EU justice and security ministers to meet in Brussels on Thursday
[03] BoG governor: Greek banks' capital position particularly strong
[01] PM Tsipras expresses concern for NATO's effectiveness in Aegean in
call to Stoltenberg
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday had a phone contact with
NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.
According to sources, Tsipras conveyed to Stoltenberg the government's
discontent that NATO's action has not produced the expected results,
and the refugee flows continue unabated from Turkey.
During the telephone conversation, the Prime Minister stressed that
the neighboring country needs to adhere to its commitments under the
agreement on NATO activation and the terms of the EU-Turkey agreement.
[02] EU justice and security ministers to meet in Brussels on Thursday
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/C. Vasilaki) - The European Union's justice and
security ministers along with representatives of European institutions
will convene for an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Thursday,
according to an announcement from the Dutch presidency.
The meeting is being held after a request by Belgium and has been
scheduled at 17.00 (Greek time).
[03] BoG governor: Greek banks' capital position particularly strong
Greek banks' capital position is particularly strong, Bank of Greece
governor Yannis Stournaras said, addressing an event organized by the
National Bank of Croatia in Zagreb.
In his address, Stournaras added that actions taken so far in the
non-performing loans issue will further improve banks' capital position
and stressed that banks in the Eurozone have improved their capital
adequacy rates to around 14 pct currently, from around 8.0 pct in
2008. He underlined the need to review an existing bank supervision
framework in the coming years and stressed that challenges ahead lied
with completion of a Banking Union. Another challenge was increased
burdens on banks to adapt to a new regulatory framework as a demand for
greater transparency is accompanied with higher costs. Another challenge
is to widen the supervision field as banks have activities in a number
of sectors, such as securitization, repos, collateral management and
derivatives. Stournaras stressed that another challenge was the role of
the central bank as a lender of last resort for the banking system.
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